Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,113,107
- Total expenses
- $1,454,193
- Contributions and grants received
- $992,239
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $117,779
- Investment income
- $3,089
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $603,638
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $53,564
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $550,074
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,180,061
- Management and general expenses
- $200,966
- Fundraising expenses
- $73,166
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,180,061
Program services were 81.1% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$79,019
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$80,966
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$832,254
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2a · Program service revenue: Contracted Services
total $97,150 · related or exempt $97,150
-
2b · Program service revenue: Event Fees
total $20,629 · related or exempt $20,629
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3 · Investment income
total $3,089 · excluded $3,089
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
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 $197,984 · program services $156,407 · management and general $23,758 · fundraising $17,819
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $489,169 · program services $386,444 · management and general $58,700 · fundraising $44,025
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $40,822 · program services $32,250 · management and general $4,898 · fundraising $3,674
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $52,056 · program services $41,124 · management and general $6,247 · fundraising $4,685
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $29,311 · management and general $29,311
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $47,258 · program services $47,258
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $8,095 · management and general $8,095
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $10,375 · management and general $10,375
-
14 · Information technology
total $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $17,830 · management and general $17,830
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $517,500 · program services $507,513 · management and general $9,987
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $5,348 · management and general $5,348
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24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT LEASE
total $15,064 · management and general $15,064
-
24b · Other expenses: Grant Writer
total $6,287 · program services $6,287
-
24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $5,266 · management and general $5,266
-
24d · Other expenses: Telephone & Internet
total $3,797 · management and general $3,797
-
24e · All other expenses
total $8,031 · program services $2,778 · management and general $2,290 · fundraising $2,963
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $88,665 · end of year $269,584
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $821,779 · end of year $334,054
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$23,482
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$23,482
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $643 · end of year $11,500
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $18,641 · end of year $42,064
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $209,610 · end of year $92,245
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $681,550 · end of year $457,829
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
ARTS FOR LA LEADS COMMUNITIES, ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR AN EQUITABLE, HEALTHY, AND CREATIVE LOS ANGELES REGION THROUGH THE ARTS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
ARTS FOR LA LEADS COMMUNITIES, ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR AN EQUITABLE, HEALTHY, AND CREATIVE LOS ANGELES REGION THROUGH THE ARTS. WE SERVE AS THE ONLY CROSS-DISCIPLINE, CROSS-SECTOR CONVENOR FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE INDUSTRY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY; AN INDUSTRY THAT YIELDS 2.3 BILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE FOR THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE LEADING REGION WIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS, CONDUCTING AND COMMISSIONING RESEARCH THAT DEEPEN ARTS FOR LA'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE VARIOUS FACTORS THAT MOST IMPACT THE SECTOR, AND TRAINING, MENTORING AND CONVENING THE ARTS WORKERS OF LOS ANGELES.
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CONVENINGS - ARTS FOR LA LED A SERIES OF REGION-WIDE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS THAT ENGAGED 364 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH A TOTAL OF 7 MEETINGS IN FACILITATED CONVERSATIONS DESIGNED TO HELP ARTS FOR LA BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR AND TO CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE PRIMARY ISSUES OF THE FIELD. WE ALSO LED AN E-DINNER SERIES FOR CREATIVE WORKERS THAT CONNECTED 862 ARTISTS AND CREATIVE WORKERS TO RESOURCES. WE HOSTED AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER 309 ARTS AND CULTURE LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION TO NETWORK AND LEARN ABOUT THE STATE OF THE CREATIVE ECONOMY IN THE LOS ANGELES REGION. RESEARCH - ARTS FOR LA COMMISSIONED AND PUBLISHED A RESEARCH PROJECT TITLED, CENTER STAGE: THE ROLE OF LIVE PERFORMING ARTS IN REVITALIZING CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES. THE STUDY ANALYZED CALIFORNIAS PERFORMING ARTS EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS OVER A TEN-YEAR PERIOD AND THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ITS WORKFORCE. WE ALSO COMMISSIONED A SECOND STUDY, TITLED, UNDOCREATIVES WHICH LOOKED AT THE UNDOCUMENTED LABOR FORCE IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES OF LOS ANGELES.EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT - ARTS FOR LA PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CREATIVE ECONOMY AND CULTURAL POLICY ISSUES TO OVER 75,000 SUBSCRIBERS OF OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.WE TRAINED 84 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS THE FOUR TRACKS OF OUR ACTIVATE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. THROUGH OUR ACTIVATE DELEGATES TRACK, WE TRAINED PARTICIPANTS TO UNDERSTAND THE POLITICAL PROCESS AND HOW TO BE CIVICALLY ENGAGED IN LOS ANGELES. THROUGH OUR ACTIVATE EMERGING ARTS LEADERS TRACK WE HELPED PARTICIPANTS IDEATE AND EXECUTE TARGETED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS FOR THE EMERGING ARTS LEADER COMMUNITY OF LOS ANGELES. THROUGH OUR ACTIVATE PROTEGE TRACK, PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED PERSONALIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIPS WITH SEASONED ARTS AND CULTURE LEADERS. THESE 84 COMMUNITY MEMBERS JOINED AN ACTIVATE ALUMNI NETWORK OF NEARLY 600 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARTS FOR LA CONTINUES TO ENGAGE IN SUPPORT OF ARTISTS, ARTS WORKERS, AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE LOS ANGELES REGION. ADDITIONALLY, WE EDUCATED 665 EDUCATORS, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS EDUCATION AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ARTS EDUCATION TO BE INCLUDED IN LEARNING CONTINUITY AND ATTENDANCE PLANS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.STUDENT ORGANIZING - THROUGH OUR ACTIVATE STUDENT ORGANIZING TRACK, WE PROVIDE HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENts THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY THE SKILLS NEEDED TO BECOME LEADING ARTS ADVOCATE IN THE GROWING STUDENT MOVEMENT FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AN ARTS EDUCATION. total of 15 students participated during the tax year.
Expenses $1,180,061 · Revenue $117,779
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Gustavo Herrera
CEO
- Total calculated
- $174,715
- From this org
- $163,806
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,909
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $163,806
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,909
- Filer's total
- $174,715
-
nadia savira chrisanto
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
mark edwards
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Felicia Rosenfeld
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
linda grimes
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Jennifer Cuevas
vice chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Fabian Fuertes
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Fred Goldstein
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
karen hill
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Annette Johnson
chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Gail Lopes
vice chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cliff Warner
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Amy Schiffman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Cary Lefton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
nahal jalali
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
pamela kohanchi
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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. 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 · Compensation survey or study
- 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.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 15 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202541359349317574
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