Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,133,404

Total expenses

$2,664,483

Contributions and grants received

$848,042

Grants paid

$1,915,632

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$251,836

Other revenue

$33,526

Total assets, end of year

$5,845,538

Total liabilities, end of year

$73,627

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,771,911

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,475,708

Management and general expenses

$143,422

Fundraising expenses

$45,353

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,475,708

Program services were 92.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• 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 AND GRANTS INCLUDES $1,807,762 TO CARE AND CURE INSTITUTE DUE TO SEPARATION AGREEMENT. SEE FORM 990, PART III, LINE 3, CHANGES IN PROGRAM SERVICES AS DISCLOSED IN SCHEDULE O.

  Expenses $1,937,993 · Grants $1,910,762

• 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 $316,431

• 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 $221,284 · Grants $4,870

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

Listed in Part VII

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

• CARE AND CURE INSTITUTE

  $1,807,762

  PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY FELLOWSHIP

• THE UCLA FOUNDATION

  $103,000

  PEDIATRIC GENETICS PROGRAM ENDOWMENT TO TRAIN A PEDIATRIC GENETICS FELLOW.

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.

• EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

  501(C)(3) · EPILEPDY RESEARCH AND AWARENESS · MD

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

30 March 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

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