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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LA FORWARD INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$604,050
Total expenses
$472,249
Contributions and grants received
$551,295
Grants paid
$6,393
Program service revenue
$49,500
Investment income
$3,255
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$339,094
Total liabilities, end of year
$619
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$338,475
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$403,937
Management and general expenses
$17,525
Fundraising expenses
$50,787
Program service expenses (Part III)
$403,937

Program services were 85.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $551,295

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Housing Justice Ed LA

    total $49,500 · related or exempt $49,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,255 · related or exempt $3,255

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,393 · program services $2,393

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,000 · program services $4,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $118,000 · program services $105,575 · management and general $4,125 · fundraising $8,300

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $245,260 · program services $237,491 · management and general $1,529 · fundraising $6,240

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $53,060 · program services $50,110 · management and general $828 · fundraising $2,122

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,928 · program services $27,320 · management and general $451 · fundraising $1,157

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,245 · management and general $8,245

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $32,375 · fundraising $32,375

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,191 · program services $1,191

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,716 · program services $4,453 · management and general $74 · fundraising $189

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,100 · program services $9,538 · management and general $158 · fundraising $404

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,980 · program services $1,980

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,824 · program services $10,824

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,115 · management and general $2,115

  • 24a · Other expenses: Volunteer Training Program

    total $6,828 · program services $6,828

  • 24b · Other expenses: Consulting

    total $38,000 · program services $38,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: Reimbursed Staff time

    total -$96,488 · program services -$96,488

  • 24d · Other expenses: Merchant Fees

    total $722 · program services $722

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $191,260 · end of year $196,627

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $141,467

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,489 · end of year $1,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,437

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $512 · end of year $619

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $206,674 · end of year $338,475

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Transform local communities into places that are fair and flourishing for everyone through education, community organization, and coalition-building.

  • Ran a six-month leadership development cohort in the San Gabriel Valley, focused on Community Leadership for Affordable Housing; Worked with Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE) to advance the housing justice knowledge of dozens of community members primarily across Southeast LA County who are part of the Best Start network; Serve on the steering committee for two of LA Countys leading housing justice coalitions, ACT-LA and Our Future LA; Advocated for LA City to adhere to its commitment to allow the Venice Dell Community affordable housing project to proceed as approved; Placed unarmed crisis response at the center of LA Citys budget conversations; Deepened our involvement in coalitions working on policy development and advocacy to bring independent redistricting and other reforms to LA City Council; Continued on Schedule O.

    Expenses $403,937

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

Listed in Part VII

  • David Levitus

    Chief Executive OfficerDirector

    Total calculated
    $139,701
    From this org
    $139,701
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Otha Cole

    ChairpersonDirector

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Young

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karin Brummell

    SecretaryDirector

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Anand

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Loraine Lundquist

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie McKeon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Trujillo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Visotzky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Einbinder

    TreasurerDirector

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

  • Luis Gutierrez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

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

  • 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

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.

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
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513149349301526

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