WESTSIDE URBAN FORUM
EIN 95-4296129 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A99Z)
What they do
IN 2024, THE WESTSIDE URBAN FORUM ADVANCED ITS MISSION BY ENGAGING OVER 500 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH MORE THAN A DOZEN PROGRAMS ACROSS LOS ANGELES, INCLUDING MONTHLY BREAKFAST PANELS ON TOPICS SUCH AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ADAPTIVE REUSE, THE OLYMPICS, HOUSING, and RACIAL JUSTICE. A HIGHLIGHT of THE YEAR WAS THE (W)RAPPER TOWER TOUR IN CULVER CITY, WHICH BROUGHT 75 MEMBERS and GUESTS INSIDE ERIC OWEN MOSSS 235-FOOT, 17-STORY HIGH-RISE RENOWNED for ITS STEEL EXOSKELETON and SEISMIC RESILIENCE. WUFS WORK ALSO ATTRACTED REGIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION: CULVER CITY CROSSROADS COVERED ITS OCTOBER PANEL ON CALIFORNIA HOUSING POLICY and ITS NOVEMBER FORUM ON RACIAL JUSTICE and LAND USE, WHILE THE CULVER CITY OBSERVER HIGHLIGHTED THE ANNUAL MAYORS FORUM FEATURING LEADERS FROM SANTA MONICA, BEVERLY HILLS, WEST HOLLYWOOD, and CULVER CITY. TOGETHER, THESE PROGRAMS and RECOGNITIONS REINFORCED WUFS ROLE AS A LEADING CIVIC FORUM for INCLUSIVE DIALOGUE and DESIGN INNOVATION ON THE WESTSIDE
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ARYON SHAHIDZADEHBOARD OF DIRECTORS
COREY HEBERTBOARD OF DIRECTORS
DAVID CADDLEBOARD OF DIRECTORS
HAGU SOLOMON-CARYBOARD OF DIRECTORS
JAMIE POSTER ROSENBERGBOARD OF DIRECTORS
JOSH STEPHENSBOARD OF DIRECTORS
JUDITH TAYLORBOARD OF DIRECTORS
KYLE JENKINSBOARD OF DIRECTORS
NATALIE TEEARBOARD OF DIRECTORS
PATRICIA BIJVOETBOARD OF DIRECTORS
TARA BARAUSKASBOARD OF DIRECTORS
TONYEL STEWARTBOARD OF DIRECTORS
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1995
- Location
- 2801 OCEAN PARK BLVD 1139, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405
- County
- Los Angeles
- In care of
- ADETOKUNBO AYOADE
- Primary officer
- ADETOKUNBO AYOADE, TREASURER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- ESMOND & ASSOCIATES INC
- NTEE classification
- Arts, Culture & Humanities (A99Z)