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California Society of Certified Public Accountants

501(c)(6) organization Sacramento, CA EIN: 94-1056137 Website
Community and economic developmentBusiness and industryBusiness promotion

To increase the value and promote the integrity of the cpa profession, contribute to the success of our members, and strengthen client, employer, public and government trust in calcpa member advice, work, products, and opinions.

California Society of Certified Public Accountants at a glance

In short: California Society of Certified Public Accountants gave $228K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $228K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$227,746
-10.6% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$227,746
-10.6% vs 2024
Median grant
$227,746
Total assets
$32,045,786
+11.8% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who California Society of Certified Public Accountants funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

CalCPA Institute: $228KCalCPA Institute$228K

The largest 2025 recipient was CalCPA Institute ($228K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K4$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

BurlingameSacramentoSan Rafael

How California Society of Certified Public Accountants gives

  • Giving fell 34% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K3 grants2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $228K (2025) to $513K (2020). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $228K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
CalCPA Institute Sacramento, CAThe purpose of grant or assistance: support for calcpa institute includes transfers of net proceeds from fundraising events held by calcpa chapters to benefit the scholarship funds, as well as monetary contribution to support the administration of calcpa institute.$227,746
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$32,045,786$12,536,520$12,390,361$227,7461$956,747
2024$28,658,281$13,360,307$12,936,092$254,6161$503,029
2023$31,429,231$11,852,377$14,094,916$324,4091$183,934
2022$29,020,623$12,527,694$12,404,438$346,6261$307,790
2021$29,880,424$13,544,885$10,767,091$425,9851$66,810
2020$28,328,460$13,565,550$14,410,632$513,0431$111,948
2019$29,923,015$14,077,887$13,914,583$404,3683$379,910

About California Society of Certified Public Accountants

Based on IRS filings

California Society of Certified Public Accountants is a public charity focused on Community and economic development, based in Sacramento, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $32.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $228K. Net investment income was $957K.

Focus Areas

Community and economic developmentBusiness and industryBusiness promotion

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

California Society of Certified Public Accountants is led by Denise DeLuc Froemming, President & Chief Executive Officer on every filing since 2023; 9 of 24 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Denise DeLuc Froemming

    President & Chief Executive Officer

    On filings since 2023

    20 hrs/week

    $245K (2023) → $281K (2025)

  • Matthew Martin

    Chair

    Secretary & Treasurer → First Vice Chair, 2024

    First Vice Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ruben Davila

    Foundation Chair

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Denise Bethel

    Senior Director, Business Development & Partnerships

    Director of Revenue Growth → Senior Director, Business Development & Partnerships, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    20 hrs/week

    $85K (2022) → $92K (2025)

  • Cheryl Callahan

    Senior Director, Marketing & Communications

    On filings since 2024

    20 hrs/week

    $95K (2024) → $94K (2025)

  • Emil Redzic

    Vice President of Information Technology

    Senior Manager of It → Vice President of Information Technology, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    20 hrs/week

    $188K (2019) → $125K (2025)

  • Jason Fox

    Vice President of Government Relations

    Director Director Government Relations → Vice President of Government Relations, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $168K (2019) → $242K (2025)

  • Natalie Quan

    Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

    CFO → Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    20 hrs/week

    $101K (2019) → $140K (2025)

  • Jill Pitchenik

    Vice President, Strategic Business Operations, De & I

    Div. Director, Membership & Strategic Programming → Vice President of Strategic Business Operations, De & I, 2023

    Vice President of Strategic Business Operations, De & I → Vice President, Strategic Business Operations, De & I, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    26 hrs/week

    $215K (2022) → $157K (2025)

  • Jennifer Weed

    Vice President Learning, Competency & Knowledge

    Vice President Learning, Comopetency & Knowledge → Vice President Learning, Competency & Knowledge, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    12 hrs/week

    $76K (2024) → $83K (2025)

  • Todd Boyd

    Senior Salesforce Developer

    On filings since 2024

    20 hrs/week

    $96K (2024) → $103K (2025)

  • Grace S Clark

    Vice Chair

    Council Members at Large - → Council Members at Large, 2020

    Council Members at Large → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jillian N Phan

    First Vice Chair

    Vice Chair → Secretary & Treasurer, 2024

    Secretary & Treasurer → First Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Meredith Johnson

    Immediate Past Chair

    First Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Miklos Ringbauer

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Vice Chair - → Vice Chair, 2022

    Vice Chair → Secretary & Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Ray - eff

    Vice Chair

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dalton Sweaney

    Vice Chair

    Council Representative to the Board → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam Blaylock

