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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MLK HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$37,727
Total expenses
$283,513
Contributions and grants received
$35,096
Grants paid
$272,489
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,631
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$506,230
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$506,230
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$274,999
Management and general expenses
$7,996
Fundraising expenses
$518
Program service expenses (Part III)
$274,999

Program services were 97.0% 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

    $35,096

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,631 · excluded $2,631

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $272,489 · program services $272,489

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,475 · management and general $4,475

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $248 · management and general $248

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,028 · program services $2,510 · fundraising $518

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,554 · management and general $2,554

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $644 · management and general $644

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $75 · management and general $75

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $339,835 · end of year $86,465

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $417,217 · end of year $419,765

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,036

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $467,695 · end of year $267,464

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $284,321 · end of year $238,766

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

MLK-CDC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES SUPPORT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS TO NECESSARY HEALTH RESOURCES AIMED AT UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES. ITS MISSION IS TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY COMBATTING (CONTINUED ON SCH. O) DETERIORATION AND ECONOMIC DISTRESS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN THE DISTRESSED AREA OF SOUTH LOS ANGELES. ITS FOCUS HAS BEEN THE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE 42-ACRE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEDICAL CAMPUS AND OTHER PROPERTIES OWNED BY GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MLK HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (MLK-CDC) IS CHARGED WITH FACILITATING THE REVITALIZATION OF SOUTH LOS ANGELES THAT INCLUDES THE MLK MEDICAL CAMPUS IN REPURPOSING UNDERUTILIZED BUILDINGS FOR EXPANSION OF DESPERATELY NEEDED HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND HEALTH-RELATED EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 4,500 TEENS AND CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.

  • MLK-CDC HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE ("CDU") ON THE ACQUISITION OF AN ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT WILL ALLOW FOR EXPANSION OF CLASSROOMS, STUDENT HOUSING, LABORATORIES AND AN ATHLETIC FIELD. CDU IS LOCATED WITHIN THE MLK MEDICAL CAMPUS AND IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE JACQUELINE AVANT CENTER AND THE MLK OUTPATIENT CENTER AND WORKS CLOSELY WITH BOTH IN SERVING CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. MLK-CDC CONTINUES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH CDU ON THE DREW CARES PROGRAM -HIV PREVENTION.

    Expenses $152,510 · Grants $150,000

  • MLK-CDC FACILITATED DONATIONS OF OVER $10,000 FOR THE NEEDS OF THE MLK PEDIATRIC CLINIC LOCATED IN THE JACQUELINE AVANT CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTER ("JAC") FOR PURCHASE OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND EVENTS HELD. IN 2025, MLK-CDC FOCUSED ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS THAT WILL NOW BE PROVIDED IN THE JAC. IN ADDITION TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, THE NEWLY RENOVATED THIRD FLOOR WILL INCLUDE A CHILDREN'S TRAUMA CENTER. MLK-CDC PURCHASED FURNITURE FOR THE SPACE. EXPANDED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE NEW CENTER. DURING THE YEAR, SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO APPROXIMATELY 4,500 CHILDREN AND TEENS IN FOSTER CARE.

    Expenses $108,268 · Grants $108,268

  • MLK-CDC FACILITATED AN ANNUAL GRANT OF $25,000 FOR THE MLK OUTPATIENT CENTER ("MLK-OPC") TO CONTINUE HEALTH SCREENING OUTREACH TO VULNERABLE POPULATION FOR MAMMOGRAMS AND PAP SMEARS. IN 2025, MLK-OPC DEMONSTRATED HIGH ACHIEVEMENT ON REPORTABLE QUALITY INDICATORS OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING IN WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 50-75; AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING FOR WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 21-65. IN ADDITION, AS PART OF ITS FOCUS ON BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION, THE MONTHLY SPA DAY SERVICE PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 197 PAP SMEARS AND 185 MAMMOGRAMS. THE MLK-OPC PROVIDED HIV TESTING AND PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS EDUCATION. THE MLK-OPC SERVED OVER 10,000 WOMEN'S HEALTH-SPECIFIC VISITS, WHICH INCLUDED OVER 5,000 MAMMOGRAMS, OVER 6,000 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY APPOINTMENTS AND OVER 900 CHEMOTHERAPY INFUSIONS.

    Expenses $14,221 · Grants $14,221

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Karly Katona

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Linda Griego

    VICE CHAIR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Renata Simril

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Yolanda Vera

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Gerard McCallum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Brenda Levin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Denise Rio Rodriquez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Derric Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

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

  • CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY

    $150,000

    CDU WELLNESS & EDUCATION MLK NORTH CAMPUS PROJECT

  • THE JACQUELINE AVANT CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTER

    $16,789

    FOR USAGE BY THE JACQUELINE AVANT CHILDREN FAMILY CENTER

  • MLK OUTPATIENT CENTER

    $14,221

    FOR USAGE BY MLK OUTPATIENT CENTER

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
3 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601549349300730

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