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EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES

EIN 85-4002671 LOS ANGELES, CA

Largest nonprofits in California

Revenue 2024
$1,133,404
Expenses 2024
$2,664,483

Program services were 92.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
G54
Classification
1200
Street
5777 W CENTURY BLVD STE 670

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 670). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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

EPILEPSY FOUNDATION LOS ANGELES IS A CHAMPION AND VOICE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVING WITH EPILEPSY. WE ENHANCE LIVES BY OFFERING PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY, INCREASING ACCESS TO SPECIALTY TREATMENT AND RESOURCES, AND GENERATING GREATER AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF EPILEPSY. UNITED IN THE MISSION OF OUR EPILEPSY FOUNDATION NETWORK, THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION LOS ANGELES IMPROVES THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY EPILEPSY THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, AND CONNECTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO LEAD THE FIGHT TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF LIVING WITH EPILEPSY.

  • SPECIALTY CARE: IMPROVE ACCESS TO AND QUALITY OF SPECIALTY CARE TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY. EFLA DOES THIS BY HELPING EXPEDITE CARE THROUGH OUR 800# HELPLINE AND FUNDING PEDIATRIC EPILEPTOLOGIST FELLOWS THROUGH OUR CARE AND CURE INITIATIVES. SINCE 2006, EFLA HAS PARTNERED WITH MANY OF THE MAJOR MEDICAL CENTERS IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES, RAISING FUNDS FOR THE MEDICAL TRAINING OF 45 FELLOWS. SOME OF THE PARTNERING MEDICAL EPILEPSY CENTERS IN OUR REGION INCLUDE: (A) UCLA DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (B) CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES (C) USC KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.EXPENSES AND GRANTS INCLUDES $1,807,762 TO CARE AND CURE INSTITUTE DUE TO SEPARATION AGREEMENT. SEE FORM 990, PART III, LINE 3, CHANGES IN PROGRAM SERVICES AS DISCLOSED IN SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $1,937,993 · Grants $1,910,762

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION & AWARENESS: PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING, FAIRNESS, ACCESS AND JUSTICE FOR THOSE WITH EPILEPSY. PROMOTED AWARENESS ABOUT EPILEPSY AND EFLA THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS, WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA SO THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE INFORMED AND INSPIRED TO JOIN THE FIGHT TO END EPILEPSY TOGETHER. PROMOTED AWARENESS TO GROW THE NUMBER OF GRASSROOT ADVOCATES. EFLA LED STATE EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS REGARDING A CURRENT LAW THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY. EFLA SUPPORTED STATE AND FEDERAL MEASURES THAT BENEFIT PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY, AND CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT WITH VARIOUS ADVOCACY COALITIONS WITH SIMILAR GOALS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, WE PARTICIPATED IN NATIONWIDE ADVOCACY THROUGH THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE AND TEENS SPEAK UP TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE FUNDING FOR EPILEPSY RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE AS ADVOCATES. EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC-AT-LARGE WAS DELIVERED THROUGH SEIZURE RECOGNITION AND FIRST AID TRAININGS TO EMPLOYERS, SCHOOLS, AND THROUGH PARTNER COMMUNITY AGENCIES. EFLA PARTICIPATED IN THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL NURSES ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO UPDATE SCHOOL NURSES ON THE LATEST TREATMENTS IN EPILEPSY AND HOW BEST TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH SEIZURES.

    Expenses $316,431

  • SUPPORTIVE CARE: PROMOTE SEIZURE FREEDOM AND SAFETY TO IMPROVE & SAVE LIVES. ORGANIZED AND OFFERED A VARIETY OF VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND UPDATES ON EPILEPSY AND EPILEPSY TREATMENT. EFLA CONDUCTED EPILEPSY AND SEIZURE FIRST AID TRAINING IN THE COMMUNITY, MONTHLY EPILEPSY 101 SESSIONS WITH FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY EPILEPSY, MONTHLY SEIZURE FIRST AID TRAINING CERTIFICATION COURSES, MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUPS, PARTNERED WITH LOCAL EPILEPSY CENTERS AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES TO HOST MULTIPLE VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL SESSION ON VARIOUS TOPICS, PROVIDED TRAINING AND UPDATES ON EPILEPSY TO SCHOOL NURSES AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL. EFLA CONNECTS PEOPLE AFFECTED BY EPILEPSY TO ONE ANOTHER TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT AND TO ULTIMATELY EMPOWER THEM TO PURSUE THEIR UTMOST QUALITY OF LIFE. EFLA DOES THIS BY OFFERING MULTIPLE NETWORKING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH EPILEPSY AND LOVED ONES OF PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY SUCH AS FAMILY AND CHILDRENS CAMPS, EMPLOYMENT READINESS WORKSHOPS, BOOK CLUBS, AND OTHER SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. THROUGH THE 800# HELPLINE, EFLA HELPS PEOPLE NAVIGATE THEIR EPILEPSY JOURNEY BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND REFERRAL AND OFFERS AN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $221,284 · Grants $4,870

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.

  • Loren Zitomersky

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt Edelman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steve Baum

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Adam Kaller

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew Gumpert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Borman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chris Bender

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daryl Drabinsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heidi Goldstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diane Crea Hamilton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peyton Hoffman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Samuel Koh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thomas Minahan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jolie Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David A Parker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diego Piasek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ginger Sherak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bethany Stevens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Caro Zenobi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sam Setzer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rebekkah Halliwell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $126,921
    From this org
    $120,628
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,293
    Hours/week
    40
  • Julie Paletta

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,861
    From this org
    $70,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    11

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,133,404
    Expenses
    $2,664,483
    Contributions
    $848,042
    Grants paid
    $1,915,632
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,994,765
    Expenses
    $1,216,017
    Contributions
    $2,458,597
    Grants paid
    $268,808
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,736,089
    Expenses
    $1,097,151
    Contributions
    $1,274,747
    Grants paid
    $270,625

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
    $1,788,459
    Expenses
    $1,335,848
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,262,682
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $199,734
    Expenses
    $533,312
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,261,002

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

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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 2024 return

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.