Small Public Charity

Lava Mae

Lava Mae is a nonprofit organization categorized as Small Public Charity based in Alameda, CA. Its most recent IRS filing (2024) reports revenue of $17K, expenses of $48K. Imperigo tracks 54 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $3.6M.

EIN: 810832318 Alameda, CA Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$17K
Total Expenses$48K
Grant Records54
Funding Total$3.6M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

Lava Mae is a nonprofit that teaches people around the world to bring mobile showers and other services that promote well-being to people experiencing homelessness. We provide 1:1 program consulting, free and fee-based in-depth training, do-it-yourself toolkits, and ongoing support to help people and organizations around the world launch and sustain LavaMae designed programs with our Radical Hospitality approach.We model these programswhich include mobile showers, Pop-Up Care Villages, and DIY handwashing stationswith our on-street services in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles that restores dignity, rekindles optimism, and fuels a sense of opportunity.

Where $100 goes at Lava Mae

How Lava Mae divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 7 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$28 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $72 for programs

$72
Due to an unprecedented budget shortfall, LavaMaex ceased programs and operations during the 2nd quarter of 2023 and were able to finish winding down in May 2024
All program spending
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Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Co-Chair Fran Heller
Director Janine Hunt
Co-Chair Nick Kozlak

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,426,326 33 grants
Health & Medicine
$1,133,404 14 grants
Housing & Homelessness
$1,005,000 1 grant
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
$35,500 1 grant
Unspecified
$37,764 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $17K $48K —
2023 $127K $1.2M $41K
2022 $1.3M $1.8M $1.2M
2021 $2.7M $1.8M $1.7M
2020 $2.0M $2.1M $945K

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $2.0M to $17K (-99%).

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