CONSUMERS FOR AUTO RELIABILITY AND SAFETY

As filed

Subsection

04

Classification

1000

Street

1107 9TH ST STE 560

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

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 560). 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.

• CALIFORNIA HOMELESS AND HOUSING COALITION ACTION FUND

  EIN 68-0271073

• CONSUMERS FOR AUTO RELIABILITY AND SAFETY FOUNDATION

  EIN 95-3826782

• HOUSING CALIFORNIA

  EIN 68-0133565

Mission and programs · 2025

• HIGHLIGHTS OF LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACYCALIFORNIA:CARS SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR PASSAGE OF LANDMARK FIRST-IN-THE-NATION LEGISLATION, THE CALIFORNIA COMBATING AUTO RETAIL SCAMS (CARS) ACT (SB 766), WHICH IS PROJECTED TO SAVE CALIFORNIA CAR BUYERS OVER $234 MILLION EACH YEAR IN REDUCED SEARCH COSTS AND ANOTHER 8.5 MILLION HOURS IN TIME SAVINGS PER YEAR. IN ADDITION, THE NEW LAW INCLUDES A NEW, UNPRECEDENTED 3-DAY COOLING OFF PERIOD, GIVING CONSUMERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS A NEW RIGHT TO REJECT A USED VEHICLE FOR ANY REASON AND OBTAIN A REFUND WITHOUT HAVING TO ENGAGE IN LITIGATION OR ARBITRATION.CARS BUILT AND LED THE COALITION THAT SUPPORTED THE LAW, AND ALSO WROTE AND NEGOTIATED LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS, PROVIDED EXPERT TESTIMONY AT MULTIPLE LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS, ENSURED THAT THE VOICES OF VICTIMS OF AUTO SCAMS WERE HEARD BY LEGISLATORS, PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH LEGISLATORS AND LEGISLATIVE STAFFERS, AND GENERATED WIDESPREAD NEWS COVERAGE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEW LAW.CARS SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED AGAINST LEGISLATION (SB 791) THAT WOULD HAVE RAISED THE CAP ON THE AMOUNT CAR DEALERS ARE ALLOWED TO CHARGE FOR A JUNK FEE THEY CALL A "DOCUMENT PROCESSING FEE," FROM $85 TO $500. CARS LED THE EFFORT TO DEFEAT THE BILL, SAVING CALIFORNIA NEW CAR BUYERS - INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS - OVER $400 MILLION EACH YEAR, NOT COUNTING SALES OF USED VEHICLES.NEWS - PUBLIC EDUCATIONCARS REPEATEDLY GENERATED WIDESPREAD NEWS COVERAGE ABOUT AUTO SAFETY AND AFFORDABILITY ISSUES AND ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO MAJOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS ABOUT AUTO SALES, SAFETY DEFECTS, AUTO LEMONS, SAFETY RECALLS, FRAUD INVOLVING STOLEN VEHICLES, AND LENDING SCAMS.CARS PROVIDED CONSUMER INFORMATION VIA THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE AND VIDEOS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT HOW TO AVOID BEING VICTIMIZED BY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES PERPETRATED BY SCOFFLAW AUTO DEALERS, MANUFACTURERS, LENDERS, AND OTHERS WHO PREY ON CONSUMERS. ONE VIDEO HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 806,000 VIEWS.CONSUMER ASSISTANCECARS PROVIDED INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE TO OVER 50 VICTIMS OF UNSCRUPULOUS AUTO MANUFACTURERS, CAR DEALERS, AND LENDERS.

  Expenses $59,105

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $71,674

  Expenses

  $64,827

  Contributions

  $71,674

  Grants paid

  — not reported

• 2024

  Revenue

  $107,303

  Expenses

  $71,294

  Contributions

  $107,303

  Grants paid

  — not reported

• 2023

  Revenue

  $62,901

  Expenses

  $67,199

  Contributions

  $62,901

  Grants paid

  — not reported

• 2022

  Revenue

  $77,100

  Expenses

  $70,966

  Contributions

  $77,100

  Grants paid

  — not reported

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-EZ

  Revenue

  $96,936

  Expenses

  $72,593

  Assets (EOY)

  $36,158

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

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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