Works in New Directions Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The Organization's primary exempt purpose is to assist the poor, needy and powerless.
- Income
- $395,609
- Spending
- $355,121
- Spent on programs
- 98%
- Reserves
- 26.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 93%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 6
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 85 out of 100.
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 26.3 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 10% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 47% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1598% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Weak: 43 out of 100.
Independent board
5 of 252 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
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 September 30, 2025, 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 (3)
- $240,244 spent. Los Angeles Sisters Aging Well (LASAW) Network is a new project of Works in New Directions, Inc. in which it looks to serve the eldest members and to develop a strategic plan to address the diverse needs of elderly sisters in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
- $91,237 spent. The Organization's existing program named the Trauma Transformation Project (TTP) has been renamed and diversified into the InVision Institute and the East Oakland Alliance. The focus of these Project Movements, which was pioneered with an international team of collaborators, is still to develop and implement: 1) comprehensive trauma-centered curricula for youth-centered urban community development programs; and b) a relational, trauma-centered youth development program model that brings to life the psychology, philosophy and interventions of the training curricula.This trauma training and program model, which will eventually be implemented nationally, are being developed as supporting strategies that will offer a broad range of options to: 1) disrupt and prevent the devastating interaction between youth, violence, and sustained trauma, particularly as it influences the large health and educational disparities for youth of color; 2) intervene and work to heal the intergenerational impacts of violence and chronic trauma on youth, families and urban communities; 3) strengthen the resilience and hope that empowers young people to reach for their full and unique potential; 4) educate and influence the priorities of public policy and philanthropy on the most effective youth-centered urban community development interventions.
- $16,815 spent. Organization provides food and clothing, legal advocacy services, crisis intervention services, mental health services, and spiritual support to the poor, needy and powerless.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, 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? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for churches. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, 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 September 2025.
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 March 1946.
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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