Nonprofit · EIN 77-0651682
POWER CALIFORNIA
Tax-exempt · LOS ANGELES, CA 90033
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $5,123,348 | $6,257,295 | -$1,133,947 | $9,371,809 | $627,912 | $8,743,897 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $4,617,303 | $4,429,281 | $188,022 | $10,622,175 | $744,331 | $9,877,844 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,700,722
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $386,626
- Net rental income
- $36,000
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $77,620
- Other revenue
- $36,000
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,364,535
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $208,980
- Other salaries and wages
- $2,231,075
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,884,466
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $14,266
- Accounting fees
- $174,268
- Occupancy
- $109,520
- Travel
- $262,958
- Depreciation
- $6,802
- Program services (functional)
- $4,624,947
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,226,195
- Fundraising (functional)
- $406,153
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $10,622,175
- Total assets, end of year
- $9,371,809
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $627,912
- Net assets, end of year
- $8,743,897
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $9,070
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,508,891
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $5,235,006
- Gross receipts
- $8,600,142
- Employees
- 73
- Volunteers
- 20
- Year formed
- 2005
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUIS SANCHEZ | PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $185,425 | $23,555 |
| PRINCESS BELL | SENIOR ASSOICIATE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $157,667 | $19,685 |
| ALICIA OLIVAREZ | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $146,814 | $10,641 |
| ELIZABETH LUGO | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $131,508 | $20,083 |
| MARISA MORAZA | CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $119,969 | $11,251 |
| AURORA CASTELLANOS | REGIONAL FIELD LEAD Highest-paid employee | 40 | $109,792 | $15,294 |
| DANA GINN PAREDES | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TYLER OKEKE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTIAN ARANA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ASHLEY THOMAS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RANDY VILLEGAS | BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 08/24) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUIS SANCHEZ | PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $175,135 | $9,875 |
| PRINCESS BELL | SENIOR ASSOICIATE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $158,375 | $12,345 |
| JUNG HEE CHOI | SR. ADV., NARRATIVE & STRAT. INIT. Highest-paid employee | 40 | $156,767 | $11,583 |
| ALICIA OLIVAREZ | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $148,800 | $6,871 |
| ELIZABETH LUGO | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $123,783 | $12,488 |
| KHALIL EDWARDS | DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $104,092 | $11,819 |
| DANA GINN PAREDES | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TYLER OKEKE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTIAN ARANA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RANDY VILLEGAS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ASHLEY THOMAS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 530 S BOYLE AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90033-3817
- In care of
- % ABRAHAM ALDRETE
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- LUIS SANCHEZ, 360 EAST 2ND STREET 325, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
- Signed the 990
- LUIS SANCHEZ, PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (510) 698-3828
- Website
- WWW.POWERCALIFORNIA.ORG
- Return prepared by
- WINDES INC
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 77-0651682 or by the name POWER CALIFORNIA.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
POWER CALIFORNIA HARNESSES THE ENERGY OF YOUNG VOTERS OF COLOR AND THEIR FAMILIES TO CREATE A STATE THAT IS EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE AND JUST FOR EVERYONE WHO CALLS CALIFORNIA HOME.
Program accomplishments
- SEE SCHEDULE ONARRATIVE POWER: IN 2024, WE REACHED OVER 1 MILLION VOTERS THROUGH POWERCA DIGITAL CHANNELS, AND WITH OUR ALLIANCE, ENGAGED 8 MILLION YOUNG VOTERS STATEWIDE. WE TRAINED OVER 25 SPOKESPEOPLE, COLLABORATED WITH MORE THAN 7 YOUTH INFLUENCERS, AND SECURED OVER 20 MEDIA HITS TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF YOUNG PEOPLE. OUR 2024 YOUTH POLL SURVEYED 1,754 YOUNG CALIFORNIANS AGED 1830, FOCUSING ON THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON HOUSING, VOTING, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WE LAUNCHED A STATEWIDE HOUSING JUSTICE CAMPAIGN, BUILT THE CAPACITY OF OVER FIVE PARTNERS AS NARRATIVE HUBS, AND RECRUITED FIVE TRUTH TELLERS TO LEAD YOUTH-DRIVEN NARRATIVE CHANGE.Expenses $2,042,118 · grants $1,364,535
