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CANGRESS

EIN 02-0661629 LOS ANGELES, CA

Largest nonprofits in California

Revenue 2024
$2,762,212
Expenses 2024
$1,964,144

Program services were 84.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S99
Classification
1000
Street
838 E 6TH ST

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 · 2024

Mission

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, DIRECT SERVICES AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITIES FACED WITH IMMENSE POVERTY.

  • RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK (LA CAN):1.OBTAINED LAND AND SECURED NECESSARY PERMITS TO BUILD THE LA CAN ECOHOODS HOUSING COMMUNITY - AN INNOVATIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DESIGNED BY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.2.LAUNCHED A COLLABORATION WITH LA4LA AND UCLA CITYLAB TO DEVELOP A RECOVERY HOME SHOWCASE FEATURING MODULAR DESIGN STRUCTURES THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED TO ASSIST WITH HOUSING RECOVERY EFFORTS IN PASADENA AND ALTADENAFOLLOWING RECENT DISASTERS.3.ENGAGED THOUSANDS OF ANGELENOS THROUGH ARTS AND CULTURE ACTIVATIONS, USING MUSIC, STORYTELLING, VISUAL ARTS, AND PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS TO AMPLIFY COMMUNITY VOICES AND BUILD CROSS-SECTOR SOLIDARITY AROUND HOUSING JUSTICE, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY.4.EDUCATED OVER 6,000 LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS ABOUT TENANT RIGHTS, LEGAL PROTECTIONS, HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS, COMMUNITY GARDENING AND NUTRITION, AND OTHER CRITICAL COMMUNITY ISSUES.5.ORGANIZED OVER 3,000 LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS TO ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LOCAL JOB CREATION, EXPANDED HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS, AND INCREASED PUBLIC GREEN SPACE.6.PROVIDED DIRECT SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS IN DOWNTOWN AND SOUTH LA THROUGH TENANT RIGHTS CLINICS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS EVENTS.7.OPERATED A SUCCESSFUL, COMMUNITY-BASED PRODUCE MARKET, DELIVERING MORE THAN 12 TONS OF AFFORDABLE, ORGANIC PRODUCE TO EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME TENANTS IN DOWNTOWN AND SOUTH LOS ANGELES.8.SERVED MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE THROUGH LA CAN'S WEEKLY LEGAL CLINIC AND LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS-WORK THAT HAS PREVENTED EVICTIONS, HELPED RESIDENTS SECURE PUBLIC BENEFITS, SUPPORTED RECLASSIFICATION UNDER PROPOSITION 47, PROVIDED CITATION DEFENSE SERVICES, AND EXPANDED ACCESS TO A WIDE RANGE OF LEGAL SUPPORTS.

    Expenses $1,650,308 · Grants $305,092

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.

  • Alan Green

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia C Ruffin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gerardo Gomez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Porter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melina Abdullah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darren White

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $104,016
    From this org
    $88,512
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,504
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,762,212
    Expenses
    $1,964,144
    Contributions
    $2,755,831
    Grants paid
    $305,092
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,961,366
    Expenses
    $1,720,243
    Contributions
    $2,880,849
    Grants paid
    $301,193
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,558,875
    Expenses
    $1,600,608
    Contributions
    $2,554,389
    Grants paid
    $112,230

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
    $2,641,501
    Expenses
    $1,355,592
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,147,931

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,089,602
    Expenses
    $1,676,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,540,283

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,915,877
    Expenses
    $1,317,584
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,896,783

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,591,853
    Expenses
    $1,005,481
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,400,399

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,416,853
    Expenses
    $1,001,769
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,225,399

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $719,045
    Expenses
    $884,655
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,755,544

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,087,309
    Expenses
    $752,631
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,171,600

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,803,085
    Expenses
    $793,028
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,877,664

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,424,467
    Expenses
    $587,205
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,106,572

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $463,919
    Expenses
    $599,916
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,830,260

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

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

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.