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CENTER FOR LIVING AND LEARNING

EIN 95-4406897 VAN NUYS, CA

Revenue 2024
$4,903,879
Expenses 2024
$4,753,926

Program services were 94.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J20
Classification
1000
Street
14549 ARCHWOOD ST STE 221

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

THE MISSION OF CENTER FOR LIVING AND LEARNING IS TO IMPROVE LIVES BY ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONING FROM TREATMENT, INCARCERATION, HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS TO OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT OR SELF SUFFICIENCY THROUGH JOB TRAINING, JOB READINESS AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. CENTER FOR LIVING AND LEARNING ENVISIONS A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERY VULNERABLE NEIGHBOR WHO WISHES TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.

  • 1.APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: APPRENTICES IN THIS PROGRAM CARRY OUT THE DAILY OFFICE FUNCTIONS OF CLL, INCLUDING STAFFING A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CALL CENTER. THE PROGRAM SERVES UNEMPLOYED LOW-INCOME TRAINEES AND THOSE TRANSITIONING FROM TREATMENT AND/OR INCARCERATION THROUGH A TRANSITIONAL SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM. SERVICES INCLUDE INTENSIVE SUPPORT AND ROLE MODELING, INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION RELATED TO SETTING BOUNDARIES, RESOLVING PERSONAL CHALLENGES, HANDLING ANGER AND STRESS, MAINTAINING RECOVERY AND MANAGING FINANCES. SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY OUR TEAM OF PEER MENTORS - ALL OF WHOM ARE FORMER CLIENTS - WHO HAVE THEMSELVES SURMOUNTED SIGNIFICANT PERSONAL BARRIERS TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. APPRENTICES RECEIVE TRANSPORTATION AND CLOTHING ASSISTANCE, REFERRALS TO LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR ASSISTANCE WITH EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORDS AND WAGE GARNISHMENT REDUCTIONS, AND REFERRALS TO HOUSING AND COUNSELING SERVICES. SKILLS OBTAINED INCLUDE CUSTOMER SERVICE, PROGRAM SERVICE DELIVERY, OFFICE, AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS. KEY OUTCOMES OF THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM INCLUDE: -57 PAID APPRENTICES WERE PROVIDED WITH UP TO 300 HOURS OF PAID WORK EXPERIENCE. -39 APPRENTICES WERE PLACED INTO UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT EXCEEDING CONTRACT GOALS OF 50% PLACEMENT RATES. CLL PROVIDED THE ABOVE SERVICES AS A FUNDED PARTNER THIS YEAR THROUGH THE LA: RISE PROGRAM WITH REDF AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE PAID TRAINING PROGRAM. A.ALL ABOUT YOU LIVE ANSWERING SERVICE: THIS SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CALL CENTER IS OPERATED BY APPRENTICES AND PROVIDES BUSINESS AND CALL CENTER SERVICES TO PAYING CUSTOMERS. APPRENTICES PERFORM LIVE CALL ANSWERING AND VIRTUAL RECEPTIONIST SERVICES TO SMALL COMPANIES, STARTUPS, INDIVIDUAL OWNERS, NONPROFITS, AND DOWNSIZING COMPANIES. APPRENTICES ARE TRAINED IN CUSTOMER SERVICE, DATA ENTRY, MICROSOFT OFFICE, CLERICAL, AND GENERAL OFFICE; THOSE WITH HIGH-PERFORMANCE SKILLS ARE ADDITIONALLY TRAINED IN MANAGEMENT AND SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING. AS PART OF THE CARS4JOBS CAR DONATION PROGRAM, APPRENTICES COMPLETE DONOR FILES, COORDINATE THE PICKUP OF DONATED VEHICLES, PROCESS TITLE PAPERWORK, AND ENTER INVOICES UPON SALE OF THE VEHICLE.

    Expenses $449,981 · Grants $10,874 · Revenue $131,981

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,564,169 · Grants $234,109 · Revenue $1,708,081

  • CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES: CLL CONTRACTED WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CARE AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE PEER GUIDED REENTRY INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO THOSE BEING RELEASED FROM THE LA COUNTY JAIL AND OTHER JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS. CLL SERVED 566 PARTICIPANTS WITH CASE MANAGEMENT AND NAVIGATION SERVICES TO CONNECT THEM TO HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, AND OTHER REQUESTED SERVICES. A TOTAL OF 325 PARTICIPANTS WERE PROVIDED WITH FUNDS FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND 305 RECEIVED EMPLOYMENT-RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES. SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDE ITEMS SUCH AS CLOTHING, WORK DOCUMENTS, HYGIENE, TRANSPORTATION, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER ITEMS NECESSARY TO SUCCEED. FINANCIAL COACHING SERVICES: CLL CONTRACTED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL PROTECTION & INNOVATION TO PROVIDE FREE FINANCIAL WORKSHOPS AND INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL COACHING TO CLL'S CLIENT BASE. A TOTAL OF 207 RECEIVED SERVICES RESULTING IN THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES: 79 HAD A BUDGET IN PLACE, 74 OPENED A NEW BANK ACCOUNT, 182 SET AT LEAST ONE FINANCIAL GOAL, 80 INCREASED THEIR SAVINGS AMOUNT, 45 DECREASED DEBT, 74 REVIEWED CREDIT HISTORIES OR PULLED REPORTS AND 64 IMPROVED THEIR CREDIT SCORES. HOUSING SERVICES: CLL OPERATED TWO INTERIM HOUSING SITES (30 BEDS TOTAL) FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED WOMEN AND WOMEN WITH CHILDREN. THIRTY-EIGHT ADULTS AND 26 CHILDREN WERE PROVIDED HOUSING FOR UP TO 9 MONTHS FOR A TOTAL OF 64 INDIVIDUALS SERVED. HOUSING FOR WOMEN WITH OPEN CASES WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES CREATED STABILITY, ALLOWING FOR SUCCESSFUL FAMILY REUNIFICATIONS. IN ADDITION, CLL PROVIDED RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS THROUGH A HOUSING RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR 62 CLIENTS.

    Expenses $2,466,412 · Grants $308,688 · Revenue $2,885,048

  • 3.ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: CLL ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH STRATEGIES OVER THE FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: -WE PERFORMED EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO INFORM THOSE WITH CONVICTIONS ABOUT THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE AND HOW TO GET INFORMATION ON ELECTION ISSUES. -WE PROVIDED EDUCATION TO PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS ON LEGISLATIVE ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE POPULATIONS WE SERVE. -WE PROVIDED OUTREACH SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY TO BETTER INFORM LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ON THE NEW METRO RAIL EXPANSION. -WE PROVIDED OVERDOSE PREVENTION TRAINING FOR CLIENTS AND PARTNERING AGENCIES. -WE MAINTAINED OUR "FACES OF CHANGE" CAMPAIGN BY PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY EVENTS AND DEMONSTRATING TO THE COMMUNITY AND EMPLOYERS THAT THOSE WITH CONVICTIONS CAN CHANGE AND ARE EMPLOYABLE. -THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SERVED AS CO-CHAIR OF THE LA REGIONAL RE-ENTRY PARTNERSHIP (LARRP) EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE, WORKING TO SOLVE RE-ENTRY BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT WITH OTHER SENIOR EXECUTIVES WORKING IN THE EMPLOYMENT AND RE-ENTRY FIELDS. -THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALSO SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE SAN FERNANDO EMPLOYER ADVISORY COUNCIL BRINGING EMPLOYER RESOURCES AND EDUCATION TO SFV EMPLOYERS.

    Expenses $442 · Revenue $5,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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.

  • MARIA ALEXANDER

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $138,638
    From this org
    $123,033
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,605
    Hours/week
    40

  • SANDY AREVALO

    CFO/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PEGGY EDWARDS

    SECRETARY/DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEPHANIE GALLOWAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSH SMITH

    PRESIDENT/DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $4,903,879
    Expenses
    $4,753,926
    Contributions
    $85,097
    Grants paid
    $553,671
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,048,199
    Expenses
    $3,227,899
    Contributions
    $158,636
    Grants paid
    $314,419
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,477,450
    Expenses
    $2,096,619
    Contributions
    $446,258
    Grants paid
    $122,924

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
    $1,843,668
    Expenses
    $1,730,871
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,777,262

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,831,173
    Expenses
    $1,241,144
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,559,919

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,202,302
    Expenses
    $959,772
    Assets (EOY)
    $979,027

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $967,024
    Expenses
    $704,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $723,934

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $951,615
    Expenses
    $769,387
    Assets (EOY)
    $458,534

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $482,704
    Expenses
    $555,283
    Assets (EOY)
    $263,561

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $455,716
    Expenses
    $574,696
    Assets (EOY)
    $338,050

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $359,950
    Expenses
    $542,085
    Assets (EOY)
    $454,983

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $259,009
    Expenses
    $458,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $631,027

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $462,833
    Assets (EOY)
    $836,830

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

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.