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LOMPOC POPS ORCHESTRA

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Retrieved 2026-10-19; covers tax years 2011–2024. Data: Strategy Studio, CC BY 4.0.

2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $120K · expenses $141K · assets $86K

EIN
77-0503272
Address
PO BOX 1372, LOMPOC, CA 93438-1372
Website
LOMPOCPOPSORCHESTRA.ORG
NTEE code
P30
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
1999
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Mission

Planning and producing community concerts.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

None of the 5 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

5 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
Ben Contreras President2011-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Dal Widick Vice President2024 2 $0 reported 1
Evelyn Baxter TREASURER2011-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Ann Fox SECRETARY2011-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Tony Fox (former) President2011-2017 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS President2 $0-- $01
DAL WIDICK Vice President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2020 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2019 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2018 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2017 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS Vice President2 $0-- $01
TONY FOX President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2016 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS Vice President2 $0-- $01
TONY FOX President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2015 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS Vice President2 $0-- $01
TONY FOX President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2014 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS Vice President2 $0-- $01
TONY FOX President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2013 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BEN CONTRERAS Vice President2 $0-- $01
TONY FOX President2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
2012 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
TONY FOX President2 $0-- $01
BEN CONTRERAS Vice President2 $0-- $01
2011 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ANN FOX SECRETARY2 $0-- $01
EVELYN BAXTER TREASURER2 $0-- $01
TONY FOX President2 $0-- $01
BEN CONTRERAS Vice President2 $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
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$119,955$140,502 $85,620$85,620 $102,854$16,827 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$90,542$137,973 $106,137$106,137 $76,199$13,088 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$111,782$101,199 $152,748$152,748 $97,179$15,522 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$45,870$81,456 $142,165$142,165 $39,455$5,874 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$54,431$8,323 $177,751$177,751 $53,900- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$85,737$45,423 $131,643$131,643 $76,616$8,277 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$123,451$84,477 $91,329$91,329 $113,805$13,365 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$87,770$77,218 $52,355$52,355 $71,544$11,194 ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$87,509$84,060 $41,803$41,803 $69,003$18,337 ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$86,141$99,959 $38,354$38,354 $72,516$13,309 ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$76,338$90,186 $52,172$52,172 $64,128$12,187 ---
2013 · Form 990EZ period ending 2014-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$94,615$87,750 $66,020$66,020 $56,000$38,601 ---
2012 · Form 990EZ period ending 2013-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$74,081$79,128 $59,155$59,155 $63,460$10,617 ---
2011 · Form 990EZ period ending 2012-08-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$90,155$88,790 $64,202$64,202 $82,750$7,401 ---

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $317,500 in all, tax years 2011 to 2024. 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
LOUISE MOLLATH THIRD CRUT 07011997 Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LOMPOC POPS ORCHESTRA” 2016-2022 7$292,600 2022$48,000
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SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2011, 2023-2024 3$20,200 2024$7,600
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HUTTON FOUNDATION A DELAWARE CORP Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LOMPOC POPS ORCHESTRA” 2017, 2024 2$4,700 2024$2,500
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $140,502 spent · pay $6,225 · grants $0 · events $80
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $132,216 94.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $6,225 4.4%
Fees to independent contractors $1,106 0.8%
Printing, publications, postage $955 0.7%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$80reported apart
Total$140,502100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $137,973 spent · pay $7,721 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $128,705 93.3%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $7,721 5.6%
Printing, publications, postage $1,054 0.8%
Fees to independent contractors $493 0.4%
Total$137,973100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $101,199 spent · pay $56,711 · grants $0 · events $1,868
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $56,711 56.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $43,356 42.8%
Fees to independent contractors $1,080 1.1%
Printing, publications, postage $52 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,868reported apart
Total$101,199100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $81,456 spent · pay $45,775 · grants $0 · events $1,285
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $45,775 56.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $34,914 42.9%
Fees to independent contractors $585 0.7%
Printing, publications, postage $182 0.2%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$1,285reported apart
Total$81,456100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $8,323 spent · pay $532 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $7,215 86.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $532 6.4%
Printing, publications, postage $521 6.3%
Fees to independent contractors $55 0.7%
Total$8,323100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $45,423 spent · pay $490 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $42,691 94.0%
Printing, publications, postage $1,712 3.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $490 1.1%
Fees to independent contractors $380 0.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $150 0.3%
Total$45,423100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $84,477 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,000 · events $6,044
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $74,482 88.2%
Printing, publications, postage $7,531 8.9%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,000 2.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $300 0.4%
Fees to independent contractors $164 0.2%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$6,044reported apart
Total$84,477100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $77,218 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,000 · events $8,330
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $65,898 85.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $4,161 5.4%
Printing, publications, postage $3,885 5.0%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,000 2.6%
Fees to independent contractors $1,274 1.6%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$8,330reported apart
Total$77,218100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $84,060 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $72,292 86.0%
Printing, publications, postage $5,839 6.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,610 4.3%
Fees to independent contractors $1,319 1.6%
Grants and similar amounts paid $1,000 1.2%
Total$84,060100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $99,959 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $87,973 88.0%
Printing, publications, postage $5,896 5.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,686 3.7%
Fees to independent contractors $1,404 1.4%
Grants and similar amounts paid $1,000 1.0%
Total$99,959100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $90,186 spent · pay $0 · grants $3,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $81,544 90.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,682 4.1%
Grants and similar amounts paid $3,000 3.3%
Fees to independent contractors $1,960 2.2%
Total$90,186100%

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2013 · Form 990EZ · $87,750 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $84,115 95.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,600 4.1%
Fees to independent contractors $35 0.0%
Total$87,750100%

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2012 · Form 990EZ · $79,128 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $75,332 95.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,678 4.6%
Fees to independent contractors $118 0.1%
Total$79,128100%

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2011 · Form 990EZ · $88,790 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $83,079 93.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,676 4.1%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,000 2.3%
Fees to independent contractors $35 0.0%
Total$88,790100%

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