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HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE

HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,317 to it, the largest being CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT BEVERLY HILLS ($20,317). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.8M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$58k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Higher Wages Lower Rent Alliance does

Mission

The organization supports policies that take the lead on the issues working people most care about:higher wages & lower rent.we support grassroots politics in districts where working people live, and support policy campaigns to get working people involved in local issues that have immediate impacts on their lives. We do this with the hope of improving their connection to and participation in all levels of the political process over time.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Supported california state propositons 32 (increase minimum wage) and 32 (rent control). Opposed california state proposition 34 (prescription drug prices). Also supported two city of west hollywood ballot measures regarding short term rentals and hotel worker protection/minimum wage. The organization also served as vendor to campaigns promoting a number of candidates who support the mission of the organization to improve the socio-economic conditions of southern california working families.

    $1,718,181 spent$1,835,522 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,718,181.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE’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.

Where its funders are

100% of HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

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In California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE: 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 HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE?
HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,317 to it, the largest being CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT BEVERLY HILLS ($20,317). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,317 in grants to HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE.
Who is the largest funder of HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE?
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT BEVERLY HILLS is the largest funder on record, with $20,317 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HIGHER WAGES LOWER RENT ALLIANCE 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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