Impact LA

Legal name: Impact La Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843797925
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
(213) 928-1040
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,507,404
Expenses
$6,464,449
Assets
$307,479
Liabilities
$297,537

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Courtney Lockridge (Co founder/Executive director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Courtney Lockridge (Co founder/Executive director): $19,243 total reported compensation
  • Emerita Flores (Board member and Program director): $17,789 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Impact LA’s purpose is to foster a safe space in underserved communities with resources and impactful services that help to support youth and their families evolve into well-rounded individuals. Our Vision | to be a reputable source of initiatives, programs and. If you'd like to know more on how we can make an impact in your after-school, summer program or family emergency shelter, contact us today! apply here Our Mission. Enhanced Academic and Social Performance:** Supports children's cognitive and physical development, leading to better school performance and social engagement. Community Empowerment:** Engages volunteers, businesses, and partner organizations in a shared mission to combat hunger and food waste. Environmental Impact:** Decreases food waste by repurposing surplus food, reducing landfill waste and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

What it reported doing in 2025

Food Rescue & Community Distribution Program Impact LA's Food Rescue and Community Distribution Program recovered surplus food and essential goods that would otherwise go to waste and redistributed them directly to families and individuals experiencing food insecurity. Through partnerships with food donors, community organizations, volunteers, and distribution sites, the organization rescued over one million pounds of food while helping reduce environmental waste and greenhouse gas emissions. Impact LA hosted recurring community distribution drives providing fresh produce, pantry staples, hygiene items, household goods, and other essential resources to thousands of households throughout Los Angeles County. The program strengthened community support systems, increased equitable access to healthy food options, and promoted sustainability through large-scale food recovery efforts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.3%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2,505.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.97; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 116.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 68.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 48.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 97.3% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $19K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.