- SEE SCHEDULE OALLIANCE: POWERCA, TOGETHER WITH OUR STATEWIDE ALLIANCE OF 15 YOUTH-ORGANIZING PARTNERS, MOBILIZES OVER 100,000 YOUNG VOTERS ANNUALLY ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THROUGH OUR GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORTS. POWERCA'S ALLIANCE OF YOUTH-ORGANIZING PARTNERS HAS PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN MOBILIZING YOUNG VOTERS OF COLOR. BY WORKING TOGETHER AND UNITING UNDER ONE ALLIANCE, WE HAVE AMPLIFIED THE STRENGTH OF INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS AND EXPANDED A STATEWIDE BASE OF YOUNG VOTERS. BY REFINING OUR INTEGRATED VOTER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES, WE HAVE STRENGTHENED THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY IN UNDERSERVED REGIONS LIKE THE CENTRAL VALLEY, INLAND EMPIRE AND THE CENTRAL COAST.Expenses $1,056,858
- SEE SCHEDULE OFIELD CAMPAIGNS: WE TRAINED OVER 300 YOUNG ORGANIZERS THROUGH POWER ACADEMIES AND CONVENINGS, IN COLLABORATION WITH MORE THAN 120 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, TO LEAD VOTER OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGNS. A TOTAL OF 69,334 YOUNG VOTERS WERE MOBILIZED THROUGH CANVASSING, PHONE BANKING, AND THE ACTIVATION OF HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS, WHO COMPLETED OVER 600 VOLUNTEER SHIFTS, WITH MORE THAN 250 YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN GET OUT THE VOTE EVENTS.Expenses $867,603
- ORGANIZING PROGRAMS: WE RECRUITED 7,466 NEW MEMBERS, ENGAGED MORE THAN 1,000 IN ACTIONS, AND TRAINED OVER 100 YOUTH LEADERS IN STORYTELLING, MEDIA, AND ORGANIZING. FELLOWS, INTERNS, AND CAMPAIGNS COMMITTEES LED LOCAL EFFORTS IN FRESNO, TULARE, AND MADERA, HOSTING RALLIES, PROMOTING HOUSING JUSTICE, AND ADVOCATING AT THE STATE CAPITOL. IN FRESNO, WE SECURED $1.5 MILLION IN EVICTION PROTECTION FUNDING WHILE CONVENING A 10-MEMBER HOUSING COALITION TO COUNTER ANTI-HOMELESS POLICIES. WE ORGANIZED OVER 300 MEMBERS TO TAKE ACTION AND LED CAMPAIGNS THAT ESTABLISHED POWER CALIFORNIA AS A RECOGNIZED LEADER IN HOUSING JUSTICE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY.Expenses $463,301
- POLICY: OUR POWER ADVOCATES COMMITTEE CORE MEMBERS RECEIVED TRAINING IN STORYTELLING AND SERVING AS A SPOKESPERSON AND LEGISLATIVE POLICY PROCESSES, WITH GUIDANCE ON RESEARCH AND STRATEGIC BILL SELECTION ALIGNED WITH POWER CALIFORNIA YOUTH AGENDA. THE 2024 YOUTH AGENDA WAS DEVELOPED WITH 10 YOUNG BIPOC MEMBERS, WHO LED ADVOCACY EFFORTS AT THE STATE CAPITOL, SHARED STORIES WITH 23 LEGISLATIVE OFFICES, AND DEVELOPED LEADERSHIP SKILLS OVER SIX WEEKS. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE RECRUITING THE POWER ADVOCATES, DEVELOPING THE YOUTH AGENDA, AND LEADING ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND YOUTH-DRIVEN HOUSING AND POLICY CHANGE ACROSS THE STATE.Expenses $195,067
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 77-0651682
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2005
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S50)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $9,371,809
- Income (IRS master file)
- $8,600,142
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $5,123,348 | $6,257,295 | $9,371,809 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $4,617,303 | $4,429,281 | $10,622,175 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $8,707,902 | $3,849,395 | $10,231,826 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 77-0651682).
Questions about POWER CALIFORNIA
- What is the EIN of POWER CALIFORNIA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of POWER CALIFORNIA is 77-0651682.
- Is POWER CALIFORNIA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2005.
- Are donations to POWER CALIFORNIA tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does POWER CALIFORNIA file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of POWER CALIFORNIA due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did POWER CALIFORNIA last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of POWER CALIFORNIA?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names LUIS SANCHEZ.
- Who are the officers and directors of POWER CALIFORNIA?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 11 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $185,425 (LUIS SANCHEZ, PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does POWER CALIFORNIA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $5,123,348, expenses of $6,257,295 and total assets of $9,371,809 at year end.
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