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BOB ELIAS HALL OF FAME

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Retrieved 2026-10-19; covers tax years 2017–2025. Data: Strategy Studio, CC BY 4.0.

2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $30K · expenses $47K · assets $44K

EIN
95-6135733
Address
PO BOX 234, BAKERSFIELD, CA 93302-0234
NTEE code
A80
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2019
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Mission

TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY BY CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RAISED THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC AWARENESS AND INSPIRE ITS YOUTH THROUGH THEIR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD OF COMPETITION BY ENSHRINEMENT IN BOB ELIAS HALL OF FAME.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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 7 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

7 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
Chad Manning President2018-2025 2 $0 reported 2
Jason Higbee Secretary2025 2 $0 reported 2
Sarah Price Treasurer2022-2025 4 $0 reported 1
Mike Keese Vice President2017-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Jeff Showers (former) Secretary2017-2024 2 $0 reported 2
Gary Hoetker (former) Treasurer2017-2021 4 $0 reported 1
Bob Hampton (former) Vice President2018-2019 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHAD MANNING President2 $0-- $02
SARAH PRICE Treasurer4 $0-- $01
JASON HIGBEE Secretary2 $0-- $02
MIKE KEESE Vice President2 $0-- $01
2024 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHAD MANNING President2 $0-- $02
SARAH PRICE Treasurer4 $0-- $01
JEFF SHOWERS Secretary2 $0-- $02
MIKE KEESE Vice President2 $0-- $01
2023 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHAD MANNING President2 $0-- $02
SARAH PRICE Treasurer4 $0-- $01
JEFF SHOWERS Secretary2 $0-- $02
MIKE KEESE Vice President2 $0-- $01
2022 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHAD MANNING President2 $0-- $02
SARAH PRICE Treasurer4 $0-- $01
JEFF SHOWERS Secretary2 $0-- $02
MIKE KEESE Vice President2 $0-- $01
2021 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHAD MANNING President2 $0-- $02
GARY HOETKER Treasurer4 $0-- $01
JEFF SHOWERS Secretary2 $0-- $02
MIKE KEESE Vice President2 $0-- $01
2020 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHAD MANNING President2 $0-- $02
GARY HOETKER Treasurer4 $0-- $01
JEFF SHOWERS Secretary2 $0-- $02
MIKE KEESE Vice President2 $0-- $01
2019 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHAD MANNING President2 $0-- $02
GARY HOETKER Treasurer4 $0-- $01
JEFF SHOWERS Secretary2 $0-- $02
BOB HAMPTON Vice President2 $0-- $01
2018 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHAD MANNING President2 $0-- $02
GARY HOETKER Treasurer4 $0-- $01
JEFF SHOWERS Secretary2 $0-- $02
BOB HAMPTON Vice President2 $0-- $01
2017 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MIKE KEESE CEO2 $0-- $01
GARY HOETKER Treasurer4 $0-- $01
JEFF SHOWERS Secretary2 $0-- $02

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 ↗
$30,073$46,709 $43,981$43,981 $28,534- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$41,951$34,569 $60,617$60,617 $40,513- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$32,459$34,981 $53,235$53,235 $32,216- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$43,397$32,192 $55,757$55,757 $43,392- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$3,715$11,675 $44,552$44,552 $3,710- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$63,053$34,034 $52,512$52,512 $63,046- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$42,402$42,974 $23,493$23,493 $42,379- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$35,825$45,834 $24,065$24,065 $35,787- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$43,964$33,133 $34,074$34,074 $43,943- ---

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Who funds organizations like this

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RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND DAF sponsor$91,7003 12020–2024 TROUT VALLEY PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION SOCIETY
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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.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $46,709 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $45,997 98.5%
Fees to independent contractors $530 1.1%
Printing, publications, postage $182 0.4%
Total$46,709100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $34,569 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $34,089 98.6%
Fees to independent contractors $480 1.4%
Total$34,569100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $34,981 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $34,306 98.1%
Fees to independent contractors $375 1.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $300 0.9%
Total$34,981100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $32,192 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $31,917 99.1%
Fees to independent contractors $275 0.9%
Total$32,192100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $11,675 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $11,125 95.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $300 2.6%
Fees to independent contractors $250 2.1%
Total$11,675100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $34,034 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $33,507 98.5%
Fees to independent contractors $527 1.5%
Total$34,034100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $42,974 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $41,983 97.7%
Fees to independent contractors $691 1.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $300 0.7%
Total$42,974100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $45,834 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $43,319 94.5%
Fees to independent contractors $2,515 5.5%
Total$45,834100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $33,133 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $32,533 98.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $600 1.8%
Total$33,133100%

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