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CENTRAL EU CALIFORNIA CULTURAL INSTITUTE

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $72K · expenses $40K · assets $32K

EIN
46-4227145
Address
58 BATES BLVD, ORINDA, CA 94563-2816
Website
http://www.cecinitiative.org
NTEE code
A99
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2014
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Mission

Organize and promote Central European Culture

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Reka Pigniczky Director, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer2019-2025 $39,998$117,940 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Steve Kovacs Director and Chairman of the Board, President2014-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Eva Homor Director2019-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Reka Pignicky (former) VP2014 10 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $40K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Reka Pigniczky Director, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer5 $39,998-$0 $39,9981
Steve Kovacs Director and Chairman of the Board, President1 $0-$0 $01
Eva Homor Director1 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $28K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Reka Pigniczky Director, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer2 $28,380-$0 $28,3801
Steve Kovacs Director and Chairman of the Board, President1 $0-$0 $01
Eva Homor Director1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Steve Kovacs Director and Chairman of the Board, President5 $0-$0 $01
Reka Pigniczky Director, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer5 $0-$0 $01
Eva Homor Director2 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Steve Kovacs Director and Chairman of the Board, President5 $0-- $01
Reka Pigniczky Director, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer10 $0-- $01
Eva Homor Director5 $0-- $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Steve Kovacs Director and Chairman of the Board, President5 $0-$0 $01
Reka Pigniczky Director, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer10 $0-$0 $01
Eva Homor Director0 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $43K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Reka Pigniczky Director, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer20 $42,943-$0 $42,9431
Steve Kovacs Director and Chairman of the Board, President5 $0-$0 $01
Eva Homor Director0 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $7K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Reka Pigniczky Director, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer5 $6,619-$0 $6,6191
Steve Kovacs Director and Chairman of the Board, President5 $0-$0 $01
Eva Homor Director0 $0-$0 $01
2014 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
STEVE KOVACS PRES.10 $0-- $01
REKA PIGNICKY VP10 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$72,461$40,007 $32,454$32,454 $32,461$40,000 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$38,412$38,412 $0$0 $18,412$20,000 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0$252 $0$0 $0$0 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$66,792$66,621 $252$252 $66,792$0 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$5,844$10,084 $81$81 $5,844$0 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$44,262$43,054 $4,321$4,321 $44,262$0 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$13,798$15,903 $3,113$3,113 $13,798$0 ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0- $0$0 $0$0 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $92,000 in all, tax years 2016 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
HUNGARY INITIATIVES FOUNDATION INC Public charity Exact 2016-2018, 2025 4$92,000 2025$25,000
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Where the money went

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2025 · Form 990EZ · $40,007 spent · pay $39,998 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $39,998 100.0%
Printing, publications, postage $9 0.0%
Total$40,007100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $38,412 spent · pay $28,380 · grants $10,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $28,380 73.9%
Grants and similar amounts paid $10,000 26.0%
Printing, publications, postage $32 0.1%
Total$38,412100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $252 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $252 100.0%
Total$252100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $66,621 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $66,381 99.6%
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Total$66,621100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $10,084 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
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Fees to independent contractors $9,844 97.6%
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Total$10,084100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $43,054 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $42,943 99.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $111 0.3%
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2019 · Form 990EZ · $15,903 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $9,284 58.4%
Fees to independent contractors $6,619 41.6%
Total$15,903100%

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