CheckbookVendor
What has the City paid Focus on the Word Inc?
$106K in City payments across 31 checks, from February 5, 2018 to August 20, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.
Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026
As published: FOCUS ON THE WORD INC
$106KTotal paid
31Payments
$3,423Average payment
FY2025-26Peak full year · $38K
By fiscal year
FY2017-18
$2K
FY2018-19
$4K
FY2021-22
$4K
FY2023-24
$32K
FY2024-25
$24K
FY2025-26
$38K
FY2026-27 *
$3K
Who pays them
What for
Office and Administrative$63K
23 payments
Contractual Services$36K
7 payments
CD 10 Redevelopment Fund$8K
1 payment
* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $3K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $3K.
Most recent payments
The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.
| Date | Budget line | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2026 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09 - LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER INV # 26222 | $2,500 |
| June 3, 2026 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER INV # 26-1204 | $5,250 |
| June 3, 2026 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER INV # 26-1216 | $5,000 |
| June 3, 2026 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER INV # 26-1215 | $5,000 |
| June 3, 2026 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER INV 26-1144 | $2,500 |
| February 12, 2026 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER 26-1046 | $2,500 |
| February 12, 2026 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER 26-1047 | $2,500 |
| January 20, 2026 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER | $2,500 |
| January 20, 2026 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER | $2,500 |
| January 20, 2026 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER | $2,500 |
| January 20, 2026 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER | $2,500 |
| September 23, 2025 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-LA FOCUS NEWSPAPER | $2,500 |
| August 5, 2025 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-FOCUS ON THE WORD INC INV#24-1043 | $2,500 |
| April 18, 2025 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD10-L A FOCUS NEWSPAPER INV#24-846 | $2,500 |
| October 18, 2024 | Contractual ServicesCivil, Human Rights and Equity | INVOICE # 24-398 | $5,250 |
| October 18, 2024 | Contractual ServicesCivil, Human Rights and Equity | INVOICE # 24-377 | $5,250 |
| September 13, 2024 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD09-FOCUS ON THE WORD INC INV#24-446 | $3,150 |
| August 16, 2024 | CD 10 Redevelopment FundCity Council | INV # 25-FOTWI-01/CD 10 | $7,500 |
| June 10, 2024 | Contractual ServicesCivil, Human Rights and Equity | AD SERVICES | $6,250 |
| June 10, 2024 | Contractual ServicesCivil, Human Rights and Equity | INVOICE # 6202 | $4,990 |
| May 23, 2024 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD9-AD PLACEMENT INV#7070 | $4,450 |
| January 22, 2024 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD9 - DIGITAL NEWSLETTER | $500 |
| January 18, 2024 | Office and AdministrativeCity Council | CD9 - AD PLACEMENT | $4,050 |
| November 15, 2023 | Contractual ServicesCivil, Human Rights and Equity | INVOICE # 6053 | $8,000 |
| July 3, 2023 | Contractual ServicesNeighborhood Empowerment | NC 2023 ELECTION AWARENESS AND PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. | $3,863 |
Sources
LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.