Gyopo
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- Only 45% of its spending went to programs.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
GYOPO galvanizes diasporic Korean cultural producers and the community to generate progressive critical, intersectional, and intergenerational discourses and community alliances through free public programs in Los Angeles and beyond. A 501c(3) non-profit organization, GYOPO is a cross-cultural, multi-issue platform for the Korean diaspora intersecting with other marginalized identities.
- Income
- $521,881
- Spending
- $424,495
- Spent on programs
- 45%
- Reserves
- 23.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 93%
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 70
- Highest pay
- $67,550, secretary
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 70 out of 100. Higher than 41% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 23.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 19% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 43% on the year before.
Spending floor
0 of 1545% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 23 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 91 out of 100. Higher than 79% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 8 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 (1)
- $192,083 spent. GYOPO organizes free educational programs, workshops, events, symposia, and presentations of art centering diasporic Korean cultural producers. In 2024, GYOPO produced a total of thirty-three programs, artist/ curator talks, discursive programs, screenings and performances, art exhibition walkthroughs, workshops, gatherings for our community of volunteers, and fundraisers. Highlights include Between Worlds: Art and Shamanism in the Korean Diaspora with shaman and author Seo Choi and artists Meesha Goldberg and Na Mira; An Encounter with the Korean Avant-Garde, co-presented with the Hammer Museum; Sung Neung Kyung Performance at GYOPO, followed by conversation between the artist and MMCA Senior Curator Soojung Kang; The Pepper: Migration and Metaphor, co-presented with Ssi Ya Gi and Second Generation Seeds; Destigmatizing Psychedelics with Preeti Simran Sethi, Pat Song, Harpinder Kaur Mann, and Candex Louie; Cold War Baby: Historical Context Meets Aesthetics, with Simon Leung, Sunny Xiang, and Steven Lee, moderated by Amy Kahn; and An Afternoon with Youngmi Mayer and Her Memoir, "I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying," with journalist SuChin Pak.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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