Haven Services (Haven Neighborhood Services)
Our mission is to provide a safe haven for vulnerable communities, empowering them with no-cost financial education and services that break the cycle of economic hardship for good.
About Haven Services (Haven Neighborhood Services)
Haven Services (doing business as Haven Neighborhood Services) is a Los Angeles–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers no-cost financial education, 1:1 financial and housing counseling, and free tax-preparation services to low- and moderate-income individuals and families across Los Angeles and neighboring counties. The organization operates from Mercado La Paloma in South Los Angeles and runs workshops, VITA/FreeTaxPrep sites, partnership programs and pop-up community events to increase access to mainstream financial services. In recent years Haven has scaled program delivery and partnerships: its 2024 Annual Impact Report documents program milestones (including VITA/FreeTaxPrep filings and multi-county outreach), contract awards and new grant funding; financials on public filings show approximately $1.36M in revenue and $1.43M in expenses for fiscal 2024. The organization maintains active program activity (workshops, counseling and tax sites) and public reporting (annual impact reports and program events) demonstrating ongoing operations and donor-facing presence.
Notable achievements
VITA/FreeTaxPrep milestone (2024)
In 2024 the FreeTaxPrep/VITA program filed over 2,800 tax returns and returned more than $4,000,000 to community members, expanding multi-county tax assistance and client intake.
State grant for financial capability (2024)
Awarded a $320,000, two-year grant from the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation to expand financial capability programming.
Partnership.LA summit & Halo Award (2024)
Launched the Partnership.LA Summit to strengthen nonprofit collaboration and was a recipient (organization and volunteer) of the Halo Award recognizing exemplary volunteer programs.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $325K
- Annual revenue
- $1.4M
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 45-2573244
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Website
- havenservices.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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