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LAFHBUILDS INC

EIN 93-1751173 N HOLLYWOOD, CA

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Revenue 2024
$4,462,855
Expenses 2024
$2,761,966

Program services were 58.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L21
Classification
1000
Street
7843 LANKERSHIM BLVD

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).

Other organizations at this address

7 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

LAFHBUILDS AND ITS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS (TO TRANSFER DURING 2024 AND 2025) HELP HOMELESS AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS OF THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA TRANSITION OUT OF POVERTY AND CREATE LASTING STABILITY BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF HOUSING ENRICHED WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING BRIDGE, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE AND PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO HELP HOMELESS AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS TRANSITION OUT OF POVERTY AND CREATE LASTING STABILITY BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF HOUSING ENRICHED WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING BRIDGE, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE AND PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

  • During 2024, one property was transferred to LAFHBuilds, LAFH 7844 Lankershim LLC effective 12/01/2024. This is a storage facility that is being leased to LAFH. LAFHBuilds provided services to LAFH under an Interim Services Agreement to provide Finance, Asset Management and Real Estate Development services for the portfolio of properties to be transferred to LAFHBuilds in 2025.

    Expenses $1,616,197 · Revenue $1,397,567

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.

  • Elda Mendez-Lemus

    exe dir

    Total calculated
    $252,494
    From this org
    $224,663
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,831
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,663
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $987
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,844
    Filer's total
    $252,494
  • Debbie Chafe

    sr dir of fin

    Total calculated
    $160,962
    From this org
    $153,403
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,559
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,403
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $673
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,886
    Filer's total
    $160,962
  • Gustavo Almarosa

    dir of bus dev

    Total calculated
    $153,244
    From this org
    $141,939
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,305
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,939
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $622
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,683
    Filer's total
    $153,244
  • Stephanie Klasky-Gamer

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.13
  • Nedda Ismaili

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.11
  • Debbie Burkart

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.13
  • Zachary Sokoloff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.13
  • Michael Lens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.11
  • Yasmin Tong

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.13
  • Monique Lawshe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.13

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
    $4,462,855
    Expenses
    $2,761,966
    Contributions
    $3,065,288
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $219,690
    Expenses
    $111,806
    Contributions
    $219,690
    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.

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • LAFH 7844 Lankershim LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA · income $3,304 · assets $1,845,736

  • Builds Alabama Court GP LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Casa Central LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Casa Figueroa LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Cochran Villa LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Delano Court I LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Delano Court II LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Gentry North LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Gentry Village LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Harmony Gardens GP LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Harmony Place LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Hyde Park Manor LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Klump SRO Housing LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds MLK LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Palo Verde GP LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Saticoy Gardens GP LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Strong Residence LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Vanowen Gardens GP LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Victory Gardens GP LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Vineland Place GP LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Communidad Cesar Chavez LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

  • Builds Sylmar II GP LLC

    LOW-INCOME HOUSING · CA

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.