Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT.

Totals

Total revenue: $750,866
Total expenses: $500,402
Contributions and grants received: $721,672
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $27,969
Investment income: $650
Other revenue: $575
Total assets, end of year: $605,532
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $605,532
Program services expenses (Part IX): $307,496
Management and general expenses: $139,123
Fundraising expenses: $53,783
Program service expenses (Part III): $307,496

Program services were 61.4% 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.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$434,386
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$287,286
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
2a · Program service revenue: Honoraria workshops residency

total $27,969 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2b · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2c · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2d · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2e · Program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2f · All other program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $650 · related or exempt $650 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6a · Gross rents

real property $575 · personal property $0
6b · Less rental expenses

real property $0 · personal property $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $575 · personal property $0
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $575 · related or exempt $575 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $0 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $0 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$0
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
9a · Gaming: gross income

$0
9b · Gaming: direct expenses

$0
9c · Net income from gaming

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$0
10b · Cost of goods sold

$0
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11a · Other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11b · Other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11c · Other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11d · All other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $0 · program services $0
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $0 · program services $0
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $0 · program services $0
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0 · program services $0
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $66,156 · program services $39,694 · management and general $13,231 · fundraising $13,231
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $225,723 · program services $124,412 · management and general $68,830 · fundraising $32,482
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
9 · Other employee benefits

total $6,666 · program services $3,733 · management and general $1,866 · fundraising $1,067
10 · Payroll taxes

total $25,617 · program services $14,346 · management and general $7,173 · fundraising $4,099
11a · Fees: management

total $40,475 · program services $0 · management and general $40,475 · fundraising $0
11b · Fees: legal

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11c · Fees: accounting

total $1,962 · program services $0 · management and general $1,962 · fundraising $0
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $0 · fundraising $0
11f · Fees: investment management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11g · Fees: other

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $806 · program services $806 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
13 · Office expenses

total $2,605 · program services $1,649 · management and general $477 · fundraising $477
14 · Information technology

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
15 · Royalties

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
16 · Occupancy

total $52,227 · program services $51,807 · management and general $150 · fundraising $270
17 · Travel

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
20 · Interest

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
21 · Payments to affiliates

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
23 · Insurance

total $4,796 · program services $1,839 · management and general $2,424 · fundraising $532
24a · Other expenses: Program Expenses

total $63,598 · program services $63,598 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24b · Other expenses: Dues & Memberships

total $2,934 · program services $1,858 · management and general $538 · fundraising $538
24c · Other expenses: Taxes, Licenses, Permits

total $910 · program services $0 · management and general $910 · fundraising $0
24d · Other expenses: Telecommunications

total $5,927 · program services $3,754 · management and general $1,087 · fundraising $1,087
24e · All other expenses

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $267,524 · end of year $170,166
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $10,650
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $62,500 · end of year $422,416
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$0
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$0
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $2,300 · end of year $2,300
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $279,824 · end of year $258,116
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $62,500 · end of year $347,416

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Los Angeles Poverty Department creates performances and multi-disciplinary artworks that connect the experience of people living in poverty to the social forces that shape their lives and communities our work expresses the realities hopes dream and rights of people who live and work in L.A. Skid Row.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Los Angeles Poverty Department creates performances and multi-disciplinary artworks utilizing the talents of people living in poverty.

Programming during the fiscal year continued to creatively serve housed and unhoused members of our low-income Skid Row community and the public at our Skid Row History Museum & Archive SRHMA and other public spaces. In October 2023 LAPD hosted our 14th annual 2-day Festival for All Skid Row Artists in Gladys Park Skid Row attended by an est. 1,500 people and 150 artists. In January we published and distributed free to community members 2,000 newspapers featuring the artists. LAPDs Welcome to the Covid Hotel exhibition opened at SRHMA on March 9 2024 and was on view for the remainder of the FY activated by 2 LAPD theatrical performances and 3 community conversations. The project documented and disseminated the experiences of frontline workers at County Quarantine and Isolation medical shelters for homeless Covid patients. Total participants: approx. 20 Skid Row rehearsals workshop participants; 10 cast members 10 panelists; and 180 audience. On May 25 2024 LAPD presented Walk the Talk our biennial performance parade. More than 200 participants included 8 honorees volunteers cast and audience. Biographical scripts about the honorees were distilled from LAPDs interviews and performed by our Skid Row ensemble who participated in rehearsals workshops over three months. Skid Row arts educator Hayk Makhmuryan created honoree portraits. LAPD produced and handed out tabloid newspapers to people in the neighborhood. LAPD archived project materials in our publicly accessible online archive. Over the summer we produced a publication Community & Cosmology: Networks of Liberation to conclude our prior years Community Curator project. Throughout FY2023-24 SRHMA hosted free monthly workshops and meetings as well as special events for Skid Row community members led by individuals and grassroots groups. These included Creative Writing Sock Puppet Making other meetings organized by community groups and annual Bob Marley Day and Juneteenth celebrations organized by Skid Row community member DJ Sir Oliver. LAPD produced Movie Nights twice month and Open Mic Nights monthly. In all Museum programs engaged an estimated 10,000 participants including exhibition visitors and public program audience members in FY2023-24. Working with other Skid Row arts organizations LAPD created and distributed 2,500 copies issue a quarterly ArtsZine highlighting neighborhood artists and activities. Throughout FY2023-24 LAPD archivists worked with 9 volunteers to continue to put our archival holdings in Central Management System while also acquiring and processing new materials generated through LAPD activities and donated from Skid Row leaders and organizations. There were another 15 volunteers who supported LA Poverty Department projects throughout the year.

Expenses $307,496

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Catherine Gudis

President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

13
Aram Moshayedi

Vice President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Zelenne Cardenas

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Julia Carnahan

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Laurance Lavin

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
John Malpede

Founding Artistic Director

Total calculated

$66,156

From this org

$66,156

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

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: 2023
Filed: 15 April 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202501059349302905

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