Los Angeles, CA

NAMI Westside Los Angeles

EIN 26-2118750

Health & Wellness Mental Health & Counseling Patients & families

Mission

To support, educate, provide advocacy, and promote recovery and wellness around issues of mental illness and to eliminate stigma and discrimination affecting people with psychiatric diagnoses and their families.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About NAMI Westside Los Angeles

NAMI Westside Los Angeles (NAMI WLA) is a local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness that provides peer-led support groups, free evidence‑based education classes, crisis/warm-line services, and community outreach across the Westside of Los Angeles. The organization runs both in-person and virtual programs (including Spanish-language groups), a speaker series, and regular public education and advocacy activities. The affiliate maintains active community programming and published materials (including recent annual/impact reports) and continues to run weekly peer and family support groups and bilingual warm-line services. The organization's EIN 26-2118750 has been cross-checked against public nonprofit records and matches NAMI Westside Los Angeles, confirming the profile is for the correct operating charity.

Notable achievements

Sustained weekly peer & family support programs

Maintained a robust schedule of peer-led support groups and family support groups (both in-person and via Zoom) to provide ongoing, free mutual-support and education for people affected by mental illness.

Bilingual crisis/warm-line services

Operates English and Spanish warm lines to offer immediate, non-clinical emotional support and referrals for community members seeking help.

Public education & advocacy expansion

Delivered NAMI education classes (e.g., Family‑to‑Family, Peer‑to‑Peer), a speaker series, and local advocacy work on county mental‑health issues, sustaining public engagement and outreach across the Westside community.

At a glance

Total assets: $1.7M
Annual revenue: $1.6M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 26-2118750
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: namiwla.org
On Mahalo since: April 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), part of the statewide and national NAMI network.

Profiles and transparency recognitions on public charity-rating and nonprofit data platforms (including a high Charity Navigator rating and a Candid/GuideStar transparency designation).

Regularly referenced in local government and community resource listings for mental‑health services and community partnerships in Los Angeles.

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