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LOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF ARTS AND ENTERPRISE

EIN 54-2170689 LOS ANGELES, CA

Largest nonprofits in California

Revenue 2023
$7,231,204
Expenses 2023
$5,517,910

Program services were 90.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B29
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 26750

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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists 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 · 2023

Mission

TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE ARTS AND BUSINESS; WHERE CREATIVITY, ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE AND FINANCIAL LITERACY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS. WE ARE PROVIDING AN EDUCATION THAT INTEGRATES THE FOUR LENSES OF LEARNING: ACADEMICS, ARTS, ENTERPRISE, AND PERSONAL GROWTH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OPERATION OF A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL SERVING STUDENTS IN GRADES 6 TO 12 IN WEST DOWNTOWN L.A.

  • LOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF ARTS AND ENTERPRISE (LAAAE) PROVIDES A DYNAMIC, INNOVATIVE EDUCATION THAT INTEGRATES THE FOUR LENSES OF LEARNING: ACADEMICS, ARTS, ENTERPRISE, AND PERSONAL GROWTH. -ACADEMICS: THE LAAAE CURRICULUM FULLY ADDRESSES THE CORE ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND MEETS THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA A-G ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS.-ARTS: LAAAE PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE COURSES IN THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.-ENTERPRISE: LAAAE PROVIDES BUSINESS EDUCATION COURSES THAT TEACH CORE AND ADVANCED PRINCIPLES OF ENTERPRISE, ECONOMICS, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.-PERSONAL GROWTH: LAAAE FOCUSES ON PERSONAL GROWTH AND RESPONSIBILITY TO SELF AND OTHERS, THROUGH CHARACTER EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    Expenses $4,985,385 · Revenue $20,172

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Moctesuma Esparza

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hector Orci

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julio Vallejo

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tonantzin Esparza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Otto Padron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victoria Castro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Calvo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Defrenza

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $160,535
    From this org
    $132,674
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,861
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,674
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,846
    Filer's total
    $160,535

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,231,204
    Expenses
    $5,517,910
    Contributions
    $5,574,025
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,165,674
    Expenses
    $6,062,649
    Contributions
    $6,021,550
    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
    $5,796,787
    Expenses
    $5,564,527
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,413,843
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,169,802
    Expenses
    $5,311,439
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,937,327
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,278,446
    Expenses
    $5,232,144
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,779,551
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,537,538
    Expenses
    $5,304,589
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,874,161
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,884,245
    Expenses
    $4,719,721
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,904,274
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,884,245
    Expenses
    $4,719,721
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,904,274
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,746,514
    Expenses
    $4,169,924
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,717,989
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,115,709
    Expenses
    $4,857,718
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,081,740
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,115,709
    Expenses
    $4,857,718
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,081,740
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,077,368
    Expenses
    $4,287,625
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,747,471

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

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.