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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,724,234
Total expenses
$5,989,129
Contributions and grants received
$4,044,477
Grants paid
$1,079,928
Program service revenue
$1,263,381
Investment income
$340,233
Other revenue
$76,143
Total assets, end of year
$62,750,348
Total liabilities, end of year
$408,154
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$62,342,194
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,618,185
Management and general expenses
$677,616
Fundraising expenses
$693,328
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,618,185

Program services were 77.1% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $64,040

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $318,137

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,042,170

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,054,924

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,565,206

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $616,259

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $1,218,107 · related or exempt $1,218,107

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE MEETING INCOME

    total $45,274 · related or exempt $45,274

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $229,424 · excluded $229,424

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $31,616

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $31,616

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $31,616 · excluded $31,616

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,694,598

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,583,789

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $110,809

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $110,809 · excluded $110,809

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $105,983

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $318,137

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $95,960

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $10,023 · excluded $10,023

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $34,504 · excluded $34,504

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $34,504

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,691 · program services $2,691

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,077,237 · program services $1,077,237

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $197,516 · program services $148,598 · management and general $19,626 · fundraising $29,292

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,896,415 · program services $1,426,862 · management and general $188,402 · fundraising $281,151

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,026 · program services $8,269 · management and general $1,103 · fundraising $1,654

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $164,085 · program services $123,063 · management and general $16,409 · fundraising $24,613

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $173,515 · program services $130,136 · management and general $17,352 · fundraising $26,027

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $29,793 · management and general $29,793

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $349,400 · management and general $349,400

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $60,000 · fundraising $60,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $51,851 · management and general $51,851

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $243,917 · program services $243,917

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,980 · program services $7,880 · management and general $1,140 · fundraising $960

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $182,705 · program services $156,102 · management and general $5,525 · fundraising $21,078

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $181,513 · program services $146,557 · management and general $12,522 · fundraising $22,434

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $404,648 · program services $374,857 · management and general $14,937 · fundraising $14,854

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,965 · program services $13,897 · management and general $813 · fundraising $255

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $60,424 · program services $57,708 · management and general $1,241 · fundraising $1,475

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $475,032 · program services $356,274 · management and general $25,108 · fundraising $93,650

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $137,751 · program services $107,619 · management and general $12,053 · fundraising $18,079

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM COSTS

    total $85,748 · program services $85,748 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: NUTRITION

    total $77,819 · program services $77,819 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $22,713 · program services $21,692 · management and general $467 · fundraising $554

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $10,924 · program services $10,324 · management and general $0 · fundraising $600

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $67,461 · program services $40,935 · management and general -$70,126 · fundraising $96,652

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $593,769 · end of year $570,666

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,069,155 · end of year $1,307,630

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $692,020 · end of year $605,078

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $44,257 · end of year $22,928

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $644,701 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $173,512 · end of year $754,046

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $20,894,111

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,295,653

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,944,951 · end of year $18,598,458

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,920,268 · end of year $7,464,954

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $31,634,573 · end of year $33,426,588

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $296,222 · end of year $408,154

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,943,038 · end of year $23,340,404

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $36,477,946 · end of year $39,001,790

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF ASSISTANCE LEAGUE (R) OF LOS ANGELES SINCE 1919 IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN IN THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN IN THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY.

