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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,994,765
Total expenses
$1,216,017
Contributions and grants received
$2,458,597
Grants paid
$268,808
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$282,996
Other revenue
$253,172
Total assets, end of year
$7,613,517
Total liabilities, end of year
$353,193
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,260,324
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$954,612
Management and general expenses
$158,239
Fundraising expenses
$103,166
Program service expenses (Part III)
$954,612

Program services were 78.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,279,638

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,178,959

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $282,996 · excluded $282,996

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $722,124

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

    $1,178,959

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $468,952

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $253,172 · excluded $253,172

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $266,700 · program services $266,700

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,108 · program services $2,108

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $200,165 · program services $104,224 · management and general $76,399 · fundraising $19,542

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $239,878 · program services $208,755 · management and general $15,711 · fundraising $15,412

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,066 · program services $7,205 · management and general $343 · fundraising $518

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $20,766 · program services $14,296 · management and general $5,275 · fundraising $1,195

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,011 · program services $24,262 · management and general $7,089 · fundraising $2,660

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,150 · management and general $21,150

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $48,000 · program services $48,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $61,745 · program services $47,255 · management and general $10,513 · fundraising $3,977

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36,058 · program services $30,148 · management and general $3,494 · fundraising $2,416

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,000 · program services $7,134 · management and general $2,084 · fundraising $782

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50,456 · program services $36,008 · management and general $10,506 · fundraising $3,942

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,092 · program services $3,959 · management and general $82 · fundraising $51

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $61,367 · program services $60,517 · management and general $751 · fundraising $99

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,042 · program services $2,170 · management and general $634 · fundraising $238

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,688 · program services $4,156 · management and general $4,076 · fundraising $456

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT NON DIREC

    total $132,311 · program services $80,454 · fundraising $51,857

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE & PRINTING

    total $7,414 · program services $7,261 · management and general $132 · fundraising $21

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,697 · end of year $18,776

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,565,007 · end of year $5,305,948

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $60,297

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $139,200 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $31,016 · end of year $24,056

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

    $13,005

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

    $7,509

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,538 · end of year $5,496

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,975,602 · end of year $2,198,944

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $92,983 · end of year $76,659

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $320,000 · end of year $266,700

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,076 · end of year $9,834

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,691,738 · end of year $2,855,652

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,626,263 · end of year $4,404,672

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF OUR NATIONWIDE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION IS TO LEAD THE FIGHT TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF LIVING WITH EPILEPSY AND TO ACCELERATE THERAPIES TO STOP SEIZURES, FIND CURES, AND SAVE LIVES. THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION LOS ANGELES (EFLA) FULFILLS OUR MISSION LOCALLY, LEADING THE FIGHT TO END EPILEPSY TOGETHER, TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES CREATED BY SEIZURES FOCUSING ON SPECIALTY CARE, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AND SUPPORTIVE CARE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO LEAD THE FIGHT TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF LIVING WITH EPILEPSY.

  • SPECIALTY CARE: IMPROVE ACCESS TO AND QUALITY OF SPECIALTY CARE TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY. EFLA DOES THIS BY HELPING EXPEDITE CARE THROUGH OUR 800# HELPLINE AND FUNDING PEDIATRIC EPILEPTOLOGIST FELLOWS THROUGH OUR CARE AND CURE INITIATIVES. SINCE 2006, EFLA HAS PARTNERED WITH MANY OF THE MAJOR MEDICAL CENTERS IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES, RAISING FUNDS FOR THE MEDICAL TRAINING OF 45 FELLOWS. SOME OF THE PARTNERING MEDICAL EPILEPSY CENTERS IN OUR REGION INCLUDE: (A) UCLA DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (B) CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES (C) USC KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

    Expenses $296,480 · Grants $266,700

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION & AWARENESS: PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, FAIRNESS, ACCESS AND JUSTICE FOR THOSE WITH EPILEPSY. PROMOTED AWARENESS ABOUT EPILEPSY AND EFLA THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS, WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA SO THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE INFORMED AND INSPIRED TO JOIN THE FIGHT TO END EPILEPSY TOGETHER. PROMOTED AWARENESS TO GROW THE NUMBER OF GRASSROOT ADVOCATES. EFLA LED STATE EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS REGARDING A CURRENT LAW THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY. EFLA SUPPORTED STATE AND FEDERAL MEASURES THAT BENEFIT PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY, AND CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT WITH VARIOUS ADVOCACY COALITIONS WITH SIMILAR GOALS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, WE PARTICIPATED IN NATIONWIDE ADVOCACY THROUGH THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE AND TEENS SPEAK UP TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE FUNDING FOR EPILEPSY RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE AS ADVOCATES. EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC-AT-LARGE WAS DELIVERED THROUGH SEIZURE RECOGNITION AND FIRST AID TRAININGS TO EMPLOYERS, SCHOOLS, AND THROUGH PARTNER COMMUNITY AGENCIES. EFLA PARTICIPATED IN THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL NURSES ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO UPDATE SCHOOL NURSES ON THE LATEST TREATMENTS IN EPILEPSY AND HOW BEST TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH SEIZURES.

    Expenses $429,554

  • SUPPORTIVE CARE: PROMOTE SEIZURE FREEDOM AND SAFETY TO IMPROVE & SAVE LIVES. ORGANIZED AND OFFERED A VARIETY OF VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND UPDATES ON EPILEPSY AND EPILEPSY TREATMENT. EFLA CONDUCTED EPILEPSY AND SEIZURE FIRST AID TRAINING IN THE COMMUNITY, MONTHLY EPILEPSY 101 SESSIONS WITH FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY EPILEPSY, MONTHLY SEIZURE FIRST AID TRAINING CERTIFICATION COURSES, MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUPS, PARTNERED WITH LOCAL EPILEPSY CENTERS AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES TO HOST MULTIPLE VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL SESSION ON VARIOUS TOPICS, PROVIDED TRAINING AND UPDATES ON EPILEPSY TO SCHOOL NURSES AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL. EFLA CONNECTS PEOPLE AFFECTED BY EPILEPSY TO ONE ANOTHER TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT AND TO ULTIMATELY EMPOWER THEM TO PURSUE THEIR UTMOST QUALITY OF LIFE. EFLA DOES THIS BY OFFERING MULTIPLE NETWORKING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH EPILEPSY AND LOVED ONES OF PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY SUCH AS FAMILY AND CHILDRENS CAMPS, EMPLOYMENT READINESS WORKSHOPS, BOOK CLUBS, AND OTHER SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. THROUGH THE 800# HELPLINE, EFLA HELPS PEOPLE NAVIGATE THEIR EPILEPSY JOURNEY BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND REFERRAL AND OFFERS AN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $228,578 · Grants $2,108

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Loren Zitomersky

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matt Edelman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steve Baum

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adam Kaller

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew Gumpert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Borman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Bender

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daryl Drabinsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Heidi Goldstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Diane Crea Hamilton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peyton Hoffman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matt Howley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Samuel Koh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Minahan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jolie Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David A Parker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Diego Piasek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ginger Sherak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bethany Stevens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Caro Zenobi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rebekkah Halliwell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $110,168
    From this org
    $104,468
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,700
    Hours/week
    40

  • Julie Paletta

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $62,762
    From this org
    $62,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

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

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
2023
Filed
19 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520519349301132

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