Yoruba Language Lessons
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Iṣẹ́ waOur work
What we have built since 1997
A 501(c)(3) serving the Yoruba community of Southern California through language, festival, and family programs.
Ní ṣókíIn brief
Headline numbers
Every number carries a source line: the year it covers and how it was counted.
29years serving Southern California
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3,000+Yoruba community in Southern California
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9hometown associations in the community
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4festival zones at Odunde
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How we work
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ÈsìResults
What each program produced
Where a program has no number yet, we say what is being measured this year.
Odunde Festival
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Kids & STEM
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Yoruba Cultural Collective
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Odunde as civic infrastructure
Odunde is a public cultural day held in Leimert Park. It is open to the whole neighborhood, not only to Yoruba families, and it is one of the few days in the year when the park is programmed end to end by a community organization rather than rented out.
AttendancePending: the attendance figure
Vendors hostedPending: the number of vendors hosted
PartnersPending: partner and funder names
Cost to attendPending: the cost
In their words
A parent, an elder, and a vendor, in their own words.
Pending: voices with permission to nameName pending • Parent, Language Lessons
[ Quote from a Language Lessons parent, two or three sentences on what the lessons changed at home. ]
Pending: voices with permission to nameName pending • Elder, Ẹgbẹ́ Ìbílẹ̀
[ Quote from an elder of Ẹgbẹ́ Ìbílẹ̀, two or three sentences on passing the language to the grandchildren. ]
Pending: voices with permission to nameName pending • Vendor, Ọjà Balógun
[ Quote from a vendor at Ọjà Balógun, two or three sentences on what festival day does for the business. ]
The work, in photographs
Across years and programs, captioned with the year and what is happening.
ÌdúróStanding
Governance and accountability
What we are, how we are governed, and what we publish. Where a document is not ready yet, we say when it will be.
Tax status501(c)(3)Since 1997
EINPending: EIN
BoardPending: the board's names, roles and bios
FinancialsPending: the annual report position
- Mailing address
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- Form 990
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- Annual report
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- Audit
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Partners and funders
Everyone who has supported the work.
Pending from youpartner and funder names
Ọdún tí ń bọ̀The year ahead
Fund the next year
Our partnerships lead answers Pending: how soon the partnerships lead replies