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MAKE GOOD INC

EIN 20-4525072 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2024
$674,293
Expenses 2024
$604,785

Program services were 92.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
G30
Classification
2000
Street
5429 W WASHINGTON BLVD

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

MAKE GOOD BELIEVES IN BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE SOCIETY BY PROVIDING IMMEDIATE, ON-THE-GROUND IMPACT TO LOS ANGELES' MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUTH. THROUGH OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS: THE BOOK FOUNDATION AND TAY SHOP AT THE EMPORIUM: FOSTER RESOURCE AND LITERACY CENTER, WE OFFER TARGETED PROGRAMS TO THOSE MOST AT RISK OF FALLING BEHIND. WE BELIEVE BEING LITERATE GOES BEYOND WORDS AND BOOKS. IT INCLUDES FINANCIAL AND NUTRITIONAL LITERACY, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND HAVING ONE'S NEEDS MET WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. WE AVOID A DUPLICATION OF EFFORT AND PROVIDE DEEPLY ENRICHED PROGRAMS BY PARTNERING WITH 'BEST-IN-CLASS' ORGANIZATIONS TO EFFECT POSITIVE AND LASTING CHANGE.

  • THE BOOK FOUNDATION WAS LAUNCHED IN 2014 BY FORMER HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR, RUTH STALFORD. THE INITIAL IDEA WAS SIMPLE: GET NEW BOOKS INTO THE HANDS OF CHILDREN IN UNDER-RESOURCED AREAS. THE RESEARCH WAS CLEAR, CHILDREN GROWING UP IN HOMES WITH NO BOOKS ARE "ON AVERAGE" THREE YEARS BEHIND IN SCHOOL THAN CHILDREN WHO HAVE ACCESS TO LOTS OF BOOKS. IN LOW-INCOME AREAS THE RATIO OF BOOKS TO CHILDREN IS 1 TO 300. RUTH'S PASSION WAS CONTAGIOUS AND SHE SOON BEGAN PARTNERING WITH LIKE MINDED ORGANIZATIONS. HER GOAL EARLY ON WAS NOT TO DUPLICATE EFFORTS AND INSTEAD TO PARTNER WITH THE BEST OF BREED ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE MISSIONS- AND POPULATIONS' WERE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE BOOK FOUNDATION. SINCE ITS INCEPTION THE BOOK FOUNDATION HAS GIVEN AWAY OVER 300,000 BOOKS TO 75,000 AT-RISK CHILDREN.

    Expenses $201,161

  • INSPIRED BY FOSTER CARE COUNTS' GOODS FOR GRADES PROGRAM, THE TAY SHOP WAS FOUNDED IN EARLY 2017 TO PROVIDE TRANSITION AGE FOSTER YOUTH(TAY)IN LA COUNTY WITH NEW CLOTHING, ESSENTIAL ITEMS, AND OR COURSE BOOKS, TO HELP EASE THEIR TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD. WE PARTNER WITH JOB TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE A PERSONALIZED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE FOR TAY YOUTH AT OUR STOREFRONT. THIS CURATED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE IS COMPLEMENTED WITH ON-SITE LIFE SKILLS AND LITERACY WORKSHOPS FOR TAY YOUTH. SINCE ITS INCEPTION WE HAVE SERVED MORE THAN 7,500 YOUNG PEOPLE, GIVING AWAY THOUSANDS OF SELF-ESTEEM BOOSTING NEW CLOTHING AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS. THE TAY SHOP SPACE HAS EVELOVED INTO A COLLABORATIVE HUB WHERE ORGANIZATIOONS WHO SERVE THIS POPULATION CAN CONNECT AND GATHER TO IMPROVE THE OUTSCOMES FOR ALL YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY EXIT THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.

    Expenses $356,006

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.

  • RUTH STALFORD

    PRES/EXEC DI

    Total calculated
    $49,992
    From this org
    $49,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0

  • JOANNE FREED

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • STACI MILLER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • SHERI SINGER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • JULIE LIKER

    BOARD CHAIRP

    Total calculated
    $0

  • SANDY NASSERI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • JAMES RYAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • RAE SANCHINI

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MEGAN HOOPER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MICHELE SANCHEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

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
    $674,293
    Expenses
    $604,785
    Contributions
    $630,837
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $654,443
    Expenses
    $827,960
    Contributions
    $547,684
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $700,978
    Expenses
    $585,490
    Contributions
    $700,978
    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
    $601,775
    Expenses
    $521,260
    Assets (EOY)
    $286,282

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $361,003
    Expenses
    $402,349
    Assets (EOY)
    $273,605

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $253,829
    Expenses
    $359,243
    Assets (EOY)
    $203,979

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $353,533
    Expenses
    $250,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $148,258

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $113,161
    Expenses
    $136,100
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,328

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $142,257
    Expenses
    $79,836
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,358

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $13,792
    Expenses
    $11,000
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,451

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $62,745
    Expenses
    $71,596
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,676

  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $26,931
    Expenses
    $33,497
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,556

  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $20,294
    Expenses
    $18,261
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,724

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