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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,835,864
Total expenses
$1,777,656
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,835,522
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$342
Total assets, end of year
$61,923
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,715
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$58,208
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,718,181
Management and general expenses
$59,475
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,718,181

Program services were 96.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $1,835,522 · related or exempt $1,835,522

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $342 · excluded $342

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $342

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,002,948 · program services $1,002,948

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,451 · management and general $6,451

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $301,602 · program services $301,602

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $121,299 · program services $98,762 · management and general $22,537

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,470 · program services $2,470

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,877 · program services $22,062 · management and general $16,815

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $75,045 · program services $74,066 · management and general $979

  • 17 · Travel

    total $25,015 · program services $25,015

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,879 · program services $16,879

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $128,300 · program services $115,607 · management and general $12,693

  • 24b · Other expenses: VOTING OUTREACH

    total $54,668 · program services $54,668

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,102 · program services $4,102

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $61,923

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,715

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $58,208

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS POLICIES THAT TAKE THE LEAD ON THE ISSUES WORKING PEOPLE MOST CARE ABOUT:HIGHER WAGES & LOWER RENT.WE SUPPORT GRASSROOTS POLITICS IN DISTRICTS WHERE WORKING PEOPLE LIVE, AND SUPPORT POLICY CAMPAIGNS TO GET WORKING PEOPLE INVOLVED IN LOCAL ISSUES THAT HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS ON THEIR LIVES. WE DO THIS WITH THE HOPE OF IMPROVING THEIR CONNECTION TO AND PARTICIPATION IN ALL LEVELS OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS OVER TIME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE SUPPORTS POLICIES THAT TAKE THE LEAD ON THE ISSUES WORKING PEOPLE MOST CARE ABOUT:HIGHER WAGES & LOWER RENT.WE SUPPORT GRASSROOTS POLITICS IN DISTRICTS WHERE WORKING PEOPLE LIVE, AND SUPPORT POLICY CAMPAIGNS TO GET WORKING PEOPLE INVOLVED IN LOCAL ISSUES THAT HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS ON THEIR LIVES. WE DO THIS WITH THE HOPE OF IMPROVING THEIR CONNECTION TO AND PARTICIPATION IN ALL LEVELS OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS OVER TIME.

  • SUPPORTED CALIFORNIA STATE PROPOSITONS 32 (INCREASE MINIMUM WAGE) AND 32 (RENT CONTROL). OPPOSED CALIFORNIA STATE PROPOSITION 34 (PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES). ALSO SUPPORTED TWO CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD BALLOT MEASURES REGARDING SHORT TERM RENTALS AND HOTEL WORKER PROTECTION/MINIMUM WAGE. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO SERVED AS VENDOR TO CAMPAIGNS PROMOTING A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION TO IMPROVE THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WORKING FAMILIES.

    Expenses $1,718,181 · Revenue $1,835,522

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas Walsh Garcia

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carly Kirchen

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Murphy

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349324330

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