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Nonprofit · EIN 31-1526748

LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE

Tax-exempt · WESTMINSTER, CA 92683

Financials

$101K$56K2023$336K$368K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$336,000$368,300-$32,300$0$0$0
December 31, 2023990-EZ$100,500$56,330$44,170$35,000–$89,836
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$336,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$300,000
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$12,000
Other salaries and wages
$2,500
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$20,500
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$500
Travel
$15,400
Program services (functional)
$363,100
Management and general (functional)
$5,000
Fundraising (functional)
$200

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$378,000
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets, end of year
$0
Gross receipts
$336,000
Employees
0
Volunteers
25
Year formed
1997
State of legal domicile
CA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Sara Haskie-MendozaDirector
Key employee
10$6,000
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2023: 4 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Sara Haskie MendozaCEO5$0
Armando LawrenceTreasurer1$0
Luis PenaPresident1$0
Kelatztli MendozaSecretary10$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
6872 HUMBOLDT AVE, WESTMINSTER, CA 92683-3011
Mailing address (990-N for 2013)
6872 Humboldt Ave, Westminster CA 92683
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Sara Haskie-Mendoza, 12 Road 2634, Aztec, NM 87410
Principal officer (990-N for 2013)
Armando Lawrence, 6872 Humboldt Ave, Westminster CA 92683
Signed the 990
Sara Haskie Mendoza, Director
Phone
(818) 400-3886
Website
Laipa.net

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 31-1526748 or by the name LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

Los Angeles Indigenous Peoples Alliance (LAIPA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit grassroots organization founded in 1991 as collective of indigenous people and persons of conscience. Our mission is to promote the continued development of indigenous communities by organizing health, economic development and cultural education projects in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. LAIPA is a woman-centered organization with the goal of creating space in order to liberate the power that each woman and girl holds. LAIPA encompasses a philosophy stating that women are the avenues to a strong leadership force in resisting the factors that oppress community wellness.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • The Xinachtli Germinating Seed Youth Leadership and Health Development Project is a rights of passage, culturally based pregnancy prevention project designed to provide adolescent female youth the guidance for a healthy development into adulthood.
    Expenses $57,000 · grants $25,000 · revenue $42,000
  • Calmecac is the name for the cultural preservation program. We hold in person and online classes on indigenous math, Mayan and Aztec Calendar, Traditional Healing Methodologies, and the Mexica Dialectic Process.
    Expenses $2,500
  • Aztlanahuac Cultural Embassy facilitates learning of those connections that bind virtually all "maiz-based" peoples and cultures with the goal of seeing themselves as part of living interconnected cultures, giving them a sense of thousands of years of belonging that can be found in Teotihuacan. We hold a retreat site for guest who visit our cultural embassy in Teotihuacan Mexico.
    Expenses $6,000

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990-EZ on file

IRS record

EIN
31-1526748
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1997
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Income (IRS master file)
$336,000

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$336,000$368,300$0XML
990-EZDecember 2023$100,500$56,330$35,000XML
990-EZDecember 2022$122,000$121,257$2,229IRS
990-EZDecember 2021–––IRS
990-N for 2013
Officer: Armando Lawrence
December 31, 2013≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 31-1526748).

Questions about LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE

What is the EIN of LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE is 31-1526748.
Is LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1997.
Are donations to LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Sara Haskie-Mendoza.
Who are the officers and directors of LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 1 person; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $6,000 (Sara Haskie-Mendoza, Director).
How much revenue does LOS ANGELES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALLIANCE have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $336,000, expenses of $368,300 and total assets of $0 at year end.

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