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FRIENDS OF GRIFFITH PARK

EIN 90-0635056 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2024
$389,962
Expenses 2024
$400,337

Program services were 93.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C34
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 27573

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE NATURAL AND HISTORIC FEATURES OF GRIFFITH PARK FOR THIS GENERATION AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE & PROTECT GRIFFITH PARK'S NATURAL & HISTORIC FEATURES FOR THIS GENERATION & FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY. WE RESTORE & ENHANCE PARK NATURAL & DEVELOPED ASSETS & PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE OF ITS NATURAL & HUMAN HISTORY

  • NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION AND SERVICES: STUDIES, SURVEYS, RESOURCE ENHANCEMENTS, TRAINING, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS, RESTORATIONS, DEFENDING ENCROACHMENTS AND ADVERSE IMPACTS

    Expenses $20,067

  • HISTORIC AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION: CONTINUE FERN DELL REVITALIZATION PROGRAM; IMPROVE HISTORIC CULTURAL LANDSCAPE THROUGH PLANTING; EXPANSION OF PUBLIC PLACES THROUGH GRANTS AND LAND PROJECTS.

    Expenses $256,907 · Grants $160,000

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: PRINTED NEWSLETTERS REACHING NEARLY 10,000 RESIDENTS TWICE YEARLY; WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT; PUBLIC LECTURES, HIKES, INTERPRETIVE OUTINGS WITH AT-RISK YOUTH, TOPICS INCLUDE LIVING WITH WILDLIFE, RODENTICIDES, RESPECT FOR NATURE, SCIENCE, PARK HISTORY; COMMUNITY SCIENCE PROGRAMS

    Expenses $97,985 · Grants $18,000

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.

  • Gerry Hans

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Marian Dodge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Mary Button

    VP FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Laura Howe

    VP VOL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kathryn Louyse

    VP SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Dora Herrara

    VP TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lucinda Phillips

    VP COM LIASON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Carol Brusha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Miguel Ordenana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lucy Gonzalez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kris Sullivan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brenda Rees

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Erik Smitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Alex Phillips

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
    $389,962
    Expenses
    $400,337
    Contributions
    $368,923
    Grants paid
    $178,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $196,610
    Expenses
    $136,503
    Contributions
    $187,171
    Grants paid
    $12,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $154,835
    Expenses
    $199,001
    Contributions
    $146,496
    Grants paid
    $56,000

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
    $229,344
    Expenses
    $184,898
    Assets (EOY)
    $747,271
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $482,019
    Expenses
    $417,682
    Assets (EOY)
    $702,601
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $163,716
    Expenses
    $77,792
    Assets (EOY)
    $638,240

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period
1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010
Principal officer
President Gerry Hans
Mailing address
P O Box 27573Los Angeles CA 900270573
Website
www.friendsofgriffithpark.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • MOUNTAIN RECREATION & CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

    $160,000

    2024 LAND ACQUISITION

  • 2022 LAND ACQUISITION

Where these grants went next →

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.