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BEAUTY BUS FOUNDATION

EIN 26-3075655 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2025
$1,367,730
Expenses 2025
$907,694

Program services were 71.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E86
Classification
1200
Street
11911 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 · 2025

Mission

BEAUTY BUS FOUNDATION DELIVERS LOVING KINDNESS, SUPPORT AND COMPASSION TO SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS THROUGH BEAUTY AND GROOMING SERVICES.

  • BEAUTY BUS UPLIFTS PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS THROUGH THE RESTORATIVE POWER OF BEAUTY AND HUMAN CONNECTION DELIVERING COMFORT, CONFIDENCE, AND CARE DURING SOME OF LIFES MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2009, BEAUTY BUS HAS PROVIDED FREE HAIR, MAKEUP, NAIL, FACIAL, AND SELF-CARE SERVICES TO MORE THAN 35,000 PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS, NAVIGATING CANCER, CHRONIC ILLNESS, DISABILITY, CAREGIVING, AND PROFOUND LIFE DISRUPTION. THROUGH COMPASSIONATE HUMAN TOUCH AND MEANINGFUL CONNECTION, BEAUTY BUS HELPS RESTORE DIGNITY, IDENTITY, AND A SENSE OF SELF THAT ILLNESS AND HARDSHIP OFTEN DIMINISH. THE IMPACT OF THIS WORK WAS POWERFULLY DESCRIBED BY A DIRECTOR OF PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY AND CANCER SUPPORT SERVICES WHO OBSERVED BEAUTY BUS SERVICES WITHIN A HOSPITAL INFUSION CENTER: BEAUTY BUS SERVICES ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SMALL THINGS YOU CAN DO - TO OPEN A DOOR FOR A CANCER PATIENT TO HELP THEM REGAIN A LITTLE MORE CONTROL AND START TO FEEL LIKE THEMSELVES AGAIN.

