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US nonprofit · EIN 275386367 · Los Angeles, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 275386367) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2013. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2013 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.

Urban Soil Tierra Urbana's network

10 people3 organisationsi10 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

10 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 10 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Alana BalagotPresident2022
4 yrs
Carol SpringerVice President2018
8 yrs
Hartley SageDirector2022
4 yrs
Irma GarciaDirector2024
2 yrs
Jimmy LizamaDirector2018
8 yrs
Joshua MayTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Lara MorrisonDirector2019
7 yrs
Philip ArmstrongCompany secretary2022
4 yrs
RAE ScarfoDirector2022
4 yrs
Yuki KidokoroDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Carol SpringerVice President4$0
Yuki KidokoroDirector2$0
Irma GarciaDirector2$0
Jimmy LizamaDirector2$0
Joshua MayTreasurer4$0
Lara MorrisonDirector2$0
Alana BalagotPresident2$0
Hartley SageDirector4$0
Philip ArmstrongSecretary4$0
Rae ScarfoDirector2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Urban Soil Tierra Urbana
EIN
275386367
Address
117 Bimini Pl Apt 201, Los Angeles, CA, 90004-5914
State
California
Mission
To maintain a limited equity housing cooperative pursuant tocalifornia civil code section 817. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
L20 Housing and shelter
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Housing & Shelter
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2011
Principal officer
Alana Balagot (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 September 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsCarol Springer
≥8years on the filingsJimmy Lizama
≥8years on the filingsJoshua May
≥8years on the filingsYuki Kidokoro

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.4m
Total liabilities
$942k
Net assets or fund balances
$488k
Contributions and grants received
$6k
Program service revenue
$415k
Employees
3
Volunteers
50

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$428k$429kDeficit $1k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.