LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT

Financials

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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

PO BOX 26190, LOS ANGELES, CA 90026-0190

In care of

% CATHERINE GUDIS PRESIDENT

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

CATHERINE GUDIS PRESIDENT, PO BOX 26190, LOS ANGELES, CA 900260190

Signed the 990

John Malpede, Founding Artictic Director

Phone

(213) 413-1077

Website

www.lapovertydept.org

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-4174562 or by the name LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers

Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Secretary of State, bizfile Online

Corporation status, entity number, agent for service

Franchise Tax Board

Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)

Mission

Los Angeles Poverty Department creates performances and multi-disciplinary artworks that connect the experience of people living in poverty to the social forces that shape their lives and communities our work expresses the realities hopes dream and rights of people who live and work in L.A. Skid Row.

Program accomplishments

• Programming during the fiscal year continued to creatively serve housed and unhoused members of our low-income Skid Row community and the public at our Skid Row History Museum & Archive SRHMA and other public spaces. In October 2023 LAPD hosted our 15th annual 2-day Festival for All Skid Row Artists in Gladys Park Skid Row attended by an est. 1,500 people and 150 artists. In January we published and distributed free to community members 2,000 newspapers documenting the festival and featuring the participating artists. LAPDs Welcome to the Covid Hotel exhibition was on view at the SRHMA through December 2024. LAPDs related theatrical performance The Covid Hotel Welcomes You to the Future was performed at the closing of the exhibition and January through September we performed it 12 more times in theaters and community settings throughout Los Angeles County for combined audiences of 1200. 9 of the performances were followed by community conversations with doctors nurses and other community health workers. The project documented and disseminated the experiences of frontline workers at County Quarantine and Isolation medical shelters for Covid patients. Total participants: approx. 40 Skid Row rehearsals with 10 Skid Row cast members 26 panelists at community conversations; and 1200 audience. During the year the Skid Row History Museum & Archive also hosted 3 exhibitions curated by outside curators Tents & Tenants curated by the Echo Park Collective ran for 2 months February and March 2025 and was visited by over 600 people. The exhibition Walk with Me featuring Skid Row visual artists working at the People Concerns Studio 526. The exhibition was up from April 11 through June 28 and was curated by Alice Corona Director of Studio 526. The exhibition was viewed by an estimated 600 people and Studio 526 produced 3 community events during the run of the exhibition. Scratching the Surface: 40 Years of Visual Arts in Skid Row opened on September 6 and continued through the end of the Fiscal Year on Sept. 30. The exhibition was curated by Hayk Makhmuryan of the Community Arts Depot. It has been viewed by over 400 people. Throughout FY2024-25 SRHMA hosted free monthly workshops and meetings as well as special events for Skid Row community members led by individuals and grassroots groups. These included Creative Writing Sock Puppet Making other meetings organized by community groups and the annual Bob Marley Day and Juneteenth celebrations organized by Skid Row community member DJ Sir Oliver. LAPD produced Movie Nights twice month and Open Mic Nights monthly. In all Museum programs engaged an estimated 10,000 participants including exhibition visitors and public program audience members in FY2024-5. Working with other Skid Row arts organizations LAPD created and distributed 2,500 copies issue a quarterly ArtsZine highlighting neighborhood artists and activities. Throughout FY2024-25 LAPD archivists worked with 9 volunteers to continue to put our archival holdings into a Central Management System while also acquiring and processing new materials generated through LAPD activities and donated from Skid Row leaders and organizations. There were another 11 volunteers who supported LA Poverty Department projects throughout the year.
  Expenses $463,758

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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

95-4174562

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

1993

Accounting year ends

September

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Assets (IRS master file)

$236,432

Income (IRS master file)

$357,727

Filing history

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 95-4174562).

Questions about LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT

What is the EIN of LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT?

The employer identification number (EIN) of LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT is 95-4174562.

Is LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.

Are donations to LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT 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 POVERTY DEPARTMENT due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Who is the principal officer of LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names CATHERINE GUDIS PRESIDENT.

Who are the officers and directors of LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT?

The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 7 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does LOS ANGELES POVERTY DEPARTMENT have?

On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $357,727, expenses of $643,885 and total assets of $236,432 at year end.

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