Nonprofit · EIN 68-0271696
CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION
Tax-exempt · SACRAMENTO, CA 95811
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,225,841 | $1,213,810 | $12,031 | $2,412,612 | $554,883 | $1,857,729 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,121,422 | $1,073,597 | $47,825 | $2,729,483 | $983,785 | $1,745,698 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $624,294
- of which government grants
- $532,689
- Membership dues
- $91,605
- Program service revenue
- $601,278
- Investment income
- $269
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $201,749
- Other salaries and wages
- $299,152
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $597,834
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $6,924
- Accounting fees
- $26,946
- Occupancy
- $46,149
- Program services (functional)
- $601,489
- Management and general (functional)
- $612,321
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,729,483
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,412,612
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $554,883
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,857,729
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,850,229
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $7,500
- Gross receipts
- $1,225,841
- Employees
- 6
- Volunteers
- 18
- Year formed
- 1993
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LENA WORKMAN | Deputy Director Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $125,536 |
| MEGAN ESPARZA | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $76,213 |
| VERONICA PLAUGHER | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN LILES | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ANNETTE THORNTON | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| NINA AYALA | Past President Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARISELA MONTOYA | President Elect Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTINE GOULET | Representation Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SARAH SMITH | Representative Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MONIQUE SIMS | Representative Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNA HAUG-SAID | Representative Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MUKIIO KIMANTHI | Representative Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| IAN LLOYD | Representative Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SAMANTHA SLAUGHTER | Representative Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SASHA KRISTOFFERSEN | Representative Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
9 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRAN SALUJA | Member at Large Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| IRENE SALAZAR | Member at Large Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PRITI RANE | Member at Large Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KAREN STEPPAT | Member at Large Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BLANCA VARGAS | Co-Chair Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIKA COSTANZO | C-Chair Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANGEL FLORES | NA Caucus Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBRA WILSON | Agency Caucus Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARINA ERWIN | Agency Caucus Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 25 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Farley | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $129,440 |
| Lena M Workman | Administrator | 40 | $111,442 |
| Mary Sammer | Regional Rep Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Liles | Regional Rep Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Irene Salazar | Member at Large Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Annette Thornton | Regional Rep Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Andrea Weiss | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 |
| Debra Wilson | Agency Rep Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Priti Rane | Past President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Arina Erwin | Agency Rep Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Erika Costanzo | Legislative Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Cristina Goulet | Regional Rep Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Samantha Slaughter | Regional Rep Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Megan Esparza | Member at Large Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Nina Ayala | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Veronica Plaugher | President Elect Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Blanca Vargas | Legislative Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| Kiran Saluja | Member at Large Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jenna Haug Said | Regional Rep Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Marisela Montoya | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Angel Flores | Native Amer Rep Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sasha Kristoffersen | Regional Rep Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ian Lloyd | Regional Rep Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Liliana Prado-Nava | Legislative Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Samar Mcgregor | NWA Rep Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1401 21ST 14816, SACRAMENTO, CA 95811-5226
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MEGAN ESPARZA
- Signed the 990
- MEGAN ESPARZA, Executive Director
- Phone
- (916) 572-0700
- Website
- www.calwic.org
- Return prepared by
- Manosh Singh CPA & Associates
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 68-0271696 or by the name CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
Our mission is to lead California communities to nourish, educate, support and empower families in building a healthy future.
Program accomplishments
- WIC held conferences for approximately 1000 state and local WIC employees from 84agencies, providing current clinical and educational updates and substantive policyand management training.Expenses $345,982
- Consulting and other expenses to improve communications, nutrition and breastfeedingpolicy knowledge, and professional development among WIC state and local staff, andother public health professionals, via a quarterly newsletter, bi-weekly electroniclist serve, and web site; provided leadership training and skill-building for WICmanagers and staff to improve services in the WIC program; and solicited and oversawformative research to determine best practices in WIC nutrition education andevaluation and breastfeeding policies administered by the WIC Worksite WellnessProgram for local WIC staff to improve employee health and nutrition.Expenses $235,007
- California Nutrition Corps is a scholarship fund established in 2002 to supportemployees of California local WIC programs who are advancing their professionalcareers within the WIC program. The vision of California Nutrition Corps is tonurture and support individuals with the competency, talent, and dedication that arekey to WIC's proven effectiveness. Frontline WIC staff from the community, oftengraduates of WIC themselves, need more affordable, convenient and achievableopportunities in order to complete their educational goals and professional training.Expenses $20,500
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 68-0271696
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1993
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Food, agriculture and nutrition (K300)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,412,612
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,225,841
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,225,841 | $1,213,810 | $2,412,612 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,121,422 | $1,073,597 | $2,729,483 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,195,252 | $1,022,142 | $2,693,354 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 68-0271696).
Questions about CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION
- What is the EIN of CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION is 68-0271696.
- Is CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.
- Are donations to CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names MEGAN ESPARZA.
- Who are the officers and directors of CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 24 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $125,536 (LENA WORKMAN, Deputy Director).
- How much revenue does CALIFORNIA WIC ASSOCIATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,225,841, expenses of $1,213,810 and total assets of $2,412,612 at year end.
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