Nonprofit · EIN 95-6049910
SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC
Tax-exempt · SAN DIEGO, CA 92101
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 990 | $125,527 | $124,132 | $1,395 | $603,654 | $0 | $603,654 |
| May 31, 2025 | 990 | $81,856 | $50,486 | $31,370 | $602,259 | $0 | $602,259 |
| May 31, 2024 | 990 | $93,165 | $71,690 | $21,475 | $570,889 | $0 | $570,889 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended May 31, 2026
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $11,792
- Membership dues
- $10,916
- Program service revenue
- $71,304
- Investment income
- $28,047
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $10,300
- Net income from fundraising events
- $7,395
- Net income from gaming
- $4,950
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $2,039
- Other revenue
- $14,384
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $4,100
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Depreciation
- $11,176
- Program services (functional)
- $124,132
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $602,259
- Total assets, end of year
- $603,654
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $603,654
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $43,158
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $566,533
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $37,121
- Gross receipts
- $132,039
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 87
- Year formed
- 1946
- 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 May 31, 2026, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIM PARRISH | MUSEUM CURATOR Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| DAVE SMITH | JUNIOR COORD. Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| ELLEN RICEMAN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| ANNE SCHAFER | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| MARK HERMAN | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| MARCUS ORIGLIERI | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| BILL BRISEBOIS | Director Trustee or director | 8 | $0 |
| YVONNE JUAREZ | Director Trustee or director | 8 | $0 |
| RICH YARBROUGH | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| BEV SHERRATT | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JOHN KRUZEL | Director Trustee or director | 14 | $0 |
| NITA SANI | Director Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
| ITZIAR PARRAMON | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DOUG PEELER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DAVE ROSE | Director Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
6 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRENDAN WHITE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| TIM SWANN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| PAUL WILLIAMS | Director Trustee or director | 12 | $0 |
| LARRY SHUTE | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STEVE WRIGHT | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| LUANN BENTON | President Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
990 for the year ended May 31, 2025: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIM PARRISH | MUSEUM CURATOR Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| DAVE SMITH | JUNIOR COORD. Trustee or director | 20 | $0 |
| ELLEN RICEMAN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| ANNE SCHAFER | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| MARK HERMAN | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| CATHY DAVIS | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BILL BRISEBOIS | Director Trustee or director | 8 | $0 |
| YVONNE JUAREZ | Director Trustee or director | 8 | $0 |
| RICH YARBROUGH | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| BEV SHERRATT | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| JOHN KRUZEL | Director Trustee or director | 14 | $0 |
| NITA SANI | Director Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
| ITZIAR PARRAMON | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DOUG PEELER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DAVE ROSE | Director Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
| BRENDAN WHITE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| TIM SWANN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| PAUL WILLIAMS | Director Trustee or director | 12 | $0 |
| LARRY SHUTE | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STEVE WRIGHT | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| LUANN BENTON | President Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
990 for the year ended May 31, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIM PARRISH | MUSEUM CURATOR Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| DAVE SMITH | President Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 |
| ELLEN RICEMAN | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| ANNE SCHAFER | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| MARK HERMAN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| LUANN BENTON | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 |
| BILL BRISEBOIS | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| YVONNE JUAREZ | Director Trustee or director | 8 | $0 |
| RICH YARBROUGH | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| JOHN KRUZEL | Director Trustee or director | 14 | $0 |
| NITA SANI | Director Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
| ITZIAR PARRAMON | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| DOUG PEELER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| DAVE ROSE | Director Trustee or director | 6 | $0 |
| TIM SWANN | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| PAUL WILLIAMS | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| LARRY SHUTE | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1770 VILLAGE PL, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-1651
- In care of
- % ANNE SCHAFER TREASURER
- Signed the 990
- ANNE SCHAFER, Treasurer
- Phone
- (619) 244-4269
- Website
- WWW.SDMG.ORG
- Return prepared by
- DeSanti & Associates Inc
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-6049910 or by the name SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC.
- 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
DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE AND ENCOURAGE STUDY OF MINEROLOGY, LAPIDARY AND EARTH SCIENCES.
