Downtown Los Angeles Property Owners Association
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What it says it does
The LA Fashion District Business Improvement District is dedicated to helping the community be a clean, safe and friendly place to work, shop, live and do business.
- Income
- $7.1 million
- Spending
- $7.4 million
- Employees
- 12
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $232,488, president & ceo
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 (5)
- $3.2 million spent. Clean Programs: Worked to keep the public right-of-way clean. Removed 2,618 tons of trash / Pressure-washed 26 million square feet of sidewalk / Removed 16,669 graffiti tags and stickers / Removed 864 Bulky Items / Cleaned 951 feces / Removed 568 Syringes/ Trimmed 567 trees
- $1.8 million spent. Safe Programs: Provided an enhanced safety presence on the streets, patrolling on bicycle and by vehicle seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Performed 191,687 location checks / Performed 52,609 contacts to assist merchants and visitors / Performed 737 welfare checks / Performed 4,539 responses to disorderly conduct / Performed 183 responses to reported fires in the district
- $894,049 spent. Santee Alley Overlay: Parcels with footage fronting the Santee Alley received additional Cleaning, Security and Marketing services inside the Santee Alley as a separate overlay within the BID
- $752,228 spent. Management and Other Expenses $752,228: Funded supporting services andorganizational costs (such as administration, uncollected assessments provision,equipment depreciation, and city and county collection fees). The program serviceswere managed by a professional management staff that also provided centralizedadministrative support.
- $745,708 spent. Marketing and Economic Development Programs $745,708: The BID promoted the LA Fashion District and kept stakeholders informed through 1) Social Media and Blog Posts 2) Website 3) e-newsletters, quarterly trend reports and an annual report and meeting / The BID provided visitor demographics obtained through Placer.ai., vacancy and property data through CoStar / The BID completed these special projects: a public art installation campaign with local artist S.C. Mero at the 9th & Main Street median, StreetBox Art Project in partnership with 11:11 Projects, Dia De Los Muertos Community Altar event in collaboration with Mariachi Las Catrinas and Self Help Graphics, hosted an IPW Press Tour and multiple FAM trips in collaboration with LA Tourism, and launched a major update to our online Business Resource Hub to better serve our business community. The Policy team continued efforts to push for a more flexible and balanced community plan for the LA Fashion District and build more robust relationships with elected officials.
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)(6) business league.
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)(6) business league 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 1994.
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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