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LOS ANGELES PARKS FOUNDATION

EIN 26-2358338 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2024
$3,070,489
Expenses 2024
$2,470,800

Program services were 72.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N113
Classification
1000
Street
2650 N COMMONWEALTH AVE

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

TO ENHANCE, EXPAND, PRESERVE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC RECREATION, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE FOR THE DIVERSE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES.

  • The Los Angeles Parks Foundation's Special Projects Program funds are used to support a range of activities ranging from the design and implementation of major capital improvements, such as new multi-sport playing fields or playgrounds, to recreational programming. In 2024, construction of the Watts Skate Park was completed with support from The Skateboard Project, and a park forest was planted with support by Wells Fargo Bank at the Hansen Dam Recreation Center. Such funds are also used in support of citywide and special initiatives of the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. The Foundation serves as a fiscal and administrative partner for funders such as Nike, ESPN, and other corporate or philanthropic institutions that invest in recreation programs including PlayLA, Girls Play LA, and CoachLA. Grants from the Griffith J. Griffith Charitable Trust were used to support the Hollywoodland Girls and Boys Camps, and funds from GPSN and other institutional donors were also used to support summer programming offered in City of Los Angeles parks. The Foundation ensures such funds are stewarded in accordance with donor intent and City partnership requirements and that all compliance and reporting responsibilities are fulfilled.

    Expenses $1,417,580 · Grants $246,400

  • The Park Events Program has historically funded park enhancement projects in partnership with the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. In prior years, this program supported initiatives such as a Griffith Park traffic study and the development of the department's multi-year strategic plan. As of 2024, most event-related revenue is used to support the Foundation's general operating activities or, when event proceeds are designated for particular sites or projects, such revenue is allocated to the respective project under the Friends of the Parks program.

    Expenses $140,237

  • The Friends of the Parks Program empowers local communities to support their neighborhood parks by contributing directly to funds managed by the foundation to support individual park projects and priorities. Activities supported by these funds include youth sports equipment and uniforms; holiday celebrations; seniors sports and cultural programs; and enhancements to park spaces such as fencing, water fountains, and walking paths. In 2024, the program supported meaningful improvements and community programming at several Los Angeles park locations, including EXPO Center, Venice Beach, Rustic Canyon, MacArthur Park, and Echo Park.

    Expenses $136,223 · Grants $9,400

  • OTHER PROGRAMS - SEE SCHEDULE O DESCRIPTION

    Expenses $89,408

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.

  • ANTHONY G BUDROVICH

    PRESIDENT, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $240,050
    From this org
    $209,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,500
    Bonus
    $50
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $30,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $240,050

  • Corazon Rios

    secretary

    Total calculated
    $54,717
    From this org
    $51,234
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,483
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAVID GALAVIZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID MCGOWAN

    DIRECTOR, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARRY A SANDERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DENISE BOOTH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL SHULL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER RIVERA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARMEL SELLA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CANDY SPELLING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID NICKOLL

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORA VRANA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIA LEHRER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW SAUL

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOE HALPER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN PARKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $3,070,489
    Expenses
    $2,470,800
    Contributions
    $2,894,943
    Grants paid
    $255,800
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,703,135
    Expenses
    $2,323,843
    Contributions
    $1,586,811
    Grants paid
    $570,097
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,209,734
    Expenses
    $3,448,361
    Contributions
    $3,182,011
    Grants paid
    $830,757

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
    $2,779,556
    Expenses
    $3,224,132
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,042,813

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,310,560
    Expenses
    $3,223,287
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,262,599

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,780,571
    Expenses
    $6,324,952
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,291,672

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,363,665
    Expenses
    $5,338,889
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,638,748

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,748,059
    Expenses
    $1,686,039
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,473,808

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,709,409
    Expenses
    $2,623,669
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,360,444

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,364,321
    Expenses
    $4,813,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,196,253

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,081,557
    Expenses
    $2,014,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,773,273

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.

Grants made

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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.