LOS ANGELES RIVER REVITALIZATION CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: LOS ANGELES RIVER REVITALIZATION CORPORATION (EIN 27-2245545)
Tax period: 2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed: 2017-05-15
IRS object ID: 201721369349300712
Schema version: 2015v3.0
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	2017-05-15T23:23:48-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-06-30	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	2015-07-01	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	EXECUTIVE DIREC	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3232217800	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-05-15	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
Preparation	2017-05-15	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	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	BRIAN MOORE	PrincipalOfficerNm
Gross Receipts	$3,971,448	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	RIVER LA INTEGRATES DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO BRING PEOPLE, WATER AND NATURE TOGETHER ALONG THE ENTIRE 51-MILE LOS ANGELES RIVER.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	16	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	16	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	10	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,901,211	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,855,086	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$6,801	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$64,475	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$2,670	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$3,518	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$712	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$4,704	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,911,394	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,927,783	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$681,008	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$928,092	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$28,958	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$572,657	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,477,082	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,253,665	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,405,174	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,657,729	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$522,609	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$6,573,029	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$8,681,941	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$4,158,128	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$5,737,290	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,414,901	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,944,651	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	RIVER LA INTEGRATES DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO BRING PEOPLE, WATER AND NATURE TOGETHER ALONG THE ENTIRE 51-MILE LOS ANGELES RIVER.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,496,080	ExpenseAmt
Desc	BUILDING ON OVER 20 YEARS OF PLANNING AND ENGINEERING, THE FIRST PHASE OF THE INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDY WAS COMPLETED AS THE FIRST DESIGN-LED APPROACH TO THE RIVER AS A SYSTEM, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, ARTICULATED THE INTEGRATED FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ADDRESSING ALL 51 MILES. RIVER LA ORGANIZED WHAT WAS LEARNED INTO THE LA RIVER INDEX AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, A SINGLE, TRANSPARENT DATA COMPILATION IS ACCESSIBLE ONLINE TO ALL, CREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT WILL MAKE A HEALTHY RIVER FOR ALL REGARDLESS OF ZIP CODE. RIVER LA PARTICIPATED IN 200+ INPUT MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND EXPERTS ACROSS ALL SECTORS. IN AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS, THE TEAM MET WITH LONGTIME RIVER ADVOCATES, LOCAL FOLKS, EXPERTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO ALIGN A SHARED VISION AMONG THE 17 CITIES, THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AGENCIES TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER ON A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO THE 51-MILE LA RIVER VISION.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$268,474	ExpenseAmt
Desc	OTHER PROJECTS	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$189,449	ExpenseAmt
Desc	RIVER LA TEAMED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE DESGINERS TO TURN STREETENDS INTO INVITING RIVER ACCESS PARKLETS FOR OUR RIO VISTA PROJECT. RIVER LA BEGAN LANDSCAPING ON THE FIRST 3 PROTOTYPES.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,954,003	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	20	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	10	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	16	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	16	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	JASON FOSTER	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 (17 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
VICE CHAIR	7.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHRISTOPER RISING
TREASURER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
STEVE ENGLISH
SECRETARY	7.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MONICA DODI
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CYNTHIA HIRSCHHORN
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KRISZTINA HOLLY
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JORDAN KERNER
BOARD MEMBER	7.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRIAN MOORE
CHAIR	7.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DEE DEE MYERS
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GARY ROSS
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRUCE SAITO
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RICHARD WEINTRAUB
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAPHNE ZUNIGA
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HEATHER CROSSNER
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CEDD MOSES
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL STRAUTMANIS
BOARD MEMBER	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
OMAR BROWNSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00	0.00			$167,286	$0	$5,019	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$167,286	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$5,019	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

Contractor Name ContractorName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC	PersonNm

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	437 MADISON AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10022	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	PUBLIC AFFAIR CNLT	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$122,658	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$195,660	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$250,000	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$3,409,426	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$3,855,086	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
PROGRAM FEES	541900	$56,870	$56,870
PROGRAM ACTIVITY FEE	900099	$7,605	$7,605

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$64,475	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,518	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$3,518	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$43,665	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$195,660	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$43,665	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$4,691	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,691	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,691	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER REVENUE	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$13	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$13	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$13	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,927,783	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$69,179	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$3,518	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	$167,286	TotalAmt
Program Services	$108,032	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$59,254	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$641,369	TotalAmt
Program Services	$532,344	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$101,312	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,713	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,783	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,091	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,647	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$45	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$40,158	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,063	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,023	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,072	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$63,496	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,911	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,858	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$727	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$700	TotalAmt
Management And General	$700	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$41,126	TotalAmt
Management And General	$41,126	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,411	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,336	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$75	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,128,722	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,083,718	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$45,004	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,662	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,371	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,943	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,348	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,992	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,270	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,057	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$665	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,984	TotalAmt
Management And General	$16,984	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,098	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,392	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,114	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$592	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,922	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,231	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,235	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$456	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$75,460	TotalAmt
Program Services	$42,948	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,167	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,345	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,020	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,020	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,285	TotalAmt
Management And General	$30,285	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	$2,060	$90	$971	$999
FINANCIAL SERVICE FEES	$11,523		$10,826	$697
OFFICE SUPPLIES	$5,728	$3,012	$2,597	$119
COMMUNICATION	$18,319	$4,902	$13,259	$158

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,070	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,292	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,756	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,022	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,405,174	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,954,003	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$422,213	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$28,958	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,685,321	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,313,946	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,340,572	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,343,171	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$313,567	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,764,042	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,677	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,633	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$29,586	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$16,264	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,686	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,322	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$193,946	BOYAmt
EOY	$201,327	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$260	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,500	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,573,029	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,681,941	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$69,282	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,724,280	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,088,846	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,013,010	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,158,128	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,737,290	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$155,586	BOYAmt
EOY	$527,784	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,259,315	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,416,867	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,414,901	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,944,651	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,573,029	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,681,941	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$522,609	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$7,141	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	$583,489	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$625,456	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,231,610	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,901,211	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,855,086	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,196,852	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$583,489	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$625,456	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,231,610	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,901,211	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,855,086	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,196,852	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,512,856	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$7,683,996	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$175	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,506	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,041	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,670	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,518	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$10,910	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$14	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$790	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$328	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$712	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,704	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,548	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$9,214,310	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.83390	PublicSupportCY170Pct
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 Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$9,411	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$9,411	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$3,395,763	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$3,405,174	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$320,259	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$80,065	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$174,912	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$202,122	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$200,367	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$320,259	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$897,660	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$1,346,490	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$36,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$4,352	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$14,158	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$9,411	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$63,921	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$43,728	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$50,531	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$50,092	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$80,065	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$224,416	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$336,624	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$29,586	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$16,264	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$13,322	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$13,322	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	$3,934,924	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$7,141	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$7,141	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$3,927,783	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$3,927,783	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,405,174	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$3,405,174	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$3,405,174	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	URBAN GARDEN	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$239,325	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$195,660	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$43,665	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$30,508	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$8,582	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$4,575	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$239,325	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$195,660	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$43,665	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$30,508	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$8,582	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$4,575	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$43,665	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	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$167,286	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$5,019	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$172,305	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