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Nonprofit · EIN 95-1783788

LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL

Tax-exempt · LOS ANGELES, CA 90071

Financials

$850K$1.3M2022$955K$937K2023$1.1M$1.1M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$1,122,681$1,129,553-$6,872$3,338,162$421,868$2,916,294
June 30, 2024990$955,416$937,264$18,152$3,257,154$399,429$2,857,725
June 30, 2023990$849,582$1,271,144-$421,562$3,184,366$547,917$2,636,449
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$738,636
Membership dues
$471,613
Program service revenue
$58,734
Investment income
$294,998
Net gain from sales of assets
$150,384
Other revenue
$30,313

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$275,000
Other salaries and wages
$382,536
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$756,550
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$29,043
Occupancy
$97,778
Travel
$19,205
Depreciation
$2,517
Program services (functional)
$845,265
Management and general (functional)
$196,738
Fundraising (functional)
$87,550

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$3,257,154
Total assets, end of year
$3,338,162
Total liabilities, end of year
$421,868
Net assets, end of year
$2,916,294
Land, buildings and equipment
$7,873
Publicly traded securities
$2,902,624
Net assets without donor restrictions
$2,700,739
Net assets with donor restrictions
$215,555
Gross unrelated business income
$29,500
Gross receipts
$1,573,446
Employees
8
Volunteers
57
Year formed
1953
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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
RICHARD DOWNIEPRESIDENT &
Officer
40$212,103$0
ALEXANDER MESSMANNEXECUTIVE VP
Highest-paid employee
40$132,968$24,387
MARIA CONTRERAS SWEETBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
MANUEL ABASCALDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROBERT ABERNETHYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CECILE ABLACKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DAVID ADISHIANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JONATHON ALLENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RAND APRILDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
AMIR BARSOUMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
GENE BLOCKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LYNDA BOONE FETTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARK BOTTOMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
ROSA BRAVODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARYAM BROWNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0
44 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
ANTON CARATANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
QIANA CHARLESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DANNY CHENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ROBERT DALRYMPLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CARL DICKERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
HANS GETTYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KEVIN GOETZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JULIAN GOLDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BRENDAN HEISLERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DARRYL HOLTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
FRAN INMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
RAY IRANIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SANA KHANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ELIZABETH LOWEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOE LUMARDADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
RICHARD MADERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
THOMAS MALAYILDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JASON MATHENYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
YESENIA MONSOURDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PATRICK NIEMANNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
NICHOLAS NIKOLOVDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
STEVEN NISSENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TIMOTHY NOONANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOAN PAYDENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PETE PETERSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JANE PISANODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ELLIOT PONCHICKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SCOTT PORTERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL REILLYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
THOMAS ROSENBAUMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BARRY SANDERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOSH SCHIMMELSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAN SCHNURDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PARKER SHIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TIMOTHY SNYDERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CANDY SPELLINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
NICK STONNINGTONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DOUGLAS SUDDARTHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ANDREW TAVAKOLIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JAMES THOMSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
BARBARA WACHSMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TRACY WILLIAMSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JEFF WILSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHELLE WROANTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 63 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Kimberly McCleary BlueFormer Pres/CEO
Officer
40$220,707$11,026
Alexander MessmanExecutive Vice President40$132,968$23,207
Manuel AbascalDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Robert AbernathyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Cecile AblackDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David AdishianDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jonathan AllenDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Rand AprilDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Robert DalrympleDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David AtkinsonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jon BasaloneDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Julian GoldDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Gene BlockDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Lynda Boone FetterDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Mark BottomDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Carol BradfordDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Rosa BravoDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Maryam BrownDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Anton CaratonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Richard MaderDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Qiana CharlesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Maria Contreras SweetDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Carl DickersonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Alisa DoDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Barry SandersDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Hans GettyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kevin GoetzDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kevin HanleyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Brendan HeislerDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Mary HoffmanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Darryl HolterDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jeanne HuybrechtDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Fran InmnanDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Ray IraniDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Elizabeth LoweDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Joe LumardaDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Thomas MalayilDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jason MathenyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Patrick NiemannDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Steven NissenDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Timothy NoonanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Joan PaydenDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Pete PetersonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jane PisanoDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Elliot PonchickDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Scott PorterDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Michael ReillyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Thomas F RosenbaumDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Josh SchimmelsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Dan SchnurDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Parker ShiDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Timothy SnyderDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Candy SpellingDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Nick StonningtonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Douglas SuddarthDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Andrew TavakoliDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
James ThomsonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Barbara WachsmanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Emily WangDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Tracy WilliamsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jeff WilsonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Michelle WroanDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Richard DowniePresident & CEO
Officer
40$0$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 68 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Kimberly McCleary BluePresident & CEO
Officer
40$274,706$18,830
Alexander MessmanExecutive Vice President40$136,860$21,927
Manuel AbascalDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Robert AbernathyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Cecile AblackDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David AdishianDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jonathan AllenDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Rand AprilDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Loreen ArbusDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David AtkinsonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jon BasaloneDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Fred BennettDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Gene BlockDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Lynda Boone FetterDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Mark BottomDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Carol BradfordDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Rosa BravoDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Maryam BrownDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Anton CaratanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Mel CarlisleDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Qiana CharlesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Maria Contreras SweetDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Michelle CookDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Carl DickersonDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Alisa DoDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jim GashDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Hans GettyDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Kevin GoetzDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Jon GoodmanDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Kevin HanleyDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Brendan HeislerDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Mary HoffmanDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Darryl HolterDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Jeanne HuybrechtsDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Fran InmnanDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Ray IraniDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Jaime LeeDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Elizabeth LoweDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Joe LumardaDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Thomas MalayilDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Jason MathenyDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Robert MooreDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Patrick NiemannDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0$0
Steven NissenDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Timothy NoonanDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Joan PaydenDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Pete PetersonDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Jane PisanoDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Elliot PonchickDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Scott PorterDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Michael ReillyDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Thomas F RosenbaumDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Josh SchimmelsDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Dan SchnurDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Parker ShiDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Timothy SnyderDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Candy SpellingDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Nick StonningtonDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Douglas SuddarthDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Andrew TavakoliDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
William TemkoDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
James ThomsonDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Barbara WachsmanDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Emily WangDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Nicole Ward-ParrDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Tracy WilliamsDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Jeff WilsonDirector
Trustee or director
0$0$0
Michelle WroanDirector
Trustee or director, Officer
0$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
445 S FIGUEROA STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90071-1602
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
MARIA CONTRERAS SWEET, 445 S FIGUEROA STREET 2250, LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
Signed the 990
MARIA CONTRERAS SWEET, BOARD CHAIR
Phone
(424) 258-6160
Website
LAWAC.ORG
Return prepared by
ALLISON & GIBB LLP

