Los Angeles River State Park Partners

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821364477
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parks and Playgrounds

Reported finances

Revenue
$92,328
Expenses
$217,179
Assets
$25,659
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kathleen Johnson (Former Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Sean Woods (Chair)
  • Ruth Coleman (Treasurer)
  • Elizabeth Pezza (Secretary)

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

We are an independent nonprofit organization and State Parks cooperating association dedicated to supporting the three State Parks adjacent to the L.A. River: Los Angeles State Historic Park in Chinatown Northeast DTLA; Rio de Los Angeles State Park in Cypress Park; and the Bowtie Parcel the former G1 Railyard in Glassell Park that will soon become the third River adjacent State Park. We protect and enhance the community cultural natural and historic resources of the River Parks.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community engagement programs: Annual People Kites Festival For the 4th annual Kite Festival LARSPP again worked with park partner Clockshop and the Ann St. administration to bring four consecutive kite making kite decorating workshops to Ann St. Elem. in the lead-up to the festival.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% 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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 45.3%; rating input score 45

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -135.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 45.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.