2025-07-21T13:22:50-07:00 2024-12-31 954401626 VASIN HEYN AND COMPANY 5000 N PKWY CALABASAS STE 104 CALABASAS CA 91302 990 2024-01-01 204637089 Imagine Los Angeles Inc IMAG 3239440210 947 S Windsor Blvd Los Angeles CA 90019 Lindsay Dunn Treasurer 2025-07-21 true true Lauren Schmidt P03074741 8182223500 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Jill Bauman 947 S Windsor Blvd Los Angeles CA 90019 2638028 false X www.imaginela.org X 2006 CA Imagine LAs mission is to end the cycle of family homelessness and poverty. 12 12 32 102 0 2482696 2485206 150070 44 -64 361715 2816 2844455 2638028 34162 31428 0 1973624 1563983 0 233936 1039571 1062727 3047357 2658138 -202902 -20110 2184128 1643954 593185 73121 1590943 1570833 X Imagine LA is a nonprofit organization working to end the cycle of family poverty and homelessness by preventing first-time and repeat homelessness and equipping families to maintain housing stability and thrive long-term. Together with families we transform lives through a holistic combination of clinical case management, economic mobility pathways, and whole-family mentorship. false true 1103550 The Benefit Navigator - a unique online tool App designed to help individuals and family members identify and access public benefits and tax credits available to them as well as help calculate how any income changes will affect those benefits. This work impacted the professional services/contractor expenses. 936250 Family Partnership Model In early 2019, Imagine LA launched the Economic Mobility Initiative to access and analyze the persistent economic barriers families faced, including insufficient childcare, access to living wage career development pathways, financial fitness skills and navigating the complex public benefit system. Imagine LA soon learned that the fears and lack of transparency that surrounded the public benefit system was the most pervasive barrier to economic mobility. Families feared, especially having just emerged from homelessness that earning more income would mean that they would lose their benefits and their housing.See Schedule O for more details. 2039800 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false true 14 0 true 32 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false false true false false true false true true true false false CA X X Michael Kramberg 6464365034 947 S Windsor Blvd Los Angeles CA 90019 Jill Bauman CEO 40.00 0.00 X 132585 0 18419 Karinn Cologne Former COO 40.00 0.00 X 114496 0 7198 TuLynn Smylie Former CEO 40.00 0.00 X 94376 0 5437 Joey Milne Former CEO 40.00 0.00 X 62868 0 2225 Joe Takai Chairman 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 George Phillips Jr Vice Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Lindsay Dunn Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Troy Brown Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Cambria Tortorelli Personnel Chair 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Caroline Goldzweig Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Christine Bogharian Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Maria Oliva Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Leilani Reed Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Terzian Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Diego Torres-Palma Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Terry Brown Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 404325 33279 2 false true false Brittany Moore Gilmore 4008 E Colorado Blvd Long Beach CA 90814 Business consulting 105275 1 537615 1947591 9747 2485206 Fees for services 900099 150070 150070 150070 -64 -74 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other income 900099 2816 2816 2816 2638028 152812 10 X 0 31428 31428 0 0 347522 240077 48092 59353 0 1015794 847679 98427 69688 3128 2381 341 406 87651 67636 11209 8806 109888 86588 13011 10289 0 24589 2286 22303 72063 12556 59507 0 0 0 473783 388364 21700 63719 0 9071 7199 1001 871 65643 20844 42535 2264 0 137075 87660 34921 14494 14247 13264 429 554 0 0 0 0 0 8341 6117 1318 906 Communications and Outreach 159153 158647 10 496 Professional Development 37584 35193 1697 694 Depreciation Expense 24713 24713 Stipends 12139 12139 24326 19742 3188 1396 2658138 2039800 384402 233936 322315 991916 113310 0 1193500 584518 129954 58732 0 0 0 0 24021 8788 20444 20444 24713 0 0 0 0 0 376315 0 2184128 1643954 221256 73121 371929 593185 73121 X 203022 -23685 1387921 1594518 1590943 1570833 2184128 1643954 -20110 X false true X true false X 1726588 2479438 3263911 2415549 2475459 12360945 0 0 1726588 2479438 3263911 2415549 2475459 12360945 0 12360945 610 20714 42 31 10 21407 0 3141 199 10027 2816 16183 12398535 0.99700 0.99700 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 20444 20444 X 2723460 85432 85432 2638028 2638028 2743570 85432 85432 2658138 2658138 Part X : FIN48 Footnote Imagine LA is exempt from Federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and California income taxes under section 23701(d) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. The IRS classified the organization as one that is not a private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code because it is an organization described in Section(s) 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi).Imagine LA has adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Section 740-10, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. ASC Section 740-10 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the consolidated financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC Section 740-10 requires that an organization recognize in the consolidated financial statements the impact of the tax position if that position will more likely than not be sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. As of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, Imagine LA had no material unrecognized tax benefits, tax penalties or interest.Imagine LAs Forms 990, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, for each of the tax