Association for Better Living and Education
Donations deductibleRevenue
$3m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$3.2m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$8.1m
$1.5m liabilities
Net assets
$6.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
6.4 years on average
Staff
18
85 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
Association for Better Living and Education's network
6 people6 organisationsi6 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (6) 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
6 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 6 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elena Filoscia | Trustee/Non-Officer Employee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Larissa Cartwright | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Lynne Shape | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Sarah Feshbach | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Scott Waldroff | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Shannon Walker | President/Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Joan Tofil | Treasurer | since 2020 |
| Rubina Qureshi | Vice President | since 2020 |
| Timothy Lomas | Company secretary | since 2020 |
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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Walker | President/Director | 60 | $5k | $4k | |
| Elena Filoscia | Trustee/Non-Officer Employee | 60 | $5k | $4k | |
| Rubina Qureshi | Vice President | 60 | $5k | $4k | |
| Timothy Lomas | Secretary | 60 | $5k | $4k | |
| Joan Tofil | Treasurer | 60 | $5k | $4k | |
| Leidy Johanna Paez | Director | 0.25 | $0 | ||
| Lynne Shape | Director | 0.25 | $0 | ||
| Sarah Feshbach | Trustee | 0.25 | $0 | ||
| Jessica Hochman | Trustee | 0.25 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Association for Better Living and Education
- EIN
- 954188814
- Address
- 7065 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90028-6041
- State
- California
- Mission
- To rid the world of its most devastating social ills -- drugs, crime, illiteracy and immorality. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- Q193 International, foreign affairs and national security
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1989
- Principal officer
- Shannon Walker (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 1993
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 3, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsElena Filoscia
≥6years on the filingsLarissa Cartwright
≥6years on the filingsLynne Shape
≥6years on the filingsSarah Feshbach
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
- $8.1m
- Total liabilities
- $1.5m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $6.5m
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.3m
- Program service revenue
- $1.6m
- Grants and similar paid out
- $2m
- Employees
- 18
- Volunteers
- 85
Grants paid
8 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Narconon of Oklahoma | Drug rehabilitation facility upgrades and operations | $952k |
| Social Betterment Properties Inc | Drug rehabilitation facility upgrades | $520k |
| Narconon Suncoast | Drug rehabilitation programs | $128k |
| Narconon International | Drug rehabilitation programs | $64k |
| Narconon Pacific Coast | Drug rehabilitation programs | $40k |
| Applied Scholastics International | Education and litereacy programs | $39k |
| The Way to Happiness Foundation International | Character education programs | $31k |
| Community Learning Center Inc | Education and litereacy programs | $16k |