Program accomplishments
- LAPIDARY SCHOOL: During Summer 2025, a total of seventeen (17) volunteer instructors, and a like number of volunteer assistant instructors, held twenty-one (21) three-hour or longer classes per week, for approximately 115 students per week. During Fall 2025, Winter and Spring 2026, a total of twenty-two (22) volunteer instructors, and a like number of volunteer assistant instructors, held thirty (30) three-hour or longer classes per week, for approximately 180 student per week. Classes included: cabochon making; faceting of gemstones; beginning silver fabrication of jewelry; intermediate silver fabrication; advanced silver fabrication; chasing and repouss; metal casting; rock carving; sphere making; wire wrap and wire work jewelry; and a special class for Juniors ages 9-17. SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS: Nine General Meetings were held during the year, on a variety of topics related to gems, minerals, fossils, jewelry and other interests. One combined Mineral Division and Gemological Division meeting was held in Summer 2025. Four Mineral Division and four Gemological Division meetings were held, in alternate months. All meetings were open to the public, with an attendance ranging from 25 to 50 people per meeting.VISITS, LECTURES, SAMPLES: (1) Approximately 800 children and teachers from public and private schools toured the Society museum and Lapidary School. Brief lectures and rocks were provided for free upon request.(2) Boxed mineral specimen sets and buckets of other samples of minerals, rocks and gems were provided to elementary school teachers for free, upon request.The SDMG Museum was open for its normal hours: 11 am to 4 pm daily.TOURS & SPECIMEN I.D.: Several Society volunteers gave 2-4 tours weekly to members of the general public interested in touring the Lapidary Classrooms and seeing students working on projects. Mineral, gem, lapidary and meteorite specimens were identified, for free. DECEMBER NIGHTS OPEN HOUSE: Held at the SDMG Building, 1770 Village Place, Balboa Park, San Diego CA, for two days, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5 and 6, 2025. The free SDMG museum was open for extended hours, from 9 am to 11 pm, with docents answering questions about museum exhibits and demonstrators in every classroom showing off lapidary, metalsmithing, sphere making, lost wax casting, and faceting techniques. Donated mineral, fossil and lapidary specimens, as well as books and magazines, were available for sale to the public at low cost. ANNUAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR GEMS, MINERALS, FOSSILS & JEWELRY DEPT: The annual San Diego County Fair was held from June 11 through July 6, 2025, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, CA. The Coordinator, Assistant Coordinator and one departmental lead exhibit worker were members of the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society. Six of the eight Division judges were members of SDMG. The Museum-quality display of exhibits featured over 300 competitive and special entries, as well as seven mineral and gem dealers. Staff handled all aspects of setup, intake of exhibits, judging, ongoing maintenance, docent tours, scheduling of demonstrators and Dig for Treasure volunteers, exhibit giveback, and takedown. Volunteer demonstrators from San Diego Mineral and Gem, as well as other local rock clubs, answered fairgoers questions while showing off the skills necessary to polish rocks, make silver chains, facet gemstones, make polished rock spheres, carve rock into miniature sculptures, identify gemstones and minerals, and similar activities. Approximately 375,000 fairgoers toured the Gems & Minerals Dept. exhibit hall for an outstanding educational experience available nowhere else in San Diego County.Expenses $124,132 · grants $11,792 · revenue $113,735
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 May, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 31, 2026 | October 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | May 31, 2025 | October 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | May 31, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 95-6049910
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Suspense
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Charity of unknown status, 50% limit
- Exempt since
- 1964
- Accounting year ends
- May
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Unknown (Z99)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $603,654
- Income (IRS master file)
- $132,039
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | May 2026 | $125,527 | $124,132 | $603,654 | XML |
| 990 | May 2025 | $81,856 | $50,486 | $602,259 | XML |
| 990 | May 2024 | $93,165 | $71,690 | $570,889 | XML |
| 990 | May 2023 | $81,021 | $56,011 | $549,414 | IRS |
| 990 | May 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | May 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 95-6049910).
Questions about SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC
- What is the EIN of SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC is 95-6049910.
- Is SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1964.
- Are donations to SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Charity of unknown status, 50% limit).
- Which annual return does SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC 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 SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending May 31, 2027) is due October 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended May 2026.
- Who are the officers and directors of SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended May 31, 2026 lists 21 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does SAN DIEGO MINERAL & GEM SOCIETY INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended May 31, 2026 it reported revenue of $125,527, expenses of $124,132 and total assets of $603,654 at year end.
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