Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association

Legal name: CV Fireworks Assoc Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208760626
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
La Crescenta, CA, US
Phone
(818) 275-4959
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Commemorative Events

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$-2,256
Expenses
$2,846
Assets
$48,003

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Steve Goldsworthy (Vice President)
  • Chris Waldheim (President)

People named in this filing

  • Steve Goldsworthy (Vice President)
  • Chris Waldheim (President)
  • Cheryl Davis (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide the leadership, resources, time and energy needed in our community to put on this great annual event.

What it reported doing in 2025

The crescenta valley fireworks association manages and coordinates the annual 4th of july fireworks show in la crescenta, California. The residents of la crescenta and the surrounding communities of montrose, la canada, sunland, and tujunga celebrate the pride of independence day through the fireworks display. Approximately 10,000 people line foothill boulevard in front of ralphs market to see the beauty of the fireworks and pay their respect to our national heroes.

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
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -226.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.87; rating input score 95; 95th 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: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.