Alliance Francaise de Los Angeles

Analysis

Alliance Francaise de Los Angeles is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Alliance Francaise de Los Angeles reported income of $661k and spending of $699k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $723k to $661k (-8.6%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Alliance Francaise de Los Angeles sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Glacier Peak Institute ($661k), BFF Omaha Inc ($661k) and Indigenous Performance Productions a Nonprofit Corporation ($661k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% and program service revenue 90% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $75k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $370k. At year end it held assets of $251k against liabilities of $5,310, net assets of $245k. It reported 32 employees.