Nonprofit · EIN 94-1020360
CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
Also known as SEED CERTIFICATION CENTER
Tax-exempt · DAVIS, CA 95616
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | 990 | $1,571,706 | $1,465,998 | $105,708 | $2,949,902 | $783,747 | $2,166,155 |
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,543,690 | $1,507,473 | $36,217 | $2,870,829 | $801,320 | $2,069,509 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,832,496 | $1,539,430 | $293,066 | $2,766,662 | $647,451 | $2,119,211 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,129,398
- Investment income
- $153,993
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $140,046
- Tax-exempt bond proceeds
- $13,947
- Other revenue
- $288,315
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $277,320
- Other salaries and wages
- $360,531
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $885,945
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $4,475
- Travel
- $118,887
- Program services (functional)
- $1,465,998
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,870,829
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,949,902
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $783,747
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,166,155
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,525,761
- Gross receipts
- $1,571,706
- Employees
- 7
- Year formed
- 1944
- 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 March 31, 2026, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Blank | President Officer | 40 | $140,136 |
| Katy Soden | President Officer | 40 | $137,184 |
| Kurt Rubin | Past President Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| John Ellis | President Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Grant Baglietto | Elect Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Brice Lauppe | Vice President Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Kurt Sheppard | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ann Walker | Large Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Glenn Hawes | Large Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Hearne | Large Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Frank Saviez | Large Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Dan howe | Secretary Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Humberto Izquierdo | Agricultural Co Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Greg Cassel | California Seed Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Nicole Hostert | California Depa Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
6 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lundy | UC Cooperative Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Chris Reardon | California Farm Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Potter | UCD Department Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jason Bond | UCD College Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Allen Van Deynze | UCD Seed Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Larry Frame | UCD Foundation Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2025: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIMOTHY BLANK | DIRECTOR OF CERTIFICATION OPERATION Key employee | 40 | $135,780 |
| KATY SODEN | DIRECTOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS Key employee | 40 | $132,924 |
| Grant Baglietto | District Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Chuck Schonauer | District Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Ann Walker | At-Large Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Glenn Hawes | At-Large Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Hearne | At-Large Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Frank Saviez | At-Large Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Howe | At-Large Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KURT RUBIN | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| GLENN POWELL | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BRICE LAUPPE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN ELLIS | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Humberto Izquierdo | Ag Commissioners Assn Institutional trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Chris Reardon | California Farm Bureau Federation Institutional trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Brenda Lanini | California Dept of Food & Agricul Institutional trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Potter | UCD Dept of Plant Sciences Institutional trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Lundy | Univ of Cal Cooperative Ext Institutional trustee | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIMOTHY BLANK | SEED CERTIFICATION OPERATIONS Officer | 40 | $121,410 |
| KATY SODEN | DIRECTOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS Officer | 40 | $108,015 |
| NICOLE HOSTERT | CDFA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN HOWE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GRANT BAGLIETTO | DISTRICT III Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANN WALKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALLEN VAN DENZYE | UCD SEED BIOTECH CENTER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANITA OBERBAUER | UCD COLLEGE OF AG Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK LUNDY | UC COOPERATIVE EXTENSION Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM HEARNE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GLENN HAWES | DIRECTOR DISTRICT VIII Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES SCHONAUER | Director DISTRICT V Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS REARDON | CA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HUMBERTO IZQUIERDO | AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Frank Saviez | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KURT RUBIN | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| BRICE LAUPPE | DIRECTOR DISTRICT IVTREASURE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN ELLIS | CALIF SEED ASSOC VICE PRESID Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| GLENN POWELL | DISTRICT II DIRECTORPRESIDEN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS, DAVIS, CA 95616-0000
- In care of
- % KATY SODEN
- Signed the 990
- Katy Soden, Administrative Manag
- Phone
- (530) 752-0544
- Return prepared by
- ELK GROVE ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICES
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-1020360 or by the name CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT 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
SEED IMPROVEMENT AND INSPECTION.
Program accomplishments
- SEED INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION FOR GROWERS WHO MUST HAVE HIGH QUALITY SEED TO SELL TO CUSTOMERS.Expenses $1,465,998
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 March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | March 31, 2026 | August 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | March 31, 2025 | August 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | March 31, 2024 | August 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 94-1020360
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(5): Labor, agricultural or horticultural organization
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1945
- Accounting year ends
- March
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,949,902
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,571,706
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | March 2026 | $1,571,706 | $1,465,998 | $2,949,902 | XML |
| 990 | March 2025 | $1,543,690 | $1,507,473 | $2,870,829 | XML |
| 990 | March 2024 | $1,832,496 | $1,539,430 | $2,766,662 | XML |
| 990 | March 2023 | $1,823,557 | $1,731,482 | $2,790,505 | IRS |
| 990 | March 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2019 | – | – | – | 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 94-1020360).
Questions about CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
- What is the EIN of CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION is 94-1020360.
- Is CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(5) since 1945.
- Are donations to CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT 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 CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending March 31, 2027) is due August 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2026.
- Who are the officers and directors of CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 lists 21 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $140,136 (Timothy Blank, President).
- How much revenue does CALIFORNIA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 it reported revenue of $1,571,706, expenses of $1,465,998 and total assets of $2,949,902 at year end.
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