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LA FORWARD INSTITUTE

EIN 87-2728708 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2024
$604,050
Expenses 2024
$472,249

Program services were 85.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R01
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 25386

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

Transform local communities into places that are fair and flourishing for everyone through education, community organization, and coalition-building.

  • Ran a six-month leadership development cohort in the San Gabriel Valley, focused on Community Leadership for Affordable Housing; Worked with Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE) to advance the housing justice knowledge of dozens of community members primarily across Southeast LA County who are part of the Best Start network; Serve on the steering committee for two of LA Countys leading housing justice coalitions, ACT-LA and Our Future LA; Advocated for LA City to adhere to its commitment to allow the Venice Dell Community affordable housing project to proceed as approved; Placed unarmed crisis response at the center of LA Citys budget conversations; Deepened our involvement in coalitions working on policy development and advocacy to bring independent redistricting and other reforms to LA City Council; Continued on Schedule O.

    Expenses $403,937

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.

  • David Levitus

    Chief Executive OfficerDirector

    Total calculated
    $139,701
    From this org
    $139,701
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Otha Cole

    ChairpersonDirector

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Young

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karin Brummell

    SecretaryDirector

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Anand

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Loraine Lundquist

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie McKeon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Trujillo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Visotzky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Einbinder

    TreasurerDirector

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

  • Luis Gutierrez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us · ignoring case and punctuation

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $604,050
    Expenses
    $472,249
    Contributions
    $551,295
    Grants paid
    $6,393
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $266,029
    Expenses
    $242,347
    Contributions
    $221,549
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $170,503
    Expenses
    $0
    Contributions
    $170,500
    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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
David Levitus
Mailing address
1672 Federal Ave NO 5Los Angeles CA 90025
Website
https://www.laforward.institute

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.