California Taxpayers Association
CalTaxs mission is to serve the general public and our members including Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and individuals by promoting sound tax policy and government efficiency at the state and local levels of government through advocacy, research and education.
California Taxpayers Association at a glance
- Total assets
- $3,130,574
- +119.7% vs 2023
- Revenue (2024)
- $4,945,028
- +70.1% vs 2023
- Net investment income (2024)
- $38,172
- +87.6% vs 2023
- Expenses (2024)
- $5,137,873
- +71.5% vs 2023
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2024 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.
Who California Taxpayers Association funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 3 (33%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2022) to $1.5M (2020). In 2022 it reported $5K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| CAs to Stop Higher Prop Taxes Sacramento, CA | General support | $1,296,000 |
| CAs to Protect Affordable Hsg Sacrametno, CA | General support | $144,000 |
| CAs Against Higher Taxes San Rafael, CA | General support | $31,514 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,130,574 | $4,945,028 | $5,137,873 | — | — | $38,172 |
| 2023 | $1,424,839 | $2,907,564 | $2,995,602 | — | — | $20,345 |
| 2022 | $1,527,916 | $1,995,989 | $2,069,639 | $5,000 | Total only | $12,092 |
| 2021 | $1,627,545 | $1,678,404 | $1,676,911 | — | — | $9,726 |
| 2020 | $1,459,610 | $3,014,541 | $3,077,910 | $1,471,514 | 3 | $11,466 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About California Taxpayers Association
Based on IRS filings
California Taxpayers Association is a public charity, based in Sacramento, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $3.1M in total assets. Net investment income was $38K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
California Taxpayers Association is led by Robert Gutierrez, President & CEO on every filing since 2020; 3 of 68 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Robert Gutierrez
President & CEO
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$245K (2020) → $373K (2024)
Andrew Zalewski
Chair
Director → Treasurer, 2023
Treasurer → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anitha Chakravarthi
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carley Roberts
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Charles Moll
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Clara Lee
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cris K O'Neall
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Smith
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Uphaus
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Delia Besio
Director
Director → Past Chair, 2021
Past Chair → Director, 2022
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elena Xu
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Fran Inman
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jana Wells
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jason Lane
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey S Moreno
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jim Asay
Director
Chairman → Vice Chairman, 2023
Vice Chairman → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joe Coughlin
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joe Strong
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Stowell
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jon A Sperring
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jon Almeras
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Keane
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kristine Dankenbrink
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Stefan
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marty Dakessian
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Meredith H Garwood
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Brown
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Lebeau
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Wright Conn
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mike Langford
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nicholas Blackburn
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ocean Mills
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Omar Munoz
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patricia Wong
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shane Simpson
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Konig
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Terry Ryan
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Klingler
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tim Gustafson
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Trini Jimenez
Director
Treasurer → Chairman, 2023
Chairman → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tyler Henderson
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cheyanne Cook
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeremy Stohs
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Miller
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Martin Loeber
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William Wright
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ben Elliott
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Erica Kenney
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gina Rodriquez
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Barnes
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Martin Guenther
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Melanie Hoskins
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sabrina Nussipov
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Utech
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Barry Weissman
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cali Daly
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carlos Angiuano
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Charles Melton
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Hayes
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Curtis Raulinaitis
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Josh Mishoe
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cornelious Burke
Director
New on the 2024 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James Beatty
Director
New on the 2024 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sara ONeill-Bouton
Director
New on the 2024 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Kline
Secretary
Secretary & Vice President Committee → Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$165K (2020) → $194K (2024)
Peter Blocker
Vice President of Policy
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$180K (2020) → $246K (2024)
Becky Zhu
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Cmelak
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (58)
- Former: Chesley Dillon (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Flo Kahn (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Lisa Wolski (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Jonathan Choi (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Wade Phillips (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Janus Norman (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Jeffrey Langer (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Jerry Ruskowski (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Sara O'Neil (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Laura Curtis (2023) — Director
- Former: Maria Mirkovski (2023) — Director
- Former: Sarah Simon (2023) — Director
- Former: Adria Stoliar (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Carolyn Mcintyre (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: James Shontere (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Jo Ellen Stock (2020–2022) — Chairman
- Former: Kenton Stanhope (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Kirk Kimmelshue (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Ryan Flanigan (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Susan Liu (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Carlos Anguiano (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Francisco Avalos (2022) — Director
- Former: Trevor Kwan (2022) — Director
- Former: Angela Pitale (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Bart Baer (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Daniel Piekarczyk (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Dick Lee (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Karen Mirandi (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Melissa Smith (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Paul Felix (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Randy Teel (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Susan Bittick (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Traci Lee (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: William Dvorak (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Anika Hagensen (2021) — Director
- Former: Benjamin Lee (2021) — Tax Counsel
- Former: Candice Bartle (2021) — Director
- Former: Floreine Kahn (2021) — Director
- Former: Gary Lindsey (2021) — Director
- Former: Hans Neidig (2021) — Director
- Former: Allen Doty (2020) — Director
- Former: Anthony Morris (2020) — Director
- Former: Ben Wylie (2020) — Director
- Former: Dan Smith (2020) — Director
- Former: Daniel Miller (2020) — Director
- Former: David Flores (2020) — Director
- Former: David Ligh (2020) — Director
- Former: David Slater (2020) — Director
- Former: Emily Whittenburg (2020) — Director
- Former: Gary Peterson (2020) — Director
- Former: Jeffrey Vesely (2020) — Director
- Former: Loeber Martin Marty (2020) — Director
- Former: Lorin Alusic (2020) — Director
- Former: Maris Densmore (2020) — Director
- Former: Rick Van Nieuwburg (2020) — Director
- Former: Steve Schuyler (2020) — Director
- Former: Stohs Jeremey (2020) — Director
- Former: Susan Courson-Smith (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $373K, to Robert Gutierrez (President & CEO). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about California Taxpayers Association
How large is California Taxpayers Association?
California Taxpayers Association reported $3.1M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.9M.
Where does California Taxpayers Association operate?
California Taxpayers Association has awarded grants in California.
What is California Taxpayers Association's EIN?
California Taxpayers Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-0598420. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 9, 2023)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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