  • OPERATION SCHOOL BELL (OSB) PROVIDES EXTREMELY IMPOVERISHED K-5TH GRADE SCHOOLCHILDREN WITH NEW CLOTHING AND SUPPLIES. CHILDREN FROM DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES, THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR IN FOSTER CARE, HAVE IMPROVED SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR, SELF-ESTEEM, AND LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THEIR PEERS AND SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WHEN THEY DO NOT "WEAR" THEIR POVERTY. THANKS TO OSB, THIS YEAR, 8,499 CHILDREN WERE GIVEN NEW CLOTHING, SHOES, SOCKS, UNDERGARMENTS, HOODIES, PERSONAL GROOMING KITS, BACKPACKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, BOOKS, AND A TOY AT THE LEAGUE'S HOLLYWOOD OFFICE OR VIA OUR MOBILE FACILITY, OPERATION SCHOOL BELL ON WHEELS, THAT DELIVERS THE PROGRAM AT SCHOOL SITES ACROSS LOS ANGELES. WHILE IN-PERSON SERVICE DELIVERY AT THE LEAGUE OFFICE WAS SUSPENDED FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 DUE TO COVID-19 CONSIDERATIONS, OVERALL OSB SERVICE DELIVERY INCREASED IN THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 DUE TO AN EXPANDED VIRTUAL ORDERING SYSTEM. THE ONLINE ORDERING SYSTEM, DEVELOPED DURING THE PANDEMIC, PREPARES INDIVIDUALIZED BACKPACKS OF ITEMS TO BE PICKED UP AT THE HOLLYWOOD OFFICE BY SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND THEN DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO THE CHILDREN AT SCHOOL. THEATRE FOR CHILDREN IS THE LONGEST-RUNNING CHILDREN'S THEATRE IN LOS ANGELES, BRINGING THE JOY OF LIVE MUSICAL THEATRE TO 11,000 UNDERSERVED AND HANDICAPPED CHILDREN THIS YEAR. THE PRODUCTIONS ARE OFFERED FREE TO CHILDREN FROM TITLE I LAUSD SCHOOLS ALONG WITH FREE BUS TRANSPORTATION. TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT REDUCED RATES TO SCHOOL GROUPS AND FOR A NOMINAL FEE TO THE PUBLIC ON WEEKENDS. ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES STRIVES TO OFFER CHILDREN AN ARTS ENRICHMENT EXPERIENCE WITH LIVE THEATRE. DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND LIMITATIONS ON FIELD TRIPS FOR SCHOOLS IN LOS ANGELES, THEATRE FOR CHILDREN MODIFIED SERVICE DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023, TO PRODUCE VIDEOS OF PERFORMANCES AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES INFOTAINMENT WHICH ARE SHARED WITH SCHOOLCHILDREN VIA YOUTUBE. FOSTER CHILDREN'S RESOURCE CENTER (FCRC) PROVIDES CRITICALLY NEEDED CLOTHING AND SUPPLIES TO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE. OFTEN, FOSTER YOUTH ARE ABRUPTLY MOVED WITH FEW PERSONAL POSSESSIONS BEYOND THE CLOTHES THAT THEY ARE WEARING. 1,782 YOUTH WERE REFERRED BY LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS). FCRC PROVIDES THEM WITH BRAND NEW CLOTHING, UNDERGARMENTS, SOCKS, JACKETS, PAJAMAS, BACKPACKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, TOYS, BOOKS, AND GROOMING KITS TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO ATTEND SCHOOL AND BOLSTER THEIR SELF-ESTEEM DURING A DIFFICULT TIME IN THEIR LIVES. DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, FCRC MODIFIED SERVICE DELIVERY DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023, TO FILL ORDERS PLACED BY SOCIAL WORKERS AND FOSTER PARENTS VIA CURBSIDE PICK-UP. PRESCHOOL LEARNING CENTER DEVELOPS ACADEMIC SKILLS IN CHILDREN AND ENCOURAGES THEIR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. STUDIES SHOW THAT CHILDREN WHO ATTEND PRESCHOOL OUTPERFORM THEIR PEERS ACADEMICALLY AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO GO TO COLLEGE. ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (NAEYC), THE LEAGUE'S PRESCHOOL LEARNING CENTER PROVIDES A QUALITY PRESCHOOL EDUCATION FREE OF CHARGE TO CHILDREN AGES THREE TO FIVE FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: THE LEAGUE AWARDS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS FROM LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT'S HOMELESS EDUCATION OFFICE TO HELP FUND THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION. THE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AWARD IS BASED ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, CHARACTER, AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES RECEIVE THE SAME FUNDING FOR FRESHMAN THROUGH SENIOR YEARS BY MAINTAINING NO LESS THAN A 2.0 GPA.PROM DAY: THE LEAGUE CREATES A POP-UP PROM DAY SHOPPING BOUTIQUE, COMPLETELY FREE FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. GIRLS ARE IDENTIFIED BY LAUSD'S HOMELESS EDUCATION OFFICE FOR PROM DAY WHERE THEY GET TO CHOOSE THE OUTFIT AND "SWAG" OF THEIR DREAMS: DRESS, SHOES, JEWELRY, HANDBAG, SHAWL, ACCESSORIES, BEAUTY AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS, DUFFLE BAG, BACKPACK, ROLLER SUITCASE, AND MORE. PROM DAY ENABLES THESE YOUNG WOMEN TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT IS A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: THEIR SENIOR PROM.

    Expenses $3,574,640 · Grants $1,079,928 · Revenue $45,274

  • COURT REFERRED VOLUNTEER CENTER (CRVC) PROGRAM OPERATES AS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GENERATING REVENUE TO HELP SUPPORT THE LEAGUE'S PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN. THE CRVC PROGRAM IS IN SEVEN COURTHOUSES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE PROGRAM REFERS CLIENTS TO VARIOUS NONPROFIT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO FULFILL THEIR COURT-MANDATED COMMUNITY SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023, CRVC CONNECTED MORE THAN 8,200 AGELENOS TO COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES REPRESENTING MORE THAN 547,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS.

    Expenses $1,043,545 · Revenue $1,218,107

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MELANIE MERIANS

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $225,811
    From this org
    $211,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,673
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,488
    Bonus
    $11,650
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,248
    Nontaxable benefits
    $425
    Filer's total
    $225,811
  • YVONNE BRADSHAW

    SR. DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $152,350
    From this org
    $136,198
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,152
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,504
    Bonus
    $1,694
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,768
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,384
    Filer's total
    $152,350
  • SUSAN BRODSKY-THALKEN

    VP (TO 01/23) PRES. (FROM 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 1 related
  • ADRIENNE SELTZER

    PRES. (TO 01/23) DIR. (FROM 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 1 related
  • MARGARET S DAVIS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 1 related
  • FLORAN FOWKES

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • GREER SAUNDERS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • YVONNE CAZIER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • AMELIA CHICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • MELANIE EDWARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • KIEL FITZGERALD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • SHARON GRIFFIN-GALAMBA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • MARA SUSSKIND-KALCHEIM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • J'NET NGUYEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • PATTI VOGT ROWEY

    DIRECTOR, AUDIT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • SHERLY LAUTENSCHLAGER

    DIRECTOR (TO 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • REENA SINGH

    DIRECTOR (TO 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • CHERYL VAN TASSEL

    DIRECTOR (TO 01/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE BOARD DETERMINES AND APPROVES THE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL BONUS FOR THE CEO, IF ANY, BASED ON PERFORMANCE.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421319349300037

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