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WORKER EDUCATION & RESOURCE CENTER INC

EIN 95-4888539 LOS ANGELES, CA

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Revenue 2024
$4,608,528
Expenses 2024
$4,552,743

Program services were 91.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B60
Classification
2000
Street
1545 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WORKER EDUCATION AND RESOURCE CENTER, INC. (WERC) IS A 501(C)3 NON-PROFIT ENTITY THAT WAS INCORPORATED IN 2002, ORIGINALLY TO IMPLEMENT THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (HCWDP), WHICH IS A LABOR/MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (LACDHS) AND THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721 (SEIU).THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF WERC IS TO OFFER CAREER LADDER, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE FRONTLINE WORKFORCE THAT PROVIDES HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S MOST MEDICALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. WERC DERIVES ITS REVENUE FROM COST-REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACTS WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AS WELL AS FROM FEDERAL AND PHILANTHROPIC GRANTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONNECT WORKERS TO GOOD, STABLE AND PERMANENT JOBS, BY PROVIDING AND PROMOTING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

  • PLACE (PREPARING LOS ANGELES FOR COUNTY EMPLOYMENT), WHICH PREPARES PEOPLE WITH BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT FOR, AND PLACES THEM IN, COUNTY JOBS RESULTING IN PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT AND A CAREER PATHWAY. TARGET POPULATIONS FOR PLACE INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS, INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING COUNTY SERVICES, PEOPLE LIVING IN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS, JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS, TRANSITIONAL AGED YOUTH, HOMELESS AND HOUSING INSECURE INDIVIDUALS, AND UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS. PARTICIPANTS UNDERGO A SCREENING AND SELECTION PROCESS, 8-WEEK CLASSROOM TRAINING, AND ARE PAIRED WITH A CASE MANAGER WHO SUPPORTS THEM FOR AT LEAST 9 MONTHS.

    Expenses $1,776,720 · Grants $173,900

  • WERC DESIGNED, DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED A VARIETY OF TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL TOOLS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES. EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS INCLUDED BEST PRACTICES FOR EFFECTIVE COMMITTEES AND MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS PERTAINING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S JUST CULTURE CAMPAIGN. WERC ALSO PRODUCED A SERIES OF FOUR EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE DEPARTMENT'S FOCUS ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

    Expenses $2,364,521 · Revenue $296,872

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Patrick Del Conte

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Theresa Velasco

    EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Green

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheila Eaton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Faucette

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Freedman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leona Smith Di Faustino

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,516
    From this org
    $141,054
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,462
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,054
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,462
    Filer's total
    $151,516

  • Kemberly Carruthers

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & HUMA

    Total calculated
    $154,801
    From this org
    $142,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,139
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,662
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,139
    Filer's total
    $154,801

  • Wendy P Barreno

    FORMER DIRECTOR OF GROWTH & INNOV

    Total calculated
    $76,436
    From this org
    $66,471
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,965
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $66,471
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,965
    Filer's total
    $76,436

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,608,528
    Expenses
    $4,552,743
    Contributions
    $4,311,101
    Grants paid
    $173,900
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,920,374
    Expenses
    $4,959,683
    Contributions
    $4,652,798
    Grants paid
    $325,977
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,204,789
    Expenses
    $4,422,369
    Contributions
    $4,726,850
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,513,070
    Expenses
    $2,810,968
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,284,407

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,126,599
    Expenses
    $2,385,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,566,673

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,470,959
    Expenses
    $2,315,174
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,787,430

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,525,516
    Expenses
    $2,532,767
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,693,181

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,533,210
    Expenses
    $2,771,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,697,565

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,756,354
    Expenses
    $2,254,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,849,522

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,118,744
    Expenses
    $1,821,268
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,355,147

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,265,439
    Expenses
    $2,007,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,098,361

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,566,692
    Expenses
    $2,378,656
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,828,329

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.