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-1783788 or by the name LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS A NON-PARTISAN, MEMBERSHIP BASED SPEAKERS' FORUM THAT CONNECTS BUSINESS LEADERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND ENGAGED INDIVIDUALS WITH SHARED INTEREST IN LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS. IT PROVIDES AN OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE PLATFORM FOR PUBLIC DIALOGUE, FOSTERING INFORMED DISCUSSION AND DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF CRITICAL ISSUES SHAPING THE WORLD. THROUGH EVENTS, PROGRAMS AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND LIFELONG LEARNING IN A WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • EDUCATIONAL EVENTS: THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED A SERIES OF PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING WEBINARS AND IN-PERSON EVENTS, FEATURING DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS FROM GOVERNMENT, DIPLOMACY, NATIONAL SECURITY, BUSINESS, MEDIA, AND ACADEMIA. SPEAKERS INCLUDED A FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, A FORMER NATO SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, A FORMER CIA AND NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SENIOR OFFICIAL, FOREIGN CONSULS GENERAL REPRESENTING FRANCE, BELGIUM, QATAR, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, INDIA, AND THE PHILIPPINES, THE CEO OF A MAJOR U.S. ENERGY COMPANY, THE FORMER SPEAKER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF LOS ANGELES. ADDITIONAL PRESENTERS INCLUDED SENIOR POLICY EXPERTS, JOURNALISTS, AND SCHOLARS FROM LEADING THINK TANKS, TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, AND UNIVERSITIES. PROGRAMS ADDRESSED CURRENT DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, INCLUDING FOREIGN POLICY, DEMOCRACY, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY TRANSITIONS, URBAN POLICY, AND GLOBAL CONFLICTS. ALL PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED IN A NONPARTISAN, NON- ADVOCACY FORMAT AND WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WITH WEBINARS OFFERED AT NO COST. TOTAL ATTENDANCE EXCEEDED 3,400
    Expenses $645,337 · revenue $58,734
  • ONLINE MEDIA: ONLINE MEDIA ENCOMPASSES THE ORGANIZATIONS DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH THROUGH ITS WEBSITE AND INTERNET PLATFORMS. AN ONLINE ARCHIVE OF RECORDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FREE OF CHARGE. WEBINARS ARE RECORDED AND DISTRIBUTED VIA YOUTUBE, WHERE TOTAL VIEWERSHIP EXCEEDED 67,000 DURING THE YEAR.
    Expenses $91,768
  • STUDENT PROGRAM: THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED THREE IN-PERSON LUNCHEONS EXCLUSIVELY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM THE LOS ANGELES AREA, FOCUSING ON THE RELIABILITY OF THE U.S. ELECTION PROCESS, CRITICAL THINKING, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. TOTAL ATTENDANCE EXCEEDED 400 STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN WEBINARS, IN-PERSON EVENTS, AND LUNCHEONS THAT INCLUDED SMALL-GROUP BRIEFINGS WITH FEATURED SPEAKERS.
    Expenses $108,160

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
95-1783788
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1971
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$3,338,162
Income (IRS master file)
$1,573,446

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$1,122,681$1,129,553$3,338,162IRS
990-TJune 2025–––IRS
990June 2024$955,416$937,264$3,257,154IRS
990-TJune 2024–––IRS
990June 2023$849,582$1,271,144$3,184,366XML
990-TJune 2023–––IRS
990June 2022$1,199,069$1,240,856$2,898,404IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS
990June 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 95-1783788).

Questions about LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL

What is the EIN of LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL?
The employer identification number (EIN) of LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL is 95-1783788.
Is LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1971.
Are donations to LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL 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 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names MARIA CONTRERAS SWEET.
Who are the officers and directors of LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 59 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $212,103 (RICHARD DOWNIE, PRESIDENT &).
How much revenue does LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,122,681, expenses of $1,129,553 and total assets of $3,338,162 at year end.

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