About us:
Kalayaan Incorporated is a non-profit public benefit corporation in the State of California and is classified as a public charity organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Purpose:
- To organize, plan, prepare, manage, and implement the annual Philippine Independence Day celebration in Southern California.
- To raise funds to finance the Philippine Independence Day celebration and for charitable projects of the corporation.
- Provide relief to the poor, distressed, underprivileged, victims of calamities and disasters.
- Advancement of literary, educational, cultural, and historical purposes.
- Construction or maintenance of public buildings, monuments (e.g Jose Rizal Monument).
- Foster unity and camaraderie among Filipino-American residents in Southern California.