years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, are subject to examination by the IRS, generally for 3 years after they were filed.Imagine LAs Forms 199, California Exempt Organization Return, for each of the tax years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020, are subject to examination by the Franchise Tax Board, generally for 4 years after they were filed. true 0 0 Direct family assistance 40 31428 Book Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used Grant expenses are tracked monthly as part of our established net assets with donor restrictions accounting procedures. The results are reviewed monthly by our internal finance team as well as our Finance Committee. X X false false false false false false false false false Jill Bauman CEO 132585 1654 16765 151004 Form 990, Part III, Line 3 The Family Partnership Model was a practical human centered approach designed to maximize potential and break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and homelessness. The model, created in 2007, was a unique, whole-family approach that leveraged a powerful combination of intensive case management, trained volunteer mentors from the community, and financial wellness pathways to build strong family stability, economic independence, and wellbeing. With this holistic approach, Imagine LA had walked alongside a thousand families as they stabilized in housing and pursued their goals. This program ceased in September 2024. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 8b The committees do not have authority to act on behalf of governing body, the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board of Directors reviews Form 990 prior to its execution and filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c All directors, officers and key employees are required to sign the conflict of interest and Ethics Assurance Statement on an annual basis. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Board of Directors uses comparable data and reviews compensation annually to determine the top management salaries. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Organization documents are provided upon request. 990, Part III, Line 4a, Description of Program Service: In 2020, Imagine LA decided to partner with the USC Center for Social Innovation and take a deep dive into the black box of public benefits and tax credits. After an in-depth landscape analysis of all Federal, State and LA County public benefits and tax credits, research (which took over 18 months to validate) uncovered 16 distinct benefits available in LA County and revealed a complex labyrinth of applications and compliance processes and highlighting the:1. Difficulty of identifying, applying for and receiving all benefits and tax credits resulting in the underutilization of available benefits and time delays in receiving benefits which exacerbate trauma and homelessness.2. The phenomenon of "benefits cliffs" when a modest income increase surprisingly triggers a severe benefit loss.3. Fear of loss of benefits, and the lack of transparency of why it happens, prevents people from earning income.4. Fear and lack of understanding about taxes and tax credits and that they can actually generate significant cash for low-income tax-filers, especially families, means that impactful tax benefits are often not being utilized by the people that need them most.This landscape unwittingly leaves billions of dollars of critical resources untapped, creates an enormous administrative burden for social service providers and enmeshes individuals, and especially families, in poverty.Based on these findings, Imagine LA decided in late 2022 to create the Benefit Navigator to provide trusted information, transparency, and accessibility, and to empower case managers and their clients with efficient and effective informed decision-making tools to navigate toward economic mobility and financial security.In 2023, Imagine LA created a wholly owned subsidiary Social Benefit LLC to focus on piloting the Benefit Navigator, a one-stop-shop online tool for case managers, individuals, and families to help them understand, access, and navigate the complex public benefits and tax credit landscape quickly, confidently, and in one place. The initial results were revolutionary:-44% more benefits/credits identified (than by the control group not using tool).-24% average increase in earned income in 6 months as compared to a 16% decrease in earned income by control group (attributed to clients ability to see impact of income on their benefits).-Both case workers and their managers expressed that the tool saved them time and enabled them to better support their clients.-In 7 months, the Navigator identified over $31 million in eligible benefits and tax credits an average of $15,770 per person.In 2024, Imagine LAs work with the Benefit Navigator expanded greatly to over 500 users across 55 social service organizations, impacting over 11,000 clients and identifying over $125 million in additional benefits and tax credits.In mid-2024, Imagine LAs Board of Directors decided to conclude the Family Mentorship Model. The decision was grounded in our mission and maximizing our Impact. Imagine LA transitioned the Family Partnership families and many of their staff and related government contracts to The Whole Child, a trusted partner organization. Imagine LA, pivoted to focus on the Benefit Navigator and sees it as the future of our work to end the cycle of family poverty and homelessness not only in LA but around the country.As a result of this strategic transition, in September 2024, Imagine LAs wholly owned subsidiary, Social Benefit, LLC, was dissolved and all of its Benefit Navigator related assets (cash and cash equivalents and receivables) and liabilities (accounts payable) were then transferred (back) to Imagine LA. Social Benefit LLC 672 S Lafayette Park Place 28 Los Angeles CA 90057 921372494 Development of a navigation tool CA Imagine Los Angeles Inc false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false