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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN.

Totals

Total revenue
$239,782
Total expenses
$208,075
Contributions and grants received
$239,782
Grants paid
$300
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$187,583
Total liabilities, end of year
$240
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$187,343
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$125,651
Management and general expenses
$77,448
Fundraising expenses
$4,976
Program service expenses (Part III)
$125,651

Program services were 60.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $123,973

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $115,809

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $9,642

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $32,510

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $123,973

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $32,510

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $300 · program services $300

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,250 · program services $92,250

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $67,904 · management and general $67,904

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,932 · management and general $3,932

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,850 · management and general $1,850

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,081 · program services $3,081

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,241 · management and general $1,241

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,084 · program services $3,084

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47 · management and general $47

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,584 · management and general $1,584

  • 24a · Other expenses: TEST PREPARATION

    total $26,384 · program services $26,384

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EVENT EXPENSES

    total $4,976 · fundraising $4,976

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $305 · management and general $305

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSE

    total $20 · management and general $20

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,117 · program services $552 · management and general $565

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $155,228 · end of year $177,161

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $9,800

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $669 · end of year $622

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $61 · end of year $240

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $700 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $155,636 · end of year $187,343

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN COLORADO AND TO DEVELOP TOMORROW'S DIVERSE LEADERS IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN WORKED WITH OVER 300 CURRENT MENTORS, SUPPORTED OVER 100 LSYWC FELLOWS & CONNECTED WITH OVER 50 LSYWC ALUMNI FELLOWS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • BACKGROUND-LSYWC WAS FOUNDED TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION. IT IS THE FIRST LAW SCHOOL DIVERSITY PIPELINE PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN COLORADO, A PROGRAM THAT TARGETS HARD WORKING COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS: 68% OF OUR FELLOWS ARE FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS AND 35% ARE FIRST-GENERATION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. EACH YEAR, LSYWC SELECTS UP TO 25 RISING COLLEGE STUDENTS AS FELLOWS. LSYWC MATCHES EACH FELLOW WITH THREE MENTORS: ONE SENIOR LEVEL JUDGE OR ATTORNEY, ONE MID-LEVEL ATTORNEY, AND ONE LAW STUDENT. THESE MENTORS MAKE A COMMITMENT TO GUIDE THEIR FELLOWS THROUGHOUT COLLEGE WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING THEM RECEIVE ADMISSION TO THE LAW SCHOOL OR GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE. LSYWC PROVIDES FELLOWS WITH VALUABLE SKILL-BUILDING WORKSHOPS AND FACILITATES EXPOSURE OPPORTUNITIES TO PREPARE FELLOWS FOR SUCCESS AS FUTURE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS LEADERS. WE PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR FELLOWS TO TAKE THE MEYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI) & EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS TO ASSIST IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. ALL FELLOWS ALSO ATTEND A MINI LAW SCHOOL PRESENTED BY CU LAW. WE ARRANGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FELLOWS TO TAKE BASELINE LSAT TESTS, LSAT PREPARATION COURSES, AND OTHER PRE-LAW WORKSHOPS, SOME OF WHICH ARE PRESENTED BY LSYWC BOARD MEMBERS, AND OTHERS, BY PROFESSORS FROM CU LAW AND DU LAW. OUR IMPACT IS CENTERED AROUND: (1) ACCESS TO EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR FELLOWS, (2) MENTORS WHO SHARE THEIR HURDLES AND SUCCESSES IN A SYSTEM NOT NECESSARILY DESIGNED FOR DIVERSITY, (3) THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON A SHARED MISSION, (4) OUTREACH THROUGH RECRUITMENT, PROGRAMMING, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND (5) SUPPORT FROM LSYWC SPONSORS AND THEIR NETWORKS. THIS MEANS THAT ACQUIRING A SINGLE NEW SPONSOR OR FELLOW (AND MENTOR TEAM) CAN HAVE A CASCADING EFFECT IN CREATING AWARENESS AND CHANGE WITHIN THE COLORADO COMMUNITY. DURING 2022, LSYWC AMASSED APPROXIMATELY 33,800 VOLUNTEER HOURS, DELIVERED OVER 20 LSYWC WORKSHOPS, SUPPORTED OVER 300 MENTORS, MENTORED OVER 100 FELLOWS & CONNECTED WITH OVER 30 JUDICIAL MENTORS ACROSS THE NATION, INCUDING FIVE OF THE SEVEN COLORADO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. LSYWC HELPED FACILITATE 17 INTERNSHIPS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF LAW SCHOOL WITH 2 ALUMNI FELLOWS GRADUATING FROM LAW SCHOOL. THERE IS AN 83% RETENTION RATE WITHIN THE PROGRAM AND A 97% COLLEGE GRADUATION RATE. WE HELD OUR LARGEST FUNDRAISING EVENT TO DATE AND HIRED A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FULL-TIME PROGRAM MANAGER, AND TWO LSYWC FELLOW INTERNS. WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW PARTNERSHIP 2022 WITH THE DENVER LAW FIRM COALITION FOR RACIAL EQUITY THAT WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND IN-KIND SUPPORT TO OUR PORGRAM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. MISSION: THE MISSION OF LSYWC IS TO DIVERSIFY THE COLORADO LEGAL PROFESSION BY FURTHERING THE LEGAL EDUCATION OF HARD WORKING, LOW INCOME, AND DIVERSE COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE LSYWC CURRICULUM PROMOTES THE PRE-LAW EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS FELLOWS. EACH LSYWC FELLOW HAS A MENTOR TEAM THAT HELPS GUIDE FELLOWS THROUGH COLLEGE AND THE PRE-LAW ADMISSIONS PROCESS. POPULATION SERVED: LSYWC SERVES A DIVERSE, LOW-INCOME GROUP OF STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FROM SINGLE PARENT, LOW INCOME, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THE LSYWC OVERALL FELLOW RACE/ETHNICITY IS 63.5% HISPANIC/LATINX, 19.2% BLACK, 9.6% WHITE, 4.8% ASIAN, AND 2.9% NATIVE AMERICAN/AMERICAN INDIAN. THE LSYWC OVERALL GENDER IS 21.2% MALE AND 78.8% FEMALE.

    Expenses $125,651 · Grants $300

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Maria Arias

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 8/22)

    Total calculated
    $56,250
    From this org
    $56,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Dr Kimberle Jackson-Butler

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(AS OF 7/22)

    Total calculated
    $36,000
    From this org
    $36,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jason Marquez

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Eliz Padilla

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Baker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Wilder Beatie

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 10/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Miko Brown

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 1/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexandra Carbajal

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 6/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Micah Dawson

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 10/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erica Gartenberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Franz Hardy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Jaskolka

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sumi Lee

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 11/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dermot Lynch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Neal McConomy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Philip Nickerson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryann Peyton

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 2/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judge Roberto Ramirez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jackie Roeder

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 10/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Madeleine Rosengrants

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 10/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heidi Ruckriegle

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 10/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Tseng

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 10/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aria Vaughan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Weddle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303189349314080

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