Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,734,298
- Total expenses
- $5,091,808
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,626,586
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,856,036
- Investment income
- $251,676
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $7,975,749
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $213,514
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $7,762,235
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,420,194
- Management and general expenses
- $408,653
- Fundraising expenses
- $262,961
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,420,194
Program services were 86.8% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$755,702
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$2,870,884
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2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTANT FEES
total $1,707,371 · related or exempt $1,707,371
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2b · Program service revenue: QPI CONFERENCE
total $92,975 · related or exempt $92,975
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2c · Program service revenue: ADVOCACY JUSTINE & HOP
total $55,690 · related or exempt $55,690
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3 · Investment income
total $192,469 · related or exempt $192,469
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $60,591
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $1,384
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $59,207
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $59,207 · related or exempt $59,207
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $206,800 · program services $187,560 · management and general $15,128 · fundraising $4,112
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,502,317 · program services $2,269,511 · management and general $183,045 · fundraising $49,761
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $511,934 · program services $464,305 · management and general $37,449 · fundraising $10,180
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $204,119 · program services $185,129 · management and general $14,931 · fundraising $4,059
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11b · Fees: legal
total $150 · program services $150
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $45,099 · management and general $45,099
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11g · Fees: other
total $30,300 · management and general $30,300
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,161 · program services $1,970 · management and general $191
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14 · Information technology
total $66,911 · program services $60,685 · management and general $4,895 · fundraising $1,331
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16 · Occupancy
total $12,256 · program services $11,115 · management and general $897 · fundraising $244
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17 · Travel
total $96,224 · program services $94,409 · management and general $1,815
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $444,345 · program services $444,345
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $537 · management and general $537
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23 · Insurance
total $16,548 · management and general $16,548
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24a · Other expenses: CONSULTANTS
total $703,572 · program services $655,486 · management and general $11,211 · fundraising $36,875
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24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT
total $155,521 · fundraising $155,521
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24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES
total $16,819 · program services $9,927 · management and general $6,892 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: FEES
total $14,916 · program services $1,477 · management and general $13,389 · fundraising $50
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24e · All other expenses
total $61,279 · program services $34,125 · management and general $26,326 · fundraising $828
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,475,538 · end of year $2,167,263
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $1,032,548
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,713,231 · end of year $97,186
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,000
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $56,474 · end of year $37,938
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$16,750
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$16,750
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $537 · end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $3,801,513 · end of year $4,620,209
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $13,215 · end of year $15,605
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $185,000 · end of year $209,795
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,329 · end of year $3,719
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,543,594 · end of year $4,731,045
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,330,585 · end of year $3,031,190
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MINORS. PROVIDE LEGAL EDUCATION, COUNSEL, LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND GENERAL ASSISTANCE IN THE REFORM OF THE LAW REGARDING THE RIGHTS OF MINORS.
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GENERAL MISSION AND ADVOCACY - YLC ADVOCATES TO TRANSFORM JUVENILE JUSTICE AND CHILD WELFARE SYSTEMS ACROSS THE NATION SO EVERY CHILD AND YOUTH CAN THRIVE, UTILIZING MULTIPLE STRATEGIES, INCLUDING LITIGATION; LEGISLATION AND POLICY REFORM; TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC EDUCATION; AND CREATIVE ADVOCACY. AS A PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM, YLC FIGHTS FOR LAWS AND POLICIES TO REDUCE INCARCERATION AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION; ENSURE CHILDREN REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES ARE IN FAMILIES AND RECEIVE HUMANE AND FAIR TREATMENT, AND RECEIVE THE EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, FAMILY CONNECTION, AND SUPPORTS YOUTH NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION OUT OF SYSTEMS AND THRIVE AS ADULTS.
Expenses $1,309,115 · Revenue $297,687
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QUALITY PARENTING INITIATIVE (QPI) - YLC ADVOCATES FOR NATIONAL SYSTEMS CHANGES THAT WILL PROTECT AND EXPAND CHILDREN'S RELATIONSHIPS AND RESULT IN EXCELLENT PARENTING FOR YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE. QPI OPERATIONALIZES YLC'S FOSTER CARE ADVOCACY ON THE COMMUNITY LEVEL BY PROVIDING ADVOCACY SUPPORT, LEGAL TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES, AND THEIR ADVOCATES IN ORDER TO REFORM CHILD WELFARE PRACTICE AND POLICY.
Expenses $2,009,207 · Revenue $1,558,349
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YOUTH LAW ADVOCACY SUPPORT - YLC SERVES AS A CALIFORNIA STATE BAR FUNDED SUPPORT CENTER ON YOUTH LAW ISSUES FOR QUALIFIED LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS PROVIDING CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA. YLC'S STAFF PROVIDES IMPACT ADVOCACY AND ADVOCACY SUPPORT THROUGH CO-COUNSELING, CONSULTATION, RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND OTHER ASSISTANCE ON A RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING PUBLIC BENEFITS, HOUSING, EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND OTHER LEGAL ISSUES FACING YOUNG PEOPLE IMPACTED BY FOSTER CARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS. YLC ALSO WORKS TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO SUPPORTS AND SERVICES AND IMPROVE EARLY ADULTHOOD OUTCOMES OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF INVOLVEMENT, INVOLVED, OR FORMERLY INVOLVED IN THE FOSTER CARE OR JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS.
Expenses $1,101,872
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Heidi ForemanHEIDI FOREMAN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Matthew GemelloMATTHEW GEMELLO
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Howard FineHOWARD FINE
SNR VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Nicholas LupisellaNICHOLAS LUPISELLA
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Mehrzad KhajenooriMEHRZAD KHAJENOORI
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Joy SingletonJOY SINGLETON
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Mark SolerMARK SOLER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Howard TalenfeldHOWARD TALENFELD
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Bill KoskiBILