LOS ANGELES RIVER REVITALIZATION CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: LOS ANGELES RIVER REVITALIZATION CORPORATION (EIN 27-2245545)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-05-15
IRS object ID: 201821359349304332
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-15T11:51:44-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	954161018	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TERI ARANGUREN CPA CGMA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 41-1044	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOS ANGELES	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90041	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	272245545	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LOS ANGELES RIVER REVITALIZATION CO	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	LOSA	BusinessNameControlTxt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	525 SOUTH HEWITT STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOS ANGELES	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90013	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	OMAR BROWNSON	PersonNm
Person Title	EXE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3232217800	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-05-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	TERI ARANGUREN	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00007805	PTIN
Phone	3233440150	PhoneNum
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RIVER LA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	HARRY CHANDLER	PrincipalOfficerNm
Gross Receipts	$1,128,721	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.RIVERLA.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2010	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	WE INTERGATE DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO BRING PEOPLE, WATER AND NATURE TOGETHER ALONG ALL 51 MILES OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	17	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	13	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$3,855,086	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,037,803	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$64,475	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$32,107	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,518	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$1,742	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$4,704	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$2,422	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$3,927,783	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,074,074	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$928,092	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$983,987	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$199,875	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,477,082	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,287,205	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,405,174	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,271,192	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$522,609	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$1,197,118	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$8,681,941	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,086,728	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$5,737,290	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$303,657	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,944,651	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,783,071	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	WE INTERGATE DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO BRING PEOPLE, WATER AND NATURE TOGETHER ALONG ALL 51 MILES OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,704,062	ExpenseAmt
Desc	RIVER LA ACHEIVEMENTS DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR INCLUDED, STARTED A NEW EDUCTION CAMPAIGN, CREATING THE ONLY E-NEWSLETTER THAT HIGHLIGHTS NEWS FROM THE ENTIRE 51-MILE RIVER. RIVER LA FACILITATED A SERIES OF COMMUNITY-DESIGNED ACTIVATIONS WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WELCOMED OVER 100 PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RIVER STREET-END POCKET PARKS. RIVER LA CO-HOSTED AN EVERWALK TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO GET UP AND GET OUT INTO THE MAGNIFICENT OUTDOORS ALONG THE LA RIVER. THERE WERE OVER 600 REGISTRANTS AT THIS EVENT.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,704,062	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	44	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	13	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	17	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JENNIFER SAMSON	PersonNm
Phone	3232217800	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	525 S HEWITT STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	LOS ANGELES	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	90013	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (18 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd
HARRY CHANDLER
CHAIR	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHRISTOPER RISING
VICE CHAIR	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
STEVE ENGLISH
SECRETARY	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MONICA DODI
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CYNTHIA HIRSCHHORN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KRISZTINA HOLLY
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JORDAN KERNER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRIAN MOORE
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DEE DEE MYERS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GARY ROSS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRUCE SAITO
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RICHARD WEINTRAUB
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAPHNE ZUNIGA
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HEATHER CROSSNER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CEDD MOSES
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LESLIE LASSITER
TREASURER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARK STANLEY
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
OMAR BROWNSON
EXE DIRECTOR	40.00	0.00			$179,869	$0	$5,396	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$179,869	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$5,396	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC
437 MADISON AVENUE	NEW YORK	NY	10022	PUBLIC AFFAIR CNLT	$207,061
GEHRY PARTNERS LLC
1541 BEATRICE STREET	LOS ANGELES	CA	90066	DESIGN CONSULTANT	$908,196
GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS
900 BROKEN SOUND PARKWAY NW	BOCA RATON	FL	334872775	ENGINEERING CNSLT	$208,668
OLIN PARTNERSHIP
150 S INDEPENDENCE MALL WEST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19106	DESIGN CONSULTANT	$146,733
270 STRATEGIES
626 W JACKSON BLVD	CHICAGO	IL	60661	MKGT-BRANDING CNLT	$100,932

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$201,721	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$250,000	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$586,082	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,037,803	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	PROGRAM FEES	Desc
Business	541900	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$32,107	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$32,107	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$32,107	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,742	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,742	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$54,647	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$201,721	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$54,647	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$2,107	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,107	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,107	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER REVENUE	Desc
Business	541900	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$315	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$315	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$315	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,074,074	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$34,529	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,742	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$179,869	TotalAmt
Program Services	$133,823	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$46,046	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$674,738	TotalAmt
Program Services	$448,598	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$91,778	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$134,362	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,178	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,839	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,100	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,239	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,958	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,309	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,480	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,169	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$66,244	TotalAmt
Program Services	$47,324	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,973	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,947	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$688	TotalAmt
Program Services	$167	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$521	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$83,179	TotalAmt
Management And General	$83,179	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$856,869	TotalAmt
Program Services	$849,109	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,010	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,750	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,986	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,753	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$233	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,244	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,401	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,276	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$567	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,609	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,449	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,160	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,180	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,016	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,524	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,640	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,187	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,782	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,963	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,442	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,823	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,485	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,410	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$928	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,256	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,490	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,472	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$294	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,317	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,192	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$32,125	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	$15,352	$710	$3,597	$11,045
FINANCIAL SERVICE FEES	$12,638	$3,297	$9,096	$245
OFFICE SUPPLIES	$2,240	$200	$1,517	$523
COMMUNICATION	$14,138	$2,241	$10,604	$1,293

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$68,499	TotalAmt
Program Services	$46,877	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,191	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,431	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,271,192	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,704,062	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$367,255	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$199,875	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,313,946	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,271,089	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,343,171	BOYAmt
EOY	$326,860	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,764,042	BOYAmt
EOY	$201,574	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,633	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,492	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$30,926	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$20,519	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,322	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,407	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$201,327	BOYAmt
EOY	$237,806	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,500	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,681,941	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,086,728	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,724,280	BOYAmt
EOY	$207,734	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,013,010	BOYAmt
EOY	$95,923	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,737,290	BOYAmt
EOY	$303,657	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$527,784	BOYAmt
EOY	$367,617	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,416,867	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,415,454	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,944,651	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,783,071	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,681,941	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,086,728	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$1,197,118	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$35,538	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$625,456	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,231,610	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,901,211	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,855,086	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,037,803	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,651,166	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$625,456	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,231,610	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,901,211	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,855,086	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,037,803	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,651,166	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,691,192	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$7,959,974	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,506	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,041	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,670	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,518	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,742	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$12,477	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$790	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$328	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$712	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,704	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,422	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,956	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$9,672,599	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.82290	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.99810	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$15,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$9,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$24,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$2,247,192	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$2,271,192	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$263,560	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$65,890	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$202,122	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$200,367	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$320,259	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$263,560	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$986,308	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$1,479,462	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$4,352	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$14,158	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$9,411	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$24,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$51,921	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$50,531	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$50,092	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$80,065	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$65,890	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$246,578	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$369,867	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year	$15,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$15,000	TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$30,926	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$20,519	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$10,407	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$10,407	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	SECURITY DEPOSIT	Desc
Book Value	$3,500	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$3,500	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,109,612	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$35,538	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$35,538	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,074,074	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,074,074	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,271,192	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,271,192	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,271,192	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	URBAN GARDEN	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$256,368	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$201,721	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$54,647	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$54,647	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$256,368	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$201,721	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$54,647	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$54,647	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$54,647	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	OMAR BROWNSON	PersonNm
Title	EXE DIRECTOR	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$179,869	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$5,396	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$185,265	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11	DRAFT COPIES OF THE 990 ARE GIVEN TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OPERATIONS/ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION BEFORE FILING THE 990.
Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c	ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, ALL INTERESTED PARTIES PROVIDE A DISCLOSURE TO THE BOARD. THIS DISCLOSURE IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a	THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION HAS AN ANNUAL REVIEW LED BY THE BOARD CHAIRMAN AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THE SALARY IS DETERMINED BY CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EVALUATING THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: THE MARKET RATE SALARIES OF SIMILARLY SITUATED EXECUTIVES IN THE REGION, THE WORK EXPERIENCE AND SALARY HISTORY OF THE CANDIDATE, AND THE ORGANIZATIONS BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR THE POSITION.
Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b	RIVER LA STAFF COMPENSATION IS BASED ON CONTEMPORAEOUS, COMPARABLITY DATA FOR THE REGION AS OBTAINED FROM CENTER OF NON PROFIT MANAGEMENT.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19	ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC.
List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g	TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS