California Watermelon Festival
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300961011
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Glendale, CA, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $35,103
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL BUTLER (President)
People named in this filing
- PAUL BUTLER (President)
- JAMES ELLIS (SECY/CFO)
- GEORGE HARRISON (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide the los angeles watermelon festival that preserves the community character and social welfare of the area.
What it reported doing in 2024
This entity did not hold the California watermelon festival in 2o24. The president paul butler no longer wanted to manage it as a volunteer due to many hours required.in 2025 the entity is being dissolved.the program expenses are grants to 501(c)3charities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 7
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 36.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $30K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.