Nonprofit · EIN 90-0977045
LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS
Tax-exempt · LOS ANGELES, CA 90057
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,176,640 | $995,264 | $181,376 | $1,233,978 | $46,187 | $1,187,791 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,031,214 | $1,133,041 | -$101,827 | $1,046,747 | $40,332 | $1,006,415 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $976,597 | $1,051,521 | -$74,924 | $1,133,775 | $25,033 | $1,108,742 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $792,573
- of which government grants
- $115,023
- Membership dues
- $95,609
- Program service revenue
- $265,544
- Investment income
- $22,240
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $303
- Other revenue
- $96,283
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $574,844
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $634,442
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $7,467
- Accounting fees
- $31,425
- Occupancy
- $34,608
- Travel
- $1,286
- Depreciation
- $244
- Program services (functional)
- $827,832
- Management and general (functional)
- $91,249
- Fundraising (functional)
- $76,183
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,046,747
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,233,978
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $46,187
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,187,791
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $122
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,187,791
- Gross unrelated business income
- $96,586
- Gross receipts
- $1,249,182
- Employees
- 18
- Volunteers
- 13
- Year formed
- 2013
- 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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERT LITEWKA | CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| TOM LUTZ | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JAMIE WOLF | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BILL BENENSON | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ERIC LAX | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TAMERLIN GODLEY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LEO BRAUDY | ASSISTANT SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JON WIENER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SUSAN MORSE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| REZA ASLAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATT GALSOR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANNE GERMANACOS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LYNNE THOMPSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STEVE LAVINE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATTHEW WEINER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
7 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBARA VORON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JODY D ARMOUR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOHN FRIEDMAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BRIAN KLEIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| VEENA SUD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BRETT GOLDBLATT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BRIAN CURRAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERT LITEWKA | CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| TOM LUTZ | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JAMIE WOLF | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BILL BENENSON | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ERIC LAX | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TAMERLIN GODLEY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LEO BRAUDY | ASSISTANT SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JON WIENER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SETH GREENLAND | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SUSAN MORSE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| REZA ASLAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATT GALSOR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANNE GERMANACOS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LYNNE THOMPSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STEVE LAVINE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DARRYL HOLTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATTHEW WEINER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BARBARA VORON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JODY D ARMOUR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERT LITEWKA | CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| TOM LUTZ | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JAMIE WOLF | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BILL BENENSON | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ERIC LAX | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TAMERLIN GODLEY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LEO BRAUDY | ASSISTANT SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JON WIENER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SETH GREENLAND | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SUSAN MORSE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| REZA ASLAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATT GALSOR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANNE GERMANACOS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LYNNE THOMPSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STEVE LAVINE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DARRYL HOLTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATTHEW WEINER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| EILEEN CHOW | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BARBARA VORON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JODY D ARMOUR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 672 S LA FAYETTE PARK PL STE 27, LOS ANGELES, CA 90057-3234
- In care of
- % TOM LUTZ
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ALBERT LITEWKA, 672 S LA FAYETTE PARK PLACE SUITE, 30, LOS ANGELES, CA 90057
- Signed the 990
- ALBERT LITEWKA, CHAIRMAN & CEO
- Phone
- (323) 952-3950
- Website
- HTTP://LAREVIEWOFBOOKS.ORG/
- Return prepared by
- KALLMAN & COMPANY LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 90-0977045 or by the name LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS.
- 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
TO PROMOTE WRITING, READING, CRITICISM AND INTELLECTUAL DISCUSSION, TEACHING AND LEARNING.
Program accomplishments
- WEBSITE PROGRAM - A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE WEBSITE CONTAINING BOOK REVIEWS, ESSAYS, ART, PODCASTS, AND SHORT FILMS OF LITERARY AND CULTURAL INTEREST.Expenses $295,402
- PRINT PUBLICATION PROGRAM - THE PRINT PUBLICATION PROGRAM INCLUDES THE LARB QUARTERLY JOURNAL, A JOURNAL OF LITERATURE, ART, AND CRITICISM, FEATURING IMPORTANT ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ARTISTS AND WRITERS, AND LARB: THE MAGAZINE, A TABLOID FEATURING MATERIAL FROM THE WEBSITE AND SOME ORIGINAL POETRY, FICTION, AND FEATURES, EACH IS PUBLISHED 4 TIMES A YEAR.Expenses $206,412 · revenue $36,716
- LARB PUBLISHING WORKSHOP - THE LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS PUBLISHING WORKSHOP IS AN IMMERSIVE, COLLABORATIVE PUBLISHING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO EQUIP STUDENTS AND INNOVATORS WITH SKILLS IN BOTH DIGITAL AND PRINT PUBLISHING, LEADING TO CAREERS IN AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELDS OF EDITING AND PUBLISHING IN TODAY'S WORLD.Expenses $237,077 · revenue $223,541
- AUDIO-VISUAL PROGRAM - THE AUDIO-VISUAL PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED BY THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT AND TO ATTRACT AUDIENCES FOR WHOM SUCH MEDIA ARE IMPORTANT SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND OPINION. IT INCLUDES THE BUILDING OF A FILM LIBRARY OF AUTHOR INTERVIEWS AND OTHER LITERARY AND CULTURAL SUBJECTS, A LIBRARY OF PODCASTS AVAILABLE ON LARB WEBSITE, A YOUTUBE CHANNEL, ITUNES SUBSCRIPTION AND DOWNLOAD, AND OTHER ONLINE VENUES, AND A WEEKLY RADIO SHOW CALLED THE LARB RADIO HOUR.Expenses $87,424 · revenue $5,155
- LARB BOOKS PROGRAM - LARB BOOKS IS THE PUBLISHING WING OF THE LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS. THIS PUBLISHING PROJECT EXTENDS LARB'S MISSION OF BRINGING THE BEST THAT IS THOUGHT AND WRITTEN TO READERS AROUND THE WORLD.Expenses $1,517 · revenue $132
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 90-0977045
- 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
- 2013
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B01)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,233,978
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,249,182
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,176,640 | $995,264 | $1,233,978 | XML |
| 990-T | June 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,031,214 | $1,133,041 | $1,046,747 | XML |
| 990-T | June 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $976,597 | $1,051,521 | $1,133,775 | XML |
| 990-T | June 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,163,174 | $878,017 | $1,220,943 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 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 90-0977045).
Questions about LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS
- What is the EIN of LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS is 90-0977045.
- Is LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2013.
- Are donations to LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS 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 LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names ALBERT LITEWKA.
- Who are the officers and directors of LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 22 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,176,640, expenses of $995,264 and total assets of $1,233,978 at year end.
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