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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LA PROMISE FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,838,433
Total expenses
$21,944,660
Contributions and grants received
$17,387,180
Grants paid
$816,530
Program service revenue
$2,248,123
Investment income
$202,630
Other revenue
$500
Total assets, end of year
$45,833,746
Total liabilities, end of year
$38,367,455
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,466,291
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$16,531,461
Management and general expenses
$4,864,480
Fundraising expenses
$548,719
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,531,461

Program services were 75.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $9,496,069

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,891,111

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LOCAL REVENUE

    total $2,248,123 · related or exempt $2,248,123

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $120,523 · excluded $120,523

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $500

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $500

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $500 · excluded $500

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $10,782,000

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

    securities $10,699,893

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $82,107

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $82,107 · excluded $82,107

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $816,530 · program services $816,530

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,259,121 · program services $934,135 · management and general $324,986

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,801,906 · program services $7,268,055 · management and general $101,623 · fundraising $432,228

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $120,024 · program services $120,024

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $774,944 · program services $714,463 · management and general $13,806 · fundraising $46,675

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $698,762 · program services $633,619 · management and general $31,784 · fundraising $33,359

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $21,443 · management and general $21,443

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,950 · management and general $3,950

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,075,513 · program services $1,760,079 · management and general $1,315,434

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $52,335 · management and general $52,335

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,006,417 · program services $740,290 · management and general $266,127

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $74,049 · management and general $74,049

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $748,382 · program services $549,446 · management and general $191,321 · fundraising $7,615

  • 17 · Travel

    total $83,965 · program services $83,757 · management and general $208

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,296,977 · management and general $1,296,977

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $993,171 · program services $672,227 · management and general $320,944

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $247,518 · management and general $247,518

  • 24a · Other expenses: FIELD TRIPS & PUPIL TRA

    total $1,244,694 · program services $1,244,694

  • 24b · Other expenses: INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

    total $197,656 · program services $197,656

  • 24c · Other expenses: NON-CAPITAL OUTLAY

    total $145,816 · program services $123,692 · management and general $22,124

  • 24d · Other expenses: DISTRICT OVERSIGHT FEE

    total $58,068 · management and general $58,068

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,223,419 · program services $672,794 · management and general $521,783 · fundraising $28,842

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $18,636,753 · end of year $6,705,316

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,202,657

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,790,696 · end of year $5,272,224

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $141,900 · end of year $108,528

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

    $35,429,348

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

    $2,867,612

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $25,041,710 · end of year $32,561,736

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $1,011,340

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $129,995 · end of year $174,602

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,640,582 · end of year $935,643

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $16,429

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $34,753,174 · end of year $34,638,697

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $2,091,570 · end of year $781,277

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,897,862 · end of year $1,995,409

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,434,650 · end of year $4,341,549

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,125,873 · end of year $3,124,742

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ACADEMIC AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT SPARK PASSION, EMPOWER LEADERSHIP, AND PREPARE THEM FOR THEIR CHOSEN COLLEGE AND CAREER PATHS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PREPARING LOS ANGELES STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS IN COLLEGE, CAREER AND LIFE.

  • WORKING THROUGH OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND A PORTFOLIO OF PROGRAMS THAT REACH STUDENTS THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY, LA PROMISE FUND CREATES VIBRANT COMMUNITY HUBS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT FOSTER MOTIVATED, ENGAGED AND DIRECTED STUDENTS POISED FOR ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL SUCCESS. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL RUSSELL WESTBROOK WHY NOT? HIGH SCHOOL IS OPERATED BY LA PROMISE FUND AND SERVES STUDENTS IN GRADES SIXTH THROUGH TWELVE.

    Expenses $12,343,398 · Grants $816,530 · Revenue $561,720

  • BUILDING COLLEGE SUCCESS (BCS) IS A SOUTH LA-FOCUSED INITIATIVE THAT PARTNERS WITH SELECT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO CREATE PATHWAYS FOR COLLEGE SUCCESS, ENABLING MORE STUDENTS FROM 11 SOUTH LA HIGH SCHOOLS TO ATTEND AND GRADUATE FROM 4-YEAR COLLEGES.

    Expenses $3,228,545 · Revenue $1,590,709

  • ARTSMATTER DELIVERS IMPACTFUL ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS BY EQUIPPING TEACHERS WITH RESOURCES TO INTEGRATE MEDIA ARTS INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS. BY EXPANDING STUDENT ACCESS TO ART AND TECHNOLOGY, ARTSMATTER PROGRAMS ENHANCE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND FOSTER CREATIVE THINKING, TECHNICAL SKILLS, AND CAREER READINESS IN LA'S CREATIVE ECONOMY.

    Expenses $959,518 · Revenue $95,694

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Donnell Beverly

    CO CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Stephen Prough

    CO CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Elizabeth Mann

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Dean Hallett

    TREASURER (UNTIL MAR '25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Simon Osborn

    CO CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Megan Chernin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Melissa Stephens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Russell Westbrook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Amit Verma

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Tanesha Duncan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Brian McNamee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Paul Debernier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ivelisse Estrada

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Peter Jarowey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Danielle Vick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Kathleen Kennedy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Fernando Fernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Alison Temple

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jaime Uzeta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ali Powell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Molly Park

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Leo Medina

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Vanessa Rosales

    DIRECTOR (FROM SEP '24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Veronica Melvin

    CEO/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $319,289
    From this org
    $278,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,897
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $278,092
    Bonus
    $300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,069
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,839
    Filer's total
    $319,300
  • Ron Fernando

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $123,374
    From this org
    $113,907
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,467
    Hours/week
    40
  • Liliana Vasquez

    COO

    Total calculated
    $182,942
    From this org
    $161,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,670
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,773
    Bonus
    $499
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,532
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,149
    Filer's total
    $182,953
  • Jason Marin

    CHIEF OF SCHOOLS

    Total calculated
    $63,738
    From this org
    $58,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,490
    Hours/week
    40
  • Leslie Aaronson

    CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $169,750
    From this org
    $142,284
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,466
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,684
    Bonus
    $600
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,983
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,494
    Filer's total
    $169,761
  • Ibert Schultz

    EXEC DIRECTOR OF BLACK COLLEGE SUCCESS

    Total calculated
    $246,051
    From this org
    $217,252
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,799
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,252
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,810
    Filer's total
    $246,062
  • Edgar Campos

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $130,894
    From this org
    $114,557
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,337
    Hours/week
    40
  • Darla Vance

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $148,941
    From this org
    $134,060
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,881
    Hours/week
    40
  • Zeidy Revolorio

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $144,209
    From this org
    $134,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,146
    Hours/week
    40
  • Narine Papazyan

    ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $121,641
    From this org
    $110,831
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,810
    Hours/week
    40
  • Camira Carter

    SR. DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $129,181
    From this org
    $111,482
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,699
    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. 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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
AS A HEALTH AND WELLNESS BENEFIT, ALL LAPF EMPLOYEES HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CLUBS AND OTHER SERVICES LIMITED TO $50/M. IT WAS INCLUDED IN TAXABLE INCOME. KEY EMPLOYEES THAT USED THIS BENEFIT TOWARDS HEALTH CLUB MEMBERSHIPS WERE: CAMIRA CARTER, EDGAR CAMPOS, RON FERNANDO, AND LESLIE AARONSON.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • LA PROMISE FUND FACILITY LLC

    PROPERTY HOLDING LLC · CA · income $1,728,167 · assets $45,909,426

    Directly controlled by LA PROMISE FUND

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601359349310390

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