NonprofitsLos Angeles Review Of Books

Education

Los Angeles Review Of Books

LOS ANGELES, CA

Total revenue

$1.0M

Total expenses

$1.1M

Net assets

$1.0M

Grants received

$683K

36 grants

EIN

900977045

Tax year

2023

Mission

The los angeles review of books is a non profit multimedia literary, educational, intellectual, and cultural arts project that combines serious book reviews and essays with the evolving technologies of the internet, promoting and disseminating the best that is thought and written with an enduring commitment to the intellectual rigor, the incisiveness, and the power of the written word. The los angeles review of books' mission is to promote writing, reading, criticism and intellectual discussion, teaching and learning.

Programs

4 programs

Print publication program - the print publication program includes the larb quarterly journal, a journal of literature, art, and criticism, featuring important established and emerging artists and writers.

Expenses: $203K

Larb publishing workshop - the los angeles review of books publishing workshop is an immersive, collaborative publishing program designed to equip students and innovators with skills in both digital and print publishing, leading to careers in and contributions to the fields of editing and publishing in today's world.

Expenses: $264K

Audio-visual program - the audio-visual program is designed to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the digital environment and to attract audiences for whom such media are important sources of information and opinion. It includes the building of a film library of author interviews and other literary and cultural subjects, a library of podcasts available on larb website, a youtube channel, itunes subscription and download, and other online venues, and a weekly radio show called the larb radio hour.

Expenses: $117K

Larb books program - larb books is the publishing wing of the los angeles review of books. This publishing project extends larb's mission of bringing the best that is thought and written to readers around the world.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$690K
Program service revenue$233K
Investment income$16K
Other revenue$93K
Total revenue$1.0M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$674K
Fundraising$153K
Other expenses$459K
Total expenses$1.1M
Total assets$1.0M
Net assets$1.0M

People

19 listed

NameRoleCompensation

ALBERT LITEWKA

CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Board

5 hrs/wk

TOM LUTZ

PRESIDENT

Board

5 hrs/wk

JAMIE WOLF

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Board

2 hrs/wk

BILL BENENSON

VICE PRESIDENT

Board

2 hrs/wk

ERIC LAX

TREASURER

Board

2 hrs/wk

TAMERLIN GODLEY

SECRETARY

Board

2 hrs/wk

LEO BRAUDY

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Board

2 hrs/wk

JON WIENER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

SETH GREENLAND

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

SUSAN MORSE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

REZA ASLAN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

MATT GALSOR

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

ANNE GERMANACOS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

LYNNE THOMPSON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

STEVE LAVINE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

DARRYL HOLTER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

MATTHEW WEINER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

BARBARA VORON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

JODY D ARMOUR

BOARD MEMBER

Board

2 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 36 of 36

FromAmountPurposeYear
$60K
TO SUPPORT THRIVING ARTS ESSENTIAL FOR A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY
2024
$33K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
HAWTHORNDEN GRANT
2024
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$75K
TO SUPPORT THRIVING ARTS ESSENTIAL FOR A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY
2023
$32K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$28K
2023
$20K
WHITING LITERARY MAGAZINE PRIZE
2023
$1K
LITERACY PURPOSES
2023
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$8K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
LITERACY PURPOSES
2022
$39K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$7K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$7K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$26K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$15K
CORE PROGRAMS
2020
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$5K
UNRESTRICTED
2020
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$5K
EDUCATION RELATED ACTIVITIES
2019
$8K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$5K
UNRESTRICTED
2018
$145K
Stipends / Fellowships
2017
$8K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017
$6K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2017
$5K
General Support
2017

Funded by

$683K from 19 funders · 36 grants · 2017–2024

Bess & George Voron Foundation

$137K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

The Rosenthal Family Foundation

$135K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

The Bessemer Giving Fund

$43K · 2 grants · 2019–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$38K · 5 grants · 2017–2022

Cotsen Foundation For The Art

$29K · 5 grants · 2017–2022

New Israel Fund

$28K · 1 grant · 2023

American Endowment Foundation

$25K · 2 grants · 2020–2022

Details

EIN900977045
NTEE codeB01
Subsection03
Ruling date2013-12
Formed2013
Employees20
Volunteers13
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