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ARTS FOR L A

EIN 20-2797313 WEST COVINA, CA

Revenue 2024
$1,475,313
Expenses 2024
$1,474,090

Program services were 77.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A26
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 4099

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

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.

  • CONVENINGS - ARTS FOR LA LED 11 CULTURAL CONVENINGS THAT WELCOMED 309 PARTICIPANTS OVER 24 HOURS OF ENGAGEMENT. WE LED AN ARTS WORKERS WEBINAR SERIES THAT SERVED A TOTAL OF 102 ARTISTS AND ARTS WORKERS WITH EDUCATION, RESOURCES AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES. WE HOSTED AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER 354 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 REPORT BASED ON THE CULTURAL CONVENINGS FOR THE 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. THE REPORT SUMMARIZED KEY FINDINGS FROM THESE SESSIONS. WE ALSO COMMISSIONED A SECOND STUDY, TITLED, ARTS AND MUSIC IN SCHOOLS: EXPLORING PROP 28 IMPLEMENTATION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY WHICH SOUGHT TO UNDERSTAND HOW LA COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS ARE BOTH ENVISIONING AND WITNESSING THE IMPACT OF PROP 28 AT THEIR SCHOOLS.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 90 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. 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. THESE 90 COMMUNITY MEMBERS JOINED AN ACTIVATE ALUMNI NETWORK OF OVER 700 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARTS FOR LA CONTINUES TO ENGAGE IN SUPPORT OF ARTISTS, ARTS WORKERS, AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE LOS ANGELES REGION. ACTIVATE CELEBRATED ITS 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WHERE WE WELCOMED THESE ALUMNI TO CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROGRAM, THEIR EXPERIENCES AS PARTICIPANTS, AND THEIR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP.

    Expenses $1,143,087 · Revenue $213,014

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Gustavo Herrera

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $194,808
    From this org
    $186,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,517
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,291
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,517
    Filer's total
    $194,808

  • nadia savira chrisanto

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • mark edwards

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Malindi Davies

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • linda grimes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jennifer Cuevas

    vice chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Fabian Fuertes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Fred Goldstein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • karen hill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Annette Johnson

    chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gail Lopes

    vice chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cliff Warner

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Morenike Dosu

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,475,313
    Expenses
    $1,474,090
    Contributions
    $1,262,185
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,113,107
    Expenses
    $1,454,193
    Contributions
    $992,239
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,338,288
    Expenses
    $1,005,917
    Contributions
    $1,312,859
    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
    $973,764
    Expenses
    $719,005
    Assets (EOY)
    $591,900

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $595,796
    Expenses
    $439,256
    Assets (EOY)
    $328,926

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $399,112
    Expenses
    $367,538
    Assets (EOY)
    $211,615

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $315,943
    Expenses
    $455,190
    Assets (EOY)
    $125,004

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $477,409
    Expenses
    $607,344
    Assets (EOY)
    $276,669

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $470,566
    Expenses
    $513,113
    Assets (EOY)
    $425,621

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $781,914
    Expenses
    $583,475
    Assets (EOY)
    $444,469

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $400,798
    Expenses
    $389,246
    Assets (EOY)
    $251,051

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.