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L A VOICE

EIN 95-4781974 LOS ANGELES, CA

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Revenue 2024
$3,698,385
Expenses 2024
$2,851,726

Program services were 71.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S20
Classification
1200
Street
1200 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 650

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

TRANSFORM LOS ANGELES INTO A COUNTY THAT REFLECTS THE HUMAN DIGNITY OF ITS COMMUNITIES, WITH RACIAL EQUITY AND ABUNDANT LIFE FOR ALL. WE DEVELOP SPIRITUALLY GROUNDED TEAMS THAT ELEVATE THEIR STORIES INTO THE PUBLIC NARRATIVE TO DRIVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BUILD A STRONG CONGREGATION-BASED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WHICH, THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, ENABLES PEOPLE OF DIVERSE RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS TO, FROM THEIR FAITH VALUES, VOICE THEIR CIVIC CONCERNS TO THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE ENTITIES, THEREBY IMPACTING THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEIR LIVES.

  • PROGRAM SERVICES - LAV'S PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES TO HELP LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN LOS ANGELES ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND OVERCOME POVERTY. MOVEMENT BUILDING: AS PEOPLE OF FAITH, WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS OUR RIGHT AND OUR DUTY TO BUILD A LOS ANGELES COUNTY WHERE ALL PEOPLE LIVE IN ABUNDANCE. OUR STATEWIDE FAITH VOTES CAMPAIGN LEVERAGES THE RESOURCES OF OUR GRASSROOTS BASE BY TRAINING LEADERS TO EDUCATE, ENGAGE AND TURN OUT THEIR OWN CONGREGATIONS AND COMMUNITIES TO VOTE. CONGREGATIONS COMMIT TO BECOMING 100% VOTING CONGREGATIONS, WITH LEADERS ENSURING THAT THEIR COMMUNITY TURNS OUT TO VOTE, WHILE PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT THE ISSUES AT STAKE AND THE IMPACTS ON PEOPLE'S LIVES. WE DEVELOPED A 'FAITH-FORWARD' NARRATIVE THAT LED WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES AND PUSHED A MULTI-FAITH FRAMEWORK, POSITIONING US AS THOUGHT-LEADERS AND A POWERFUL FAITH VOICE. OUR LEADERS DEVELOPED WINNING STRATEGIES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES (INCLUDING IN KEY REGIONS, SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, LONG BEACH, LA CITY, INGLEWOOD/SOUTH BAY). IN 2024, WE HAD THREE BALLOT PRIORITIES: LA COUNTY MEASURE A, IN WHICH WE PLAYED A KEY ROLE THAT LED TO ITS PASSAGE, PROPOSITION 5, AND AN OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN TO PROPOSITION 36, ALONG WITH NON-PARTISAN DA EDUCATION WORK. WE ENGAGED OVER 14,000 VOTERS, HAD OVER 3,000 PLEDGES TO VOTE, TRAINED 300 LEADERS AND HAD A COMMITMENT FROM 47 CONGREGATIONS. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: POWER IS ORGANIZED MONEY AND ORGANIZED PEOPLE, SO IN 2024 LA VOICE DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS GRASSROOTS LEADERS AND YOUTH COHORT. THROUGH OUR LEADERSHIP ASSEMBLIES, A MULTI-DAY LEADERSHIP TRAINING, ALONGSIDE OTHER TRAINING'S AND EVENTS, OUR LEADERS BUILT FOUNDATIONAL ORGANIZING SKILLS. LA VOICE'S YOUTH COHORT CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.EQUIPPED WITH THESE TOOLS, OUR LEADERS CAME TOGETHER TO RATIFY OUR FIVE-YEAR POWER PLAN, HELD LISTENING SESSIONS, RESEARCH MEETINGS, AND ADVANCED OUR FAITH VOTES CAMPAIGN TO WIN LA COUNTY MEASURE A, AND PREPARE US FOR THE COUNTY LANDSCAPE OF 2025. FAITH IN HOUSING: IN 2024, THE FAITH IN HOUSING (FIH) TEAM CONTINUED ITS WORK TO MOVE CONGREGATIONS TOWARDS EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES AND INVESTING IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE, E.G., SACREDNESS OF LAND, MORAL ECONOMY, AND THE HEALTH AND GROWTH OF OUR CITIES. 7 CONGREGATIONS MOVED TOWARDS RFPS (REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL) TO SOLICIT DEVELOPER INTEREST IN BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS ON CONGREGATION-OWNED LAND, INCORPORATING LAST YEAR'S PIPELINE OF 300 PROPOSED UNITS OF HOUSING INTO COMPLETED FEASIBILITY STUDIES. BY THE END OF 2024, FIH HAD HOSTED A BLACK CHURCH SUMMIT, A MOSQUE SUMMIT, AND A PRESBYTERY SUMMIT, INCLUDING 40 CONGREGATIONS, WITH AT LEAST 20 MOVING TOWARDS SIGNED AGREEMENTS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING. FIH ALSO CONDUCTED RESEARCH MEETINGS WITH TRIBAL LEADERS, INDIGENOUS HOUSING EFFORTS AND NATIVE AMERICAN POWER BUILDING GROUPS.

    Expenses $2,040,017 · Grants $171,643 · Revenue $5,188

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.

  • Umar Hakim Dey

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Minkow

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Francisco Flores

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Manjusha Kulkarni

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Montrose

    DIRECTOR (THRU NOVEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Dr Najuma Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Zachary Hoover

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $188,071
    From this org
    $114,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $73,404
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,995
    Nontaxable benefits
    $66,409
    Filer's total
    $188,071

  • Rachel Bishop

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $148,459
    From this org
    $134,148
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,311
    Hours/week
    40

  • Yvonne Figueroa

    DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING

    Total calculated
    $126,630
    From this org
    $119,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,313
    Hours/week
    40

  • Velvet Magallon

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,956
    From this org
    $105,556
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,400
    Hours/week
    40

  • Angelica Mortel

    LEAD COMMUNITY ORGANIZER

    Total calculated
    $128,669
    From this org
    $101,872
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,797
    Hours/week
    40

  • Yesenia Padilla

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,741
    From this org
    $110,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,733
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $3,698,385
    Expenses
    $2,851,726
    Contributions
    $3,700,929
    Grants paid
    $171,643
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,347,627
    Expenses
    $2,853,247
    Contributions
    $1,347,274
    Grants paid
    $9,087
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,775,194
    Expenses
    $2,423,615
    Contributions
    $2,719,106
    Grants paid
    $43,534

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
    $3,900,788
    Expenses
    $2,571,469
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,529,992

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,537,310
    Expenses
    $2,380,629
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,399,344

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,537,311
    Expenses
    $2,376,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,399,343

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,091,319
    Expenses
    $1,532,411
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,029,238

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,555,514
    Expenses
    $1,253,961
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,477,583

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,301,545
    Expenses
    $1,032,391
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,140,251

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,011,552
    Expenses
    $868,172
    Assets (EOY)
    $871,584

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $624,491
    Expenses
    $727,841
    Assets (EOY)
    $717,605

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $506,888
    Assets (EOY)
    $743,472

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $341,967
    Assets (EOY)
    $383,144

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 11 November 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.