Central City Police Boosters
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953089997
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2139721876
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $119,525
- Expenses
- $112,486
- Assets
- $69,196
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- MIGUEL VARGAS (CHAIRMAN)
- CECILIO NUNEZ (TREASURER)
- KRISTINA OLSON (VICE CHAIRMAN)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization supports and suppliments the programs of the los angeles police department that serve under privileged children, the elderly and indigent individuals.
What it reported doing in 2025
The dtla police boosters serves as a liaison between the downtown community and the los angeles police department. The goal of our efforts is to foster safer neighborhoods in which to live and work, while nurturing the relationship between lapd personnel and members of the business and residential community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 70% for direct work, and 30% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.9%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 64.7%; rating input score 65
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.9%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.9% of revenue deployed · 64.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $73K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.