California · Nonprofit
Cooperation L A
Cooperation L A (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,023,673 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($391,286). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $594k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $285k
What Cooperation L A does
Mission
The L.A. Co-op Lab is a collective that builds capacity for worker ownership in Los Angeles as a pathway toward a more equitable and democratic economy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cooperative Education L.A. Co-op Lab provides training to teach people and teams the skills they need to successfully operate and own a cooperative business. Our education programs are bilingual and include in person workshops and cohorts, online courses and print curriculum materials available to all. To date weve educated 1,500 students and 120 businesses.
$107,228 spent$4,965 earned by the program30% of program spendingCooperative Development L.A. Co-op Lab provides incubation support, technical assistance and in-depth coaching to those interested in starting or becoming a worker-owned cooperative. We also facilitate fair access to capital via our membership in Seed Commons, a financial cooperative. To date, weve supported nearly 200 teams and organizations and invested $650,000 into underserved communities.
$191,258 spentof which $110,415 as grants$500 earned by the program54% of program spendingEcosystem Building L.A. Co-op Lab works to build a network of support for emerging and existing worker-owned cooperatives across Los Angeles. We host regular networking and community events and build partnerships with organizations, allies, and technical service providers to facilitate mutual learning and growth for cooperatives county-wide.
$56,992 spentof which $25,200 as grants$1,750 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $355,478.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $404k to $519k (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
98% of Cooperation L A’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Kasey Ventura
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $84k → $304k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Cooperation L A’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Cooperation L A leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Cooperation L A.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 58% · 2023 41% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of Cooperation L A's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $401k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Cooperation L A holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Cooperation L A
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Cooperation L A: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Cooperation L A?
- Cooperation L A (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,023,673 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($391,286). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Cooperation L A have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,023,673 in grants to Cooperation L A, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cooperation L A?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $391,286 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cooperation L A find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing