United Teachers Los Angeles
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) ensures equity in public education, upholds educators' rights, advances the well-being of students, and strengthens communities.
United Teachers Los Angeles at a glance
In short: United Teachers Los Angeles gave $125K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $125K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $125,000
- -54.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- -66.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $125,000
- +36.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $125,000
- Total assets
- $81,700,193
- +14.2% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who United Teachers Los Angeles funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Los Angles Alliance for a New Economy ($125K).
Grant Size Distribution
13 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 7 grants of 13 (54%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How United Teachers Los Angeles gives
- Giving fell 32% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $125K (2025) to $275K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $125K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angles Alliance for a New Economy Los Angeles, CA | Developing & advocating governmental policies for publically funded schools | $125,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $81,700,193 | $64,819,870 | $58,984,077 | $125,000 | 1 | $844,752 |
| 2024 | $71,537,499 | $61,534,613 | $55,309,848 | $275,000 | 3 | $270,667 |
| 2023 | $63,860,610 | $56,224,483 | $51,784,564 | $155,000 | 3 | $51,540 |
| 2022 | $57,054,804 | $53,009,809 | $47,281,412 | $185,000 | 3 | $463,449 |
| 2021 | $51,917,660 | $49,880,266 | $46,603,343 | $265,000 | 3 | $340,233 |
| 2020 | $47,789,993 | $48,602,437 | $46,042,960 | — | — | $313,100 |
About United Teachers Los Angeles
Based on IRS filings
United Teachers Los Angeles is a public charity, based in Los Angeles, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $81.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $125K. Net investment income was $845K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
United Teachers Los Angeles is led by Cecily Myart-Cruz, President on every filing since 2020; 14 of 60 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Cecily Myart-Cruz
President
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$121K (2020) → $157K (2025)
Brian McNamara
Field & Organizing Director
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$143K (2020) → $191K (2025)
Diana Darty
Director of Operations
Director of Support Servic → Director of Support Services, 2022
Director of Support Services → Director of Operations, 2024
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$142K (2020) → $199K (2025)
Harry Mar
Chief Financial Director
Chief Finance Director → Chief Financial Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$148K (2020) → $206K (2025)
Mario A. Valenzuela
Political & Committee Org Director
New on the 2025 filing
35 hrs/week
$172K (2025)
Scarlett Yingvorapant
Communication Director
New on the 2025 filing
35 hrs/week
$162K (2025)
Adrian A. Tamayo
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anibal Avila-Hernandez
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ayde Bravo
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cheryl L. Ortega
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Claudia Rodriguez
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Claudia Silva
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cynthia L. Matthews
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deborah F. Schneider
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Francisco R. Martinez
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer J. Villaryo
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Perez
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mallorie D. Evans
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marcela Chagoya-Gonzalez
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marie E. Germaine
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Anthony D. Ramos
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Kogan
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Phylis E. Hoffman
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecaa J. Solomon
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott M. Mandel
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stacie L. Webster
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Victoria Casas
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wade M. Kyle
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wendi B. Davis
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Yolanda Y. Tamayo
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brenda L. Brown
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Erika L. Jones
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leonard W. Newsome
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Martha V. Casas
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Noah Lippe Klein
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Angela Chavez
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
April Thomas
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Wenell
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Crystal Murray
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Feldman
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ivannia Nolasco
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Anderson
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jessica Rodarte
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lourdes Ramos Quevedo
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Monica Caballero
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stacey Yakimowich
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Victoria Montes
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wendy Lozano
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Page
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melanie A. House
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nicole F. Patin
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Oralia Reyes
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carl Joseph
Area Representative
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$182K (2020) → $193K (2025)
David Maldonado
Print Shop Journey Man
Print Shop → Print Shop Journey Man, 2024
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$140K (2020) → $163K (2025)
Georgia Flowers Lee
Nea Vice President
Director → Nea Vice President, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$20K (2023) → $170K (2025)
Gloria Martinez
Treasurer
Elementary V.p. → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$120K (2020) → $159K (2025)
Jennifer McAfee
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$159K (2024) → $168K (2025)
Julie Van Winkle
Aft Vice President
Secondary V.p. → Aft Vice President, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$16K (2020) → $159K (2025)
Maria R. Miranda
Elementary V.p.
Director → Elementary V.p., 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$20K (2023) → $171K (2025)
David Alex Orozco
Secondary V.p.
Treasurer → Secondary V.p., 2023
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$128K (2021) → $160K (2025)
Former officers (63)
- Former: Bruce Williams (2021–2024) — Area Representative
- Former: Jose Govea (2023–2024) — Area Representative
- Former: Arlene Inouye (2020–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Bruce J. Newborn (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Elizabeth G. Untalan (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Ingrid M. Gunnell (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Juan Ramirez (2020–2023) — Aft Vice President
- Former: Mark M. Muskrath (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Melodie L. Bitter (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Michael Alex Caputo-Pearl (2020–2023) — Nea Vice President
- Former: Rosa I. Diaz (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Rosa Jimenez (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Hector V. Perez Roman (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Jasmine Z. Wang (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Jennifer S. Mc Afee (2022–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Kyna M. Collins (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Elaine Grace Regullano (2022) — Strategic Research Director
- Former: Avila-Hernandez Anibal (2021) — Director
- Former: Bitter Melodie L. (2021) — Director
- Former: Bravo Ayde (2021) — Director
- Former: Brown Brenda L. (2021) — Director
- Former: Casas Martha V (2021) — Director
- Former: Chagoya-Gonzalez Marcela (2021) — Director
- Former: Davis Wendi B. (2021) — Director
- Former: Diaz Rosa I. (2021) — Director
- Former: Evans Mallorie D. (2021) — Director
- Former: Flowers Lee Georgia J. (2021) — Director
- Former: Germaine Marie E. (2021) — Director
- Former: Gottlieb Jennifer L. (2021) — Director
- Former: Gunnell Ingrid M. (2021) — Director
- Former: Hoffman Phylis E. (2021) — Director
- Former: Jimenez Rosa (2021) — Director
- Former: Kogan Matthew (2021) — Director
- Former: Kyle Wade M. (2021) — Director
- Former: Lippe Klein Noah (2021) — Director
- Former: Mandel Scott M. (2021) — Director
- Former: Martinez Francisco R. (2021) — Director
- Former: Matthews L. Cynthia (2021) — Director
- Former: Mc Afee Jennifer S. (2021) — Director
- Former: Miranda Maria R. (2021) — Director
- Former: Muskrath Mark M. (2021) — Director
- Former: Newborn Bruce J. (2021) — Director
- Former: Ortega Cheryl L. (2021) — Director
- Former: Perez Roman Hector V (2021) — Director
- Former: Ramos Mark Anthony D. (2021) — Director
- Former: Rodriguez Claudia (2021) — Director
- Former: Romo Javier J. (2021) — Director
- Former: Schneider Deborah F. (2021) — Director
- Former: Silva Claudia (2021) — Director
- Former: Solomon Rebecca J. (2021) — Director
- Former: Tamayo Adrian A. (2021) — Director
- Former: Tamayo Yolanda Y. (2021) — Director
- Former: Untalan Elizabeth G. (2021) — Director
- Former: Villaryo Jennifer J. (2021) — Director
- Former: Wang Jasmine Z. (2021) — Director
- Former: Webster Stacie L. (2021) — Director
- Former: Alex Orozco (2020) — Treasurer
- Former: Daniel Barnhart (2020) — Secondary V.p.
- Former: Hector Perez-Roman (2020) — Director
- Former: Javier Romo (2020) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Gottlieb (2020) — Director
- Former: Karla Griego (2020) — Director
- Former: Noah Lippe-Klein (2020) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $206K, to Harry Mar (Chief Financial Director). 14 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about United Teachers Los Angeles
How much does United Teachers Los Angeles give each year?
United Teachers Los Angeles gave $125K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $275K across 3 grants.
How large is United Teachers Los Angeles?
United Teachers Los Angeles reported $81.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $64.8M.
Where does United Teachers Los Angeles operate?
United Teachers Los Angeles has awarded grants in California.
What is United Teachers Los Angeles's EIN?
United Teachers Los Angeles's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-2635019. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 14, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 11, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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