Public Charity

STREET POETS INC

Based in LOS ANGELES, CA, STREET POETS INC operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $1.9M in revenue, $1.8M in expenses, $6.2M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 19 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $1.4M.

EIN: 202268493 LOS ANGELES, CA Remedial Reading & Encouragement NTEE: B92 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.9M
Total Expenses$1.8M
Total Assets$6.2M
Grant Records19
Funding Total$1.4M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

STREET POETS, INC. IS AN ARTS EDUCATION VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR SYSTEM-IMPACTED YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE PROBATION FACILITIES AND UNDER-SERVED SCHOOL COMMUNITIES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (AND OCCASIONALLY BEYOND). THE PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING NONVIOLENCE AND HEALING THROUGH POETRY, MUSIC, ADDITIONAL MEDIUMS, AND NATURE EXCURSIONS, CREATING AN ARTS-SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT INSPIRES OUR YOUTH TO BREAK SELF-DESTRUCTIVE CYCLES AND BECOME CREATIVE PEACEMAKERS AND POSITIVE LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Where $100 goes at Street Poets Inc

How Street Poets Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$75 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$12 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $75 for programs

$28
Seeking peace
37% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 20 youth; 45 attendees; 30 youth
$23
Music
31% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 15 participants; 10 youth; 45 sessions
$17
Schools
23% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 300 youth

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Alison Tatlock
DIRECTROR Chenjerai Kumanyika
DIRECTOR Chirag Menon
DIRECTOR Don Flood
DIRECTOR Julie Young
CHAIR Nick Streets

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$1,107,850 8 grants
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
$47,355 1 grant
General Support
$45,900 4 grants
Health & Medicine
$45,160 1 grant
Education
$23,130 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.9M $1.8M $6.2M
2024 $2.2M $1.3M $5.9M
2023 $3.0M $1.2M $4.9M
2022 $2.2M $798K $3.1M
2021 $1.6M $650K $1.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.6M to $1.9M (+21%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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