    Expenses $644,701

  • CORE PROGRAMSPOP-UP SALONS: BEAUTY BUS TRANSFORMS HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INTO UPLIFTING SALON EXPERIENCES BY BRINGING PROFESSIONAL HAIRSTYLISTS, MAKEUP ARTISTS, ESTHETICIANS, AND NAIL TECHNICIANS DIRECTLY TO PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS. THESE EVENTS CREATE MOMENTS OF JOY, NORMALCY, AND COMMUNITY IN ENVIRONMENTS OFTEN DEFINED BY STRESS AND UNCERTAINTY. UP TO 100 CLIENTS MAY BE SERVED DURING A SINGLE 3-HOUR EVENT, WITH EACH GUEST RECEIVING A BAG OF BEAUTY CONTAINING $50$100 WORTH OF DONATED PRODUCTS FROM LEADING BEAUTY INDUSTRY PARTNERS, EXTENDING CARE AND ENCOURAGEMENT BEYOND THE DAY ITSELF. BEAUTY SERIES: THE BEAUTY SERIES INTEGRATES BEAUTY BUS SERVICES DIRECTLY INTO HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL SERVICE SETTINGS THROUGH RECURRING WEEKLY PROGRAMMING. BY EMBEDDING LICENSED BEAUTY PROFESSIONALS WITHIN HOSPITALS AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, BEAUTY BUS ENSURES CONTINUITY OF CARE AND TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS. SERVICES SUCH AS FACIALS, HAIRCUTS, WIG FITTINGS, SCALP AND SKIN CARE, AND HAND TREATMENTS ARE PROVIDED BEDSIDE, IN INFUSION BAYS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED COMMUNAL SALON SPACES. HOME VISITS: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALS NETWORK, BEAUTY BUS DELIVERS PROFESSIONAL SALON SERVICES DIRECTLY INTO THE HOMES OF ALS PATIENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. THESE VISITS PROVIDE COMFORT, DIGNITY, AND RESPITE TO INDIVIDUALS WHOSE MOBILITY OR HEALTH CHALLENGES MAKE TRADITIONAL SALON ACCESS IMPOSSIBLE.WHERE WE WORK BEAUTY BUS SERVES PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS ACROSS MORE THAN 26 HEALTHCARE AND COMMUNITY PARTNER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY, INCLUDING CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES, RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES, CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY, UCLA MATTEL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, USC NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER, CEDARS-SINAI, PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER, RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, AND MANY ADDITIONAL HOSPITALS, CANCER CENTERS, AND SUPPORTIVE CARE ORGANIZATIONS. 2025 HIGHLIGHTS IN 2025, THE UNPRECEDENTED LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES DIRECTLY IMPACTED MEMBERS OF BEAUTY BUS LEADERSHIP AND MANY LONGTIME SUPPORTERS FROM PACIFIC PALISADES. DESPITE THESE EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES, BEAUTY BUS REMAINED STEADFAST IN ITS MISSION AND COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING COMPASSIONATE CARE EVERY DAY. THE YEAR WAS MARKED BY RESILIENCE, DISCIPLINED STEWARDSHIP, MEASURABLE GROWTH, AND AN UNMISTAKABLE SPIRIT OF JOY AND PURPOSE. BEAUTY BUS SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY. DURING THE YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION DELIVERED 46 POP-UP SALONS, UP FROM 26 THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND EXPANDED FROM 3 TO 8 WEEKLY BEAUTY SERIES PROGRAMS STAFFED BY ON-SITE BEAUTY PROFESSIONALS. AS A RESULT, BEAUTY BUS SERVED NEARLY 6,000 PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS IN 2025 APPROXIMATELY DOUBLE THE NUMBER SERVED IN THE PRIOR YEAR. IN ADDITION, BEAUTY BUS LAUNCHED THE ONCOLOGY SPA TREATMENT PROGRAM AS A FULLY INTEGRATED WEEKLY SERVICE WITHIN THE INFUSION CENTER AT PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER, PROVIDING MINI FACIALS AND HAND MASSAGE TREATMENTS TO PATIENTS WHILE THEY RECEIVED MEDICAL CARE. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO DEVELOPED CUSTOMIZED BEAUTY SERIES PROGRAMS TAILORED TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING BEDSIDE HAIRCUT SERVICES AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES AND SPECIALIZED HAIR AND SKIN CARE SUPPORT WITHIN CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS. BEAUTY BUS ALSO SUCCESSFULLY REINTRODUCED ITS HOME VISITS PROGRAM THROUGH A NEW TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTED BOOKING PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS ALS PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO DIRECTLY SCHEDULE AND MANAGE IN-HOME SALON APPOINTMENTS. LAUNCHED IN JULY 2025, THE PILOT PROGRAM DEMONSTRATED STRONG DEMAND AND OPERATIONAL SUCCESS, POSITIONING BEAUTY BUS TO EXPAND HOME VISITS SERVICES TO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN 2026.

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

  • RUTH LAURENT-KOCHER

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $155,250
    From this org
    $152,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,500
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,750
    Filer's total
    $155,250

  • WENDY MARANTZ LEVINE

    Founder

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • IDA BARBA

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORA CONRAD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LILIANA CERILO

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • BRIANNA COLE

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM BRAHOS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELLE BIDER STONE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAN ROSENSON

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • ANDREA STRAUS

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEREMY CRAMER

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,367,730
    Expenses
    $907,694
    Contributions
    $1,248,291
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,003,680
    Expenses
    $715,748
    Contributions
    $945,489
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $635,447
    Expenses
    $755,911
    Contributions
    $585,947
    Grants paid
    $71,408
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,209,721
    Expenses
    $812,580
    Contributions
    $1,201,835
    Grants paid
    $92,802

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
    $834,776
    Expenses
    $577,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $740,389

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $651,760
    Expenses
    $620,917
    Assets (EOY)
    $468,704

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $651,760
    Expenses
    $620,917
    Assets (EOY)
    $468,704

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $771,645
    Expenses
    $709,323
    Assets (EOY)
    $393,921

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $694,486
    Expenses
    $660,564
    Assets (EOY)
    $338,924

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $639,524
    Expenses
    $546,045
    Assets (EOY)
    $285,349

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $552,678
    Expenses
    $532,785
    Assets (EOY)
    $183,409

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $637,573
    Expenses
    $622,735
    Assets (EOY)
    $169,204

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $921,047
    Expenses
    $899,024
    Assets (EOY)
    $161,348

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $770,481
    Expenses
    $940,316
    Assets (EOY)
    $146,682

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2008

Tax period
1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008
Principal officer
Alicia Marantz Liotta
Mailing address
11301 Olympic Blvd 303Los Angeles CA 90064
Website
www.beautybus.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

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.