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← LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,729,375
Total expenses
$3,245,552
Contributions and grants received
$3,925,472
Grants paid
$2,279,113
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$906,317
Other revenue
-$102,414
Total assets, end of year
$12,468,608
Total liabilities, end of year
$128,903
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,339,705
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,580,246
Management and general expenses
$327,541
Fundraising expenses
$337,765
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,580,246

Program services were 79.5% 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

    $598,946

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,326,526

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $164,919

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $450,935 · excluded $450,935

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,019,300

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

    securities $1,563,918

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $455,382

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $455,382 · excluded $455,382

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $35,955

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

    $598,946

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $140,042

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$104,087 · excluded -$104,087

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $40,196

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $38,523

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,673 · excluded $1,673

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,279,113 · program services $2,279,113

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $253,269 · program services $63,319 · management and general $37,990 · fundraising $151,960

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $349,067 · program services $156,509 · management and general $98,299 · fundraising $94,259

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,907 · program services $3,653 · management and general $2,314 · fundraising $940

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,460 · program services $14,370 · management and general $8,988 · fundraising $11,102

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,295 · program services $15,998 · management and general $9,927 · fundraising $17,370

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $89,617 · management and general $89,617

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $27,880 · management and general $27,880

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,010 · program services $1,005 · fundraising $1,005

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $39,518 · program services $14,447 · management and general $9,385 · fundraising $15,686

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,945 · program services $7,198 · management and general $3,805 · fundraising $8,942

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,125 · program services $2,262 · management and general $1,406 · fundraising $2,457

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,360 · management and general $10,360

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,169 · program services $3,758 · management and general $2,331 · fundraising $4,080

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,065 · program services $2,980 · management and general $1,849 · fundraising $3,236

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $30,076 · program services $14,301 · management and general $6,862 · fundraising $8,913

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK AND MERCHANT FEES

    total $19,308 · program services $1,333 · management and general $16,528 · fundraising $1,447

  • 24c · Other expenses: FRIENDS OF LAFD EXPENSES

    total $16,368 · fundraising $16,368

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $978,548 · end of year $1,504,932

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,747,076 · end of year $10,659,761

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $60,000 · end of year $205,073

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,515 · end of year $1,642

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

    $61,118

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

    $61,118

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,170

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $145,800 · end of year $97,200

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $100,114 · end of year $86,903

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $42,000

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $1,046,396

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,068,265 · end of year $10,232,372

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $715,334 · end of year $2,107,333

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PROVIDE ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT, TRAINING AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SUPPLEMENT CITY RESOURCES

  • THE FOUNDATION HELPED TO INVEST IN EQUIPMENT, TRAINING PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC OUTREACH TO ASSIST THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT.

    Expenses $2,580,246 · Grants $2,279,113

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Liz Lin

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $247,577
    From this org
    $224,997
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,580
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,418
    Bonus
    $12,579
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,019
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,561
    Filer's total
    $247,577
  • Mike Ahmar

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marc Ackerman To Dec 2023

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ezequiel Zeke Triana

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Murphy-Castellani

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arnold Porath

    FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay Sanders

    PROGRAM CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dannielle Campos To Sep 2023

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mamie Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Conrey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Drimmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Banyon Hutter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pila Jessie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Jun

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Marquis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Meyers To Dec 2023

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Duncan Milner To Jun 2024

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Mozer To Jun 2024

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie W Nesbit

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Raffety

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wallace Rawls

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicholas Rumanes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ed Shim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dean Ulrich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Acho Ulu To Dec 2023

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Welch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Zedeck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Killoren From Apr 2024

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I Line 7
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD DISCUSSES AND APPROVES THE BONUS OF THE PRESIDENT.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521359349317902

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