SOLA COMMUNITY PEACE CENTER
Working with families and youth from South LA to grow strong leaders by cultivating skills in leadership, peacebuilding, social-emotional learning, and wellness to create a more resilient, peaceful, just, and healthy community and world.
About SOLA COMMUNITY PEACE CENTER
SoLa Community Peace Center is a South Los Angeles–based 501(c)(3) community organization that provides year-round youth and family programs focused on peacebuilding, social-emotional learning, wellness, gardening, and leadership development. The organization traces its programmatic legacy to 2005 and was formally established as a nonprofit organization in 2019; its tax-exempt status and public charity filings are on record under EIN 37-1945764.
SoLa operates community and school-based Peace Camps, mini-camps, after-school Peace Projects, health and wellness classes, and a Community of Gardens initiative. In the last 2–3 years the organization has continued regular community food access work (monthly fresh produce distributions) and sustained program partnerships with local institutions, including the USC Joint Educational Project, which collaborated with SoLa on the Peace Project and student internships in 2024.
Financially, recent Form 990/EZ filings show modest annual operating scale (approximately $115k revenue and $136k in expenses for fiscal year 2024), indicating a small community nonprofit relying primarily on contributions and local grants to deliver programming and community services.
Notable achievements
Two-decade program legacy
Built on peace-education work that began in 2005, SoLa has grown from a one-week summer camp into year-round school and community programs, marking 20 years of sustained peacemaking and community engagement.
Partnership with USC Joint Educational Project
Established an ongoing collaboration with the USC JEP Peace Project (active in 2023–2024), hosting USC student interns and co-delivering school-based peace and socio-emotional curricula that expand reach into local elementary schools.
Ongoing community food and wellness programming
Operates a regular fresh-produce distribution (monthly fourth-Wednesday bags and expanded distributions during school holidays) and provides family wellness classes (nutrition, gardening, mindfulness) to address food access and holistic health needs in South LA.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $49K
- Annual revenue
- $135K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 37-1945764
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Website
- www.solacommunitypeacecenter.org
- On Mahalo since
- April 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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