    Appointed Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amber Setter - eff

    Appointed Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charlie Osaki

    Council Representative to the Board

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Glenn Freed - eff

    Council Representative to the Board

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan Bryson - eff

    Vice Chair

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julia Walther - eff

    Council Representative to the Board

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marjorie McPike

    Council Representative to the Board

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (60)
  • Former: Erin Roche (2019–2025) — Council Representative to the Board · Filing note: Through 7-2024
  • Former: Tayiika Dennis (2020–2025) — Immediate Past Chair · Filing note: Through 7-2024
  • Former: David Neighbors (2021–2025) — Vice Chair · Filing note: Through 7-2024
  • Former: Mei-Li Huang (2023–2025) — Appointed Member · Filing note: Through 7-2024
  • Former: Matthew Koontz (2019–2024) — Vice President of Marketing & Communications · Filing note: Through 3-2023
  • Former: Adam Blitz (2023–2024) — Foundation Chair · Filing note: Effective 7-28-22
  • Former: John Misuraca (2023–2024) — Council Representative to the Board · Filing note: Through 7-2023
  • Former: John Schultz (2023–2024) — Vice Chair · Filing note: Through 12-2023
  • Former: Panteha Dixon (2023–2024) — Appointed Member · Filing note: Through 7-2023
  • Former: Richard Gledlin (2023–2024) — Council Representative to the Board · Filing note: Through 7-2023
  • Former: Adam Blaylock - eff (2024) — Appointed Member
  • Former: Charlie Osaki - eff (2024) — Council Representative to the Board
  • Former: Grace Clark - eff (2024) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Marjorie McPike - eff (2024) — Council Representative to the Board
  • Former: Christie Simons (2019–2023) — Past Chair
  • Former: Jolene Fraser (2019–2023) — Past Chair · Filing note: Through 7-28-22
  • Former: Mike A Ray (2019–2023) — Vice Chair · Filing note: Through 7-28-22
  • Former: Maya Ivanova (2021–2023) — Appointed Member · Filing note: Through 7-28-22
  • Former: Peter Brown (2021–2023) — Council Members at Large · Filing note: Through 7-28-22
  • Former: Jason Curry (2023) — Salesforce Architect
  • Former: Scott Hoppe (2023) — Education Foundation President · Filing note: Through 7-28-22
  • Former: Anthony Pugliese (2020–2022) — Past President & Chief Executive Officer · Filing note: Through 4-5-2021
  • Former: Chrislynn Freed (2021–2022) — Education Foundation President · Filing note: Through 6-30-21
  • Former: Rich Simithian (2021–2022) — Interim President & Chief Executive Officer - Through10.
  • Former: Denise DeLuc Froemming - eff (2022) — President & Chief Executive Officer
  • Former: John Misuraca - eff (2022) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Richard Giedlin - eff (2022) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Richard Lacey (2022) — Sales Manager
  • Former: Scott Hoppe - eff (2022) — Education Foundation President
  • Former: Vinit Shrawagi (2022) — Associate Director of Peer Review
  • Former: Charles A Burak (2019–2021) — Council Member at Large -
  • Former: Robert Reynolds (2019–2021) — Past Chair
  • Former: Fernando Sucre (2020–2021) — Appointed Member -
  • Former: Jill Gorman (2020–2021) — Vice President of Membership & Strategic Programming
  • Former: Joseph Forlenza (2020–2021) — Executive Director Fdn President -
  • Former: Mayank Saxena (2021) — Director & Business Transformation
  • Former: Todd E Rankin (2021) — Controller
  • Former: Eileen M Pastenieks (2019–2020) — Executive Director Fdn President -
  • Former: John Angelo (2019–2020) — Executive Director
  • Former: Laura Ross (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Lewis Sharpstone (2019–2020) — Past Chair
  • Former: Lynda Boman (2019–2020) — Vice Chair -
  • Former: Preston L Osbourn II (2019–2020) — Council Members at Large
  • Former: Derrick Debruyne (2020) — Council Member at Large -
  • Former: Lisa Brown (2020) — Senior Manager Business Analytics
  • Former: Simon Sheynkman (2020) — Senior Web Developer
  • Former: Somya Chauhan (2020) — Appointed Member -
  • Former: Andrea Cope (2019) — Deo
  • Former: Anna Dilig (2019) — Controller
  • Former: Arthur Chin (2019) — Div Director & Fdn
  • Former: Ashley Casey (2019) — Council Representative -
  • Former: Audrey Ching (2019) — Senior Dr. Business & Professional Development
  • Former: Charlotte Wall (2019) — Appointed Member -
  • Former: Jeremy Dillard (2019) — Council Members at Large
  • Former: John Lacey (2019) — Vice Chair -
  • Former: Kathryn Johnson (2019) — Past Chair
  • Former: Loretta Doon (2019) — CEO
  • Former: Lynette Atchley (2019) — Council Representative -
  • Former: Megan Boldizsar (2019) — Council Rep -
  • Former: Okorie ramsey (2019) — Fdn Vice President -

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Denise DeLuc Froemming — President & Chief Executive Officer: $281KDenise DeLuc FroemmingPresident & Chief Executive…$281KJason Fox — Vice President of Government Relations: $242KJason FoxVice President of Government…$242KJill Pitchenik — Vice President, Strategic Business Operations and DE&I: $157KJill PitchenikVice President, Strategic…$157KNatalie Quan — Vice President & Chief Financial Officer: $140KNatalie QuanVice President & Chief…$140KEmil Redzic — Vice President of Information Technology: $125KEmil RedzicVice President of Information…$125KTodd Boyd — Senior Salesforce Developer: $103KTodd BoydSenior Salesforce Developer$103KCheryl Callahan — Senior Director, Marketing and Communication: $94KCheryl CallahanSenior Director, Marketing and…$94KDenise Bethel — Senior Director, Business Development and Partnerships: $92KDenise BethelSenior Director, Business…$92KJennifer Weed — Vice President Learning, Competency and Knowledge: $83KJennifer WeedVice President Learning…$83K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $281K, to Denise DeLuc Froemming (President & Chief Executive Officer). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about California Society of Certified Public Accountants

How much does California Society of Certified Public Accountants give each year?

California Society of Certified Public Accountants gave $228K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $255K across 1 grant.

How large is California Society of Certified Public Accountants?

California Society of Certified Public Accountants reported $32.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $12.5M.

What is California Society of Certified Public Accountants?

California Society of Certified Public Accountants is a public charity focused on Community and economic development, based in Sacramento, CA. It holds $32.0M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does California Society of Certified Public Accountants operate?

California Society of Certified Public Accountants has awarded grants in California.

What is California Society of Certified Public Accountants's EIN?

California Society of Certified Public Accountants's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-1056137. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 10, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 10, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 10, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 12, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 13, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 11, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 11, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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