Richmond Beach Community Association
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What it says it does
The mission of the Richmond Beach Community Association is to promote the welfare of the community of Richmond Beach, Washington, and to encourage civic betterment among residents.
- Income
- $94,324
- Spending
- $83,089
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 (3)
- Strawberry Festival - The Strawberry Festival is a unique event in the Shoreline area that showcases local musicians and artists and provides exposure for the arts. The variety of music genres offered at the festival promotes exposure to, and an appreciation for, different types of music by community members. Local restaurants offer a variety of culinary items, and this event gives them exposure in teh community and an opportunity to create relationships with their customers. RBCA sponsors community-building events that generate a sense of communty among residents. This event elicits and facilitates community cohesiveness and involvement and cultivates pride in citizenship in those living in this neighborhood.
- Halloween Carnival provides and important opportunity for community building among the 2500+ Richmond Beach residents. The annual event offers safe and fun entertainment for the youth and families in the community, and gives teens the opportunity to earn community service hours for school, scout troops to learn the value of volunteering, adults to give back to the community and businesses to volunteer and support the event. All of this builds relationships and strengthens community ties.
- Community Sculptures - repair costs for the Orca sculptures that are displayed in and around the community for all to enjoy as public art displays in the local neighborhood. This achievement elicits and facilitates community cohesiveness and involvement and cultivates pride in citizenship in those living in this neighborhood.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization 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 June 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 May 1976.
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 October 21, 2026.
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