NonprofitsLos Angeles Black Worker Center

Employment

Los Angeles Black Worker Center

LOS ANGELES, CA

Total revenue

$6.0M

Total expenses

$6.0M

Net assets

$9.4M

Grants received

$9.0M

45 grants

EIN

863395355

Tax year

2023

Mission

The mission of the Los Angeles Black Worker Center is to increase access to quality jobs, reduce employment discrimination, and improve industries that employ black workers through action and unionization.

Programs

2 programs

The Los Angeles Black Worker Center develops organized power and authentic grassroots leadership among black workers (unionized, non-union, immigrant, formerly incarcerated and the unemployed) and among the extended community, to reverse the disproportionate levels of unemployment and underemployment in the Los Angeles black community. The Center seeks peace and prosperity for all of Los Angeles by developing policies and corporate practices that perpetuate equity in the labor market and end inferior jobs in the black community.

Expenses: $1.3M

The Southern California Black Worker Hub for Regional Organizing advocates for the economic empowerment of Black workers throughout the region. We do that by supporting Black Worker Centers in Los Angeles, the Inland Empire and San Diego as they fight for economic inclusion and opportunity for the region's Black workers. A 2024 WorkSafe Health & Safety award recipient, the Hub has contacted thousands of Black workers to share life saving occupational health and safety information.

Expenses: $785K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$5.9M
Program service revenue$131K
Investment income$3K
Other revenue
Total revenue$6.0M

Expenses

Grants paid$17K
Salaries & benefits$3.8M
Fundraising$39K
Other expenses$2.2M
Total expenses$6.0M
Total assets$10.2M
Net assets$9.4M

People

12 listed

NameRoleCompensation

La Tonya Harris

Co-Exec. Dir.

Board

$112K

40 hrs/wk

Janel Jenkins

Co-Exec. Dir.

Board

$110K

40 hrs/wk

Khalil Edwards

Treasurer

Board

3 hrs/wk

Jasmine Hill

Secretary

Board

4.5 hrs/wk

David C Turner III

Director

Board

1.5 hrs/wk

Dr Kendrick Roberson

Director

Board

1.5 hrs/wk

Jordan Thierry

Director

Board

1.5 hrs/wk

Chloe Osmer

Director

Board

1.5 hrs/wk

Greg Mann

Director

Board

1.5 hrs/wk

Rosemarie Molina

Director

Board

1.5 hrs/wk

Sherri Bell

Director

Board

1.5 hrs/wk

Regina Freer

President

Board

4 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 45 of 45

FromAmountPurposeYear
$400K
PATHWAYS - INVESTMENT TO CREATE PATHWAYS TO FAMILY WAGE-EARNING JOBS IN LOS ANGELES
2024
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$57K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2024
$40K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$10K
Workforce Development
2024
$980K
To support low-income Black workers
2023
$500K
FOR CORE OPERATING SUPPORT TO SUSTAIN AND STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF BLACK WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZING AND PUBLIC POLICY EFFORTS.
2023
$326K
TO IMPROVE THE LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF BLACK WORKERS ACROSS LOS ANGELES.
2023
$200K
BUILDING BLACK POWER TOWARD ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND HEALTH EQUITY: TO SUPPORT BLACK POWER BUILDING TOWARD ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND HEALTH EQUITY IN LOS ANGELES AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
2023
$155K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$150K
Workforce Development
2023
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT: TO SUPPORT AN ORGANIZATION THAT IMPROVES HEALTH EQUITY BY PROMOTING ACCESS TO QUALITY JOBS, RACIAL EQUITY IN HIRING AND RETENTION, AND DISCRIMINATION-FREE JOB SITES, AND BY PREPARING BLACK WORKERS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN HIGH-WAGE, CAREER-TRACK JOBS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
2023
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$40K
General Operating Support
2023
$10K
WEI SUBGRANT AGREEMENT
2023
$10K
WEI SUBGRANT AGREEMENT
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF SERVICE PROGRAMS
2023
$1K
For unrestricted support
2023
$2.4M
For general operating support
2022
$450K
Program Grant
2022
$400K
PATHWAYS - INVESTMENT TO CREATE PATHWAYS TO FAMILY WAGE-EARNING JOBS IN LOS ANGELES
2022
$263K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$200K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$200K
Workforce Development
2022
$200K
TO SUPPORT THE LOS ANGELES BLACK WORKER CENTER TO CREATE A WORKFORCE EQUITY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT LEADING TO HIGH-QUALITY EMPLOYMENT FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH
2022
$200K
BUILDING BLACK POWER TOWARD ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND HEALTH EQUITY: TO SUPPORT BLACK POWER BUILDING TOWARD ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND HEALTH EQUITY IN LOS ANGELES AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
2022
$125K
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
2022
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT: TO SUPPORT AN ORGANIZATION THAT IMPROVES HEALTH EQUITY BY PROMOTING ACCESS TO QUALITY JOBS, RACIAL EQUITY IN HIRING AND RETENTION, AND DISCRIMINATION-FREE JOB SITES, AND BY PREPARING BLACK WORKERS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN HIGH-WAGE, CAREER-TRACK JOBS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
2022
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$78K
IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES: TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HEALTH INEQUITIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCED FROM EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES AND DISCRIMINATION, AND PROMOTE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER TRAINING AND RESIDENT POWER BUILDING TO ENSURE EQUALITY IN THE LABOR MARKET AND HEALTH EQUITY FOR ALL IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES.
2022
$41K
MULTIPLE GRANTS: TO ENGAGE THE CITY OF LA ON THEIR FINANCIAL PLANNING AND PRIORITIZE THE CIVL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE (REDUCED BUDGET); TO SUPPORT THE 1000 STRONG CAMPAIGN, TO PRESSURE THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO COMMIT TO HIRE 1000 BLACK WORKERS INTO UNIONIZED, LIVING WAGE CAREERS; AND TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT IN RECOGNITION OF THE TIME YOU SPENT UPDATING LIBERTY HILL OF YOUR WORK THIS PAST MONTH.
2022
$40K
General operating support
2022
$30K
ARTISTS COUNCIL - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$10K
To support a 2022 convening
2022
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF SERVICE PROGRAMS
2022
$400K
UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$150K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF SERVICE PROGRAM
2021
$1K
LA BLACK WORKER CENTER
2021

Funded by

$9.0M from 22 funders · 45 grants · 2021–2024

The James Irvine Foundation

$3.4M · 4 grants · 2022–2023

The Eli And Edythe Broad Foundation

$800K · 2 grants · 2022–2024

The California Endowment

$778K · 6 grants · 2022–2024

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc

$568K · 3 grants · 2021–2023

The California Wellness Foundation

$500K · 1 grant · 2023

NEO Philanthropy Inc

$450K · 1 grant · 2022

Weingart Foundation

$414K · 5 grants · 2021–2023

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$360K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Details

EIN863395355
NTEE codeJ01
Subsection03
Ruling date2021-12
Formed2021
Employees133
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