Automobile License Plate Collectors Association
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What it says it does
THE ALPCA IS DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF LICENSE PLATE COLLECTING AND RESEARCH, THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND PLATES AMONG MEMBERS, AND ALL FRATERNAL BENEFITS OF SHARING A COMMON HOBBY INTEREST WITH OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
- Income
- $244,871
- Spending
- $269,802
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $13,500, secretary,co
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $135,728 spent. SIX TIMES PER YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES A FULL COLOR MAGAZINE THAT IT MAILS TO ITS 3,000+ MEMBERS. THE MAGAZINE IS THE PRIMARY MEANS USED BY THE ORGANIZATION TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION, BY FACILITATING COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE HOBBY AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO ALL MEMBERS ABOUT PAST AND FUTURE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE PUBLICATION CONTAINS COVERAGE OF SANCTIONED REGIONAL EVENTS, STORIES ABOUT MEMBERS AND THEIR COLLECTING ENDEAVORS, MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION, AS WELL AS FEATURE STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF LICENSE PLATES AND RELATED MATERIALS, WHICH IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF PUBLICATION-RELATED REVENUE. WITH THE MANY WAYS THAT MEMBERS COMMUNICATE, THE CLUB PUBLICATION REMAINS THE SINGLE METHOD THAT THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS LEADERS USE DISSEMINATE INFORMATION IN A UNIFORM, CONSISTENT MANNER. SIX TIMES PER YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES A FULL COLOR MAGAZINE THAT IT MAILS TO ITS 3,000+ MEMBERS. THE MAGAZINE IS THE PRIMARY MEANS USED BY THE ORGANIZATION TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION, BY FACILITATING COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE HOBBY AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO ALL MEMBERS ABOUT PAST AND FUTURE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE PUBLICATION CONTAINS COVERAGE OF SANCTIONED REGIONAL EVENTS, STORIES ABOUT MEMBERS AND THEIR COLLECTING ENDEAVORS, MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION, AS WELL AS FEATURE STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF LICENSE PLATES AND RELATED MATERIALS, WHICH IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF PUBLICATION-RELATED REVENUE. WITH THE MANY WAYS THAT MEMBERS COMMUNICATE, THE CLUB PUBLICATION REMAINS THE SINGLE METHOD THAT THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS LEADERS USE DISSEMINATE INFORMATION IN A UNIFORM, CONSISTENT MANNER.
- $89,547 spent. THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS AN ANNUAL CONVENTION EACH SUMMER IN A DIFFERENT US CITY. IN RECENT YEARS, 310-476 MEMBERS HAVE ATTENDED THIS 3.5 DAY EVENT HELD PRIMARILY TO FOSTER CAMARADERIE AMONGST INDIVIDUALS WITH A COMMON HOBBY INTEREST. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A SCHEDULED SOCIAL EVENT, A BUSINESS MEETING, A FUNDRAISING AUCTION AT WHICH MEMBERS BID ON PLATES DONATED BY ATTENDEES, AND THREE DAYS OF OPEN TIME DURING WHICH ATTENDEES DISPLAY, TRADE, BUY, AND SELL LICENSE PLATES AND RELATED MATERIALS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(7) social or recreational club.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2012 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on November 15, 2012.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(7) social or recreational club as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2014.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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