East County Economic Development Council

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El Cajon, CA501(c)(6)EIN 33-0047997Revenue $1.2M in FY2025

On file with the IRSeastcountyedc.org127 E Lexington Ave, 92020-4516 · El Cajon, CATax-exempt since Nov 1984

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This organization exists for the purpose of supporting, helping and promoting the business community of East san diego County. It's programs and projects all serve to retain and enhance primary employment in the East County; promote business expansion and retention; stimulate investment in the region; facilitate open dialogue among the area's business, government, and education leaders; and foster greater regional cooperation and planning to benefit the entire East County. It's membership is compsed of representatives from the business and governmental agencies of this area. All funds received are directed toward the accomplishment of the above activity. The number of organizations directly benefited was approximately 125. The number of organizations indirectly benefited is unknown, because such benefits fan out in a pyramid fashion in a way that goes beyond the record keeping of this organization. "primary industry news" is a monthly update for East county's primary industry companies

$152K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $50K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$152K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $357K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$176K
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
26
of 26 voting members
Looks good: 26 of 26 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$1.2M
-23% vs prior year
Spent
$990K
To programs
0%
Net assets
$543K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2025▼ -23%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$711K
FY2021$796K
FY2022$772K
FY2023$8.4M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$990K
FY2025▼ -37%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$727K
FY2021$717K
FY2022$772K
FY2023$8.4M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$990K
Net assets
$543K
FY2025▲ +56%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$225K
FY2021$304K
FY2022$304K
FY2023$372K
FY2024$348K
FY2025$543K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1984.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

25 people listed on the 990; $152K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President/Ce
$151,923Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
First Vice-C
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jo Marie Diamond—————$157,800
James Sly$151,923$146,899$143,158$137,043$137,043—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Supports the East San Diego County business community by promoting business expansion, stimulating regional investment, and facilitating collaboration between business, government, and education leaders.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

This organization exists for the purpose of supporting, helping and promoting the business community of east san diego county.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$357K
Grants paid · 379 grants · $5.0M · 2022–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$18,500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$801,000
Escondido Senior EnterprisesCA · FY2022$50,000
Victoria Training Center INCFY2022$25,000
Southwestner College FoundationFY2022$25,000
YMCA of San Diego CountyCA · FY2022$25,000
Marlow B Martinez FoundationCA · FY2022$25,000
Loving You Through IT INCCA · FY2022$25,000
Community Housing WorksCA · FY2022$20,000
Xolos Academy FcFY2022$15,000
US for Warriors FoundationCA · FY2022$15,000
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$739K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$446K
Money outPt IX
$990K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$543K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$574K
Total assetsLn 16$719K
LiabilitiesLn 26$176K
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a26
IndependentVI 1b26
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$739K
Government grantsLn 1e$664K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$446K
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$548K
SavingsLn 2$25K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$574K
Total assetsLn 16$719K
LiabilitiesLn 26$176K
Net assetsLn 32$543K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$381K$574K
Total assetsLn 16$531K$719K
LiabilitiesLn 26$183K$176K
Net assetsLn 32$348K$543K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$18K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$152K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$407K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$13K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$34K
Payroll taxesLn 10$45K
Accounting feesLn 11c$34K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$135
Office expensesLn 13$23K
OccupancyLn 16$35K
TravelLn 17$2K
InsuranceLn 23$7K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$213K
Total functional expensesLn 25$990K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.2M$990K$195K$543K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.5M$1.6M−$23K$348K 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.4M$8.4M$67K$372K 990 PDF
FY2022 $772K$772K−$385$304K 990 PDF
FY2021 $796K$717K$79K$304K 990 PDF
FY2020 $711K$727K−$17K$225K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,184,609 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,146,490$738,756
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $391,526$445,853
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,538,016$1,184,609
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $801,000$18,500
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $562,877$650,516
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $197,636$321,074
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,561,513$990,090
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$23,497$194,519
Part VI · Governance 26 of 26 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body26
VI-1b Independent voting members26
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,184,609 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$73,046
VIII-1e Government grants$664,217
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,493
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$738,756
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $445,853$445,853
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $445,853$1,184,609
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $990,090 across 14 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$18,500
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$151,923
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$407,457
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$12,644
IX-9 Other employee benefits$33,588
IX-10 Payroll taxes$44,904
IX-11c Accounting fees$33,542
IX-11g Other fees for services$7,742
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$135
IX-13 Office expenses$22,582
IX-16 Occupancy$34,965
IX-17 Travel$1,757
IX-23 Insurance$7,122
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$213,229
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$990,090
Part X · Balance sheet $718,535 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $357,114$548,286
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $23,990$25,461
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $144,503$139,788
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,000$5,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $530,607$718,535
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $182,595$176,004
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $182,595$176,004
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $348,012$542,531
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $348,012$542,531
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $530,607$718,535
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $542,531 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,184,609
XI-2 Total expenses$990,090
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$194,519
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$348,012
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$542,531

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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