Passion La

Tax-deductible

Los Angeles, CA501(c)(3)Since 2018Community DevelopmentEIN 83-2227036Revenue $507K in FY2025

On file with the IRSpassionsocal.comPo Box 31038, 90031-0038 · Los Angeles, CATax-exempt since Apr 2019Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The purpose of Passion La is to reach urban youth of los angeles with the love and message of jesus christ, bring them into christian community, and lead them to a life of christian discipleship, service and leadership.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
48¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 6 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $5K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
48%
of spending
Concern: 48% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.2 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
8
named funders · $319K
Looks good: 8 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$507K
-17% vs prior year
Spent
$604K
To programs
48%
Net assets
$8K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$507K
FY2025▼ -17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$278K
FY2021$255K
FY2022$326K
FY2023$522K
FY2024$614K
FY2025$507K
Expenses
$604K
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$222K
FY2021$249K
FY2022$387K
FY2023$493K
FY2024$578K
FY2025$604K
Net assets
$8K
FY2025▼ -92%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$96K
FY2021$102K
FY2022$40K
FY2023$69K
FY2024$105K
FY2025$8K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2019.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

48 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 48% · $289K Management & general 52% · $312K Fundraising 0% · $3K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

2 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President, Executive Direc
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Robert Lopez’s $29K as Director, President is at the 14th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2021FY2020
Robert Lopez$28,600$31,900

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Connects urban youth in Los Angeles with love and a positive message.

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1 program · $289K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Programs aligned with or falls within the scope of passion la mission: to reach the urban youth of los angeles with the love and message of jesus christ, bring them into christian community, and lead them to a life of christian discipleship, service and leadership.

$289Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$507K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$507K
Money outPt IX
$604K
Ln 25
Programscol B$289K
Managementcol C$312K
Fundraisingcol D$3K
Owns and owesPt X
$8K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8K
Total assetsLn 16$8K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
2
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$507K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$104
Total revenueLn 12$507K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$8K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$8K
Total assetsLn 16$8K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$8K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 66
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$105K$8K
Total assetsLn 16$105K$8K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$105K$8K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$117K$117K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$58K$58K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$23K$23K
Payroll taxesLn 10$19K$19K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$14K$9K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$14K$14K
TravelLn 17$4K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$72K$72K
InsuranceLn 23$16K$16K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$206K$181K$25K
All other expensesLn 24e$53K$24K$29K$100
Total functional expensesLn 25$604K$289K$312K$3K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $507K$604K−$97K$8K 990 PDF
FY2024 $614K$578K$36K$105K 990 PDF
FY2023 $522K$493K$29K$69K 990 PDF
FY2022 $326K$387K−$62K$40K 990 PDF
FY2021 $255K$249K$5K$102K 990 PDF
FY2020 $278K$222K$56K$96K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $507,193 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $614,416$507,193
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $614,416$507,193
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $211,065$217,134
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $367,241$386,944
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $578,306$604,078
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $36,110−$96,885
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $507,193 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$104
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$507,089
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$507,193
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$507,193
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $604,078 across 13 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $116,677$116,677
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $58,077$58,077
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $23,046$23,046
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $19,334$19,334
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,852 · Management $5,210$14,062
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $2,854$2,854
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $5,111$5,111
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $14,095$14,095
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,628$3,628
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $72,218$72,218
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $15,604$15,604
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $180,921 · Management $25,402$206,323
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $23,741 · Management $29,208 · Fundraising $100$53,049
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $289,360 · Management $311,764 · Fundraising $2,954$604,078
Part X · Balance sheet $8,021 assets, 5 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $104,906$8,021
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $104,906$8,021
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $104,906$8,021
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $104,906$8,021
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,021 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$507,193
XI-2 Total expenses$604,078
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$96,885
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$104,906
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,021

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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