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LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,750 to it, the largest being Crawford Foundation ($1,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$41k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$254k
2/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Los Feliz Improvement Association does

Mission

To support the preservation and encourage a greater knowledge of the history of the los feliz district of los angeles, california.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Primary program support involves historic research, dissemination of findings, and the preservation of the historic legacy of the los feliz district of los angeles. This is manifested through the publication and sale of books about los feliz history; conducting public forums on los feliz history; operating a website with historic resources (historic residential home survey, historic photo archives, etc.); publishing stories concentrating on the historic legacy of los feliz.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($73k) Expenses 100 ($37k) Net assets 100 ($170k)2018 Revenue 52 ($38k) Expenses 253 ($93k) Net assets 68 ($116k)2019 Revenue 305 ($224k) Expenses 162 ($59k) Net assets 165 ($280k)2020 Revenue 48 ($35k) Expenses 122 ($45k) Net assets 159 ($271k)2021 Revenue 56 ($41k) Expenses 157 ($57k) Net assets 150 ($254k)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (56)Expenses (157)Net assets (150)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $116k to $280k (+143%).

$170k
$116k
$280k
$271k
$254k
20172018201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (77% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 10,230 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$37k
’17
−$54k
’18
$165k
’19
−$9k
’20
−$16k
’21
57
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100 → $1k.

From the IRS filings of LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION’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

LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

45%
largest funder
100%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 56% · 2022 56% · 2023 80% — 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

55% of LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.

MA
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

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

Against its field

LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−40% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−14% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,113 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

Organizations like LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

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

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

47%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION: 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 LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION?
LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,750 to it, the largest being Crawford Foundation ($1,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,750 in grants to LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION?
Crawford Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LOS FELIZ IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 3 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