Ground Game La
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What it says it does
Ground Game LA Connects LAs most vulnerable communities with resource, recourse, and organizing know-how. Ground Game LA is a horizontally-managed, grassroots group, building community & electoral power in Los Angeles.
- Income
- $46,915
- Spending
- $41,777
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 200
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $41,555 spent. TRAINED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ENGAGE PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AND INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT BY EDUCATING ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT WAYS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ANGELENOS IN THE AREAS OF HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATION, IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
- PUBLISHED KNOCK LA, AN ONLINE GRASSROOTS JOURNALISM PROJECT THAT FOCUSES ON STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE ISSUES THAT GROUND GAME LA ORGANIZES AROUND, WHILE TRAINING GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO USE THE POWER OF JOURNALISM TO INCREASE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY IN LOS ANGELES.
- SPONSORED THE MUTUAL AID LA NETWORK AND A SERIES OF COMMUNITY FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE BASIC NEEDS OF LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES, TRAINING OVER 50 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE OPERATIONS OF MUTUAL AID PROGRAMMING, AND BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF OVER 500 PARTICIPANTS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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