WADDELL CREEK ASSOCIATION Charity Report

Public IRS 990 nonprofit record

WADDELL CREEK ASSOCIATION

EIN 77-0115302 · Visual Arts (A40)

What they do

PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS for 2025 LAST YEAR SAW A GOOD DEAL of UPGRADING of INFRASTRUCTURE AT RANCHO DEL OSO. BESIDES NEW SIGNAGE, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE for NATURE CENTER CARPET CLEANING, WINDOW CLEANING and OTHER BASIC MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS NEW TRACK LIGHTING. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR WEBSITE and ONLINE PRESENCE to ENHANCE THE EXPOSURE of OUR ACTIVITIES to THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE and MAINTENANCE of SECURITY to PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE PROTECTION IN THE WEB WORLD and A QR CODE for EASE of PURCHASE. EVENTS INCLUDED SALAMANDER SATURDAY (A SCALED-DOWN VERSION of SELF-DIRECTED ACTIVITIES), WILDFLOWER WEEKEND and EVENT/PROGRAM SUPPORT IN THE FORM of SUPPLIES (NATURE JOURNALS, PENCILS, WATERCOLOR SETS, CHAIR RENTAL and T- SHIRTS). DIANE WEST-BOURKE, A LONG-TIME VOLUNTEER WITH HULDA HOOVER, GAVE HISTORY TRAINING to VOLUNTEERS FROM RDO and ANO and A MAJOR EFFORT WAS MADE to START SORTING/ PRESERVING THE ARCHIVE MATERIALS STORED THERE. WE ALSO HAD HULDA HOOVER DAY to CELEBRATE THE

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Of every $100 spent, about $48.30 was reported for mission work. Use the spending picture below and ask what results that work produced.

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Money made simple

72.84%of revenue went to mission work48.3% of expenses · Program services

$150.73spent for every $100 of revenueSpending was higher than revenue this year.

$8.90in assets for every $1 spent this yearSome assets cannot be spent right away.

95.8%of its money came from giftsOther money may come from services or investments.

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Money

Financial picture

Tax year 2025

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$100revenue

How each $100 of revenue was used

The large number compares each expense with revenue. The smaller number shows its share of total expenses.

Total reported revenue$5,516

Mission workProgram services$4,01872.84% of revenue48.3% of expenses

ManagementOffice and general costs0.00% of revenue0.0% of expenses

FundraisingAsking for donations0.00% of revenue0.0% of expenses

Total expenses$8,314150.73% of revenue

Expenses were greater than revenue, so the colored ring fills the available $100 and the total above 100% is shown below.

Has the pattern changed?

Colored bars = expense mix: how each year’s expenses were divided. Total expenses vs. revenue shows whether the charity spent less or more than it received. The current filing is first.

YearExpense mixDetails

2025CurrentExpense mix: 48.3% mission · 0.0% management · 0.0% fundraisingTotal expenses: 150.73% of revenue

2024Expense mix: 90.8% mission · 0.0% management · 0.0% fundraisingTotal expenses: 47.16% of revenue

2023Expense mix: 88.5% mission · 0.0% management · 0.0% fundraisingTotal expenses: 172.48% of revenue

2022Expense mix: 82.9% mission · 0.0% management · 0.0% fundraisingTotal expenses: 47.99% of revenue

2021Expense mix: 83.2% mission · 0.0% management · 0.0% fundraisingTotal expenses: 50.90% of revenue

Money in and money out

Revenue$5,516

Expenses$8,314

Annual shortfall $2,798 Expenses were higher than revenue for this filing year.

Reported spending amounts

Mission work means the Form 990 category called program services. These are reported accounting categories—not an independent measurement of results.

Mission work (program services)$4,018 · 48.3% of expenses

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Revenue$5,516

Expenses$8,314

Assets$73,992

Income$40,710

Contributions$5,287

Mission work (program services)$4,018

People

Leadership and board

Tax year 2025

Names, titles, time, and compensation below are reported by the organization on its Form 990.

No compensation was reported for these leaders. The complete board and leadership roster is shown below.

Board and leadership roster (7)

AMY PATTENBOARD MEMBER

ERIKA PERLOFFBOARD MEMBER

FRANK SWANSONBOARD MEMBER

JUDY BUCKBOARD MEMBER

LEA HARATANISECRETARY

NAN SINGH-BOWMANTREASURER

SUSAN KRIVINPRESIDENT

About this charity

Recognized since: January 1986
Location: 3600 HIGHWAY 1, DAVENPORT, CA 95017
County: Santa Cruz
In care of: NAN SINGH-BOWMAN
Primary officer: NAN SINGH-BOWMAN, TREASURER

How to reach them

Phone(831) 427-2288

Filing and classification

Latest tax year: 2025
Tax period began: January 1, 2025
Return type: 990EZ
Tax preparer: COASTSIDE TAX CONSULTANTS
NTEE classification: Visual Arts (A40)
IRS tax category: Visual Arts