Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,409,662

Total expenses

$3,836,347

Contributions and grants received

$4,338,419

Grants paid

$671,099

Program service revenue

$54,645

Investment income

$60,247

Other revenue

-$43,649

Total assets, end of year

$5,183,607

Total liabilities, end of year

$695,173

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,488,434

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,437,981

Management and general expenses

$186,823

Fundraising expenses

$211,543

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,437,981

Program services were 89.6% 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 · 2023

• TENANT RIGHTS: TENANT PROTECTIONS AND ANTI-EVICTION: IN 2023 WE SERVED OVER 570 FAMILIES IN OUR TENANT ACTION CLINIC, 105 HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR TENANT ANTI-HARASSMENT CLINICS, AND 500 IN OUR BEST START WORKSHOPS. THROUGH OUR STAY HOUSED LA PROGRAM WORK, WE REACHED 30,000 PEOPLE, AND REACHED AN ADDITIONAL 1700 THROUGH RIGHT TO COUNSEL COALITION TOWN HALLS AND TRAININGS. WE EDUCATED FAMILIES ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AS TENANTS, INTRODUCED THEM TO LARGER ISSUES OF GOVERNANCE, AND SUPPORTED THEM AS THEY LEARNED TO BE ADVOCATES FOR THEMSELVES WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. LED BY SAJE, THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL CAMPAIGN SUPPORTED TENANTS AS THEY ADVOCATED FOR THE PASSAGE OF UNANIMOUS MOTIONS IN LA CITY AND COUNTY DIRECTING THE CEO AND CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DRAFT A RIGHT TO COUNSEL ORDINANCE. RIGHT TO COUNSEL WILL GUARANTEE THAT RENTERS WHO MUST APPEAR IN EVICTION COURT HAVE THE RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION. IT WILL ALSO ESTABLISH AN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND AND PROVIDE EVICTION PROTECTION SERVICES FOR TENANTS IN THE FORM OF OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AND LEGAL ADVICE FOR LA CITY AND UNINCORPORATED COUNTY RENTERS.

  Expenses $1,296,156 · Grants $239,544

• EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT: LAND USE AND LA HOUSING MOVEMENT LAB: THROUGH DOOR-TO-DOOR CANVASSING, WE REACHED 150 HOUSEHOLDS WITH INFORMATION ON LAND USE POLICIES IMPACTING SOUTH LOS ANGELES, INCLUDING THE METRO AREA PLAN, THE SOUTH LA COMMUNITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION OVERLAY, AND ED1, MAYOR KAREN BASS'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING STREAMLINING ORDINANCE. 30 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED OUR PEOPLE'S PLANNING SCHOOL ON LOS ANGELES' COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM, WHICH CULMINATED WITH PARTICIPANTS SUBMITTING FEEDBACK ON THE PROGRAM TO THE CITY. THROUGH MEDIA OUTREACH AND AN OP-ED IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, WE ADVOCATED STRONGER TENANT PROTECTIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ED1, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STREAMLINING ORDINANCE. WE FACILITATED AND CONDUCTED FOCUS GROUPS AND LISTENING SESSIONS IN THE EFFORT OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES' AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING AND PROVIDED RESIDENT FEEDBACK, ENSURING THAT IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD BY THE CITY. SAJE'S CORPORATE LANDLORD TENANT ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED TO DEFEND MEASURE ULA.

  Expenses $981,710 · Grants $105,257

• HEALTHY HOUSING: BUILDING EQUITY AND TRANSIT: THROUGH OUR WORK WITH LA CITY'S REAP PROGRAM, WE REACHED OVER 1,000 TENANTS STRUGGLING WITH HABITABILITY ISSUES. WITH LA COUNTY WORK, 50 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED OUR DECEMBER 5 TEACH-IN ON CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF. PARTICIPANTS WERE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON SLUM HOUSING AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, OUR HEALTHY HOUSING COMMITTEE DOUBLED IN PARTICIPATION, GROWING FROM 8 ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS TO 22 OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. IN JULY, WE ORGANIZED A MASSIVE MOBILIZATION OF OVER 100 SAJE MEMBERS AND COALITION PARTNERS TO ADVOCATE FOR FARELESS TRANSIT DURING THE MAYOR OF LA'S FIRST MEETING AS LA METRO BOARD CHAIR. THE MAYOR OF LA RE-COMMITTED PUBLICLY TO THE PROMISE OF FARELESS TRANSIT. OUR ADVOCACY ALSO RESULTED IN ENROLLEES IN LIFE, THE FARE DISCOUNT PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME RIDERS, RECEIVING 20 FREE RIDES EVERY MONTH.

  Expenses $1,127,901 · Grants $314,298

• SAJE ENGAGES IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION EFFORTS ON VARIETY OF TOPICS.

  Expenses $32,214 · Grants $12,000 · Revenue $54,645

As filed on the 2023 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

• HOUSING SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORS LLC

  $239,620

  CALIFORNIA SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE GRANT

• LAW OFFICE OF NOAH GRYNBERG

  $224,544

  SETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE

• LA FORWARD (LA VOICE)

  $71,757

  SUPPORT AND DESIGNING AND EXECUTING SAJE'S WORK ON BEST START REGION

• GLOBAL POLICY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

  $67,178

  LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

• CAUSA JUSTA JUST CAUSE

  $37,500

  TO BUILD COMMUNITY POWER TO INCREASE COMMUNITY CONTROL, OWNERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP OF LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE

• TEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC

  $12,000

  PARTICIPATION IN THE ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH HOUSING LEARNING COMMUNITY MOU.

• NOHO HOME ALLIANCE

  $7,500

  INFORM RESIDENTS ABOUT EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND ASSIST W/ APPLICATIONS

• CARSTENS BLACK & MINTEER LLP - RETAINER DEPOSIT - BETHUNE PROJECT

  $7,000

  BETHUNE PROJECT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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