Lompoc Valley Festival Association Inc
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What it says it does
The Lompoc Valley Festival Associations mission is to promote and accomplish activities for the benefit of the community and its surrounding unincorporated areas including the Annual Flower Festival, Spring Arts Fair, Carnival, Queen Contest and Parade.
- Income
- $347,941
- Spending
- $323,634
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 20
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 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 August 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 August 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 (3)
- $180,831 spent. Providing activities in the local park during which many Lompoc charitable organizations have their biggest fund raising events. Other park activities include a carnival, art displays, community fair displays and various types of entertainment.
- $57,738 spent. The Lompoc Valley Festival Association performed activities necessary to promote and accomplish the annual Flower Festival for the benefit of the community and its surrounding unincorporated areas. The activities consisted of:1. Sponsoring a Queen contest. The Queen candidates are sponsored by various social and service clubs of the community and compete for the prize of being named Festival Queen at the Annual Coronation Ball.
- $5,159 spent. 2. Providing a parade made up of floats decorated with Lompoc Valley grown flowers and put together by various churches, social and service organizations within the community.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending August 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)(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 August 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 September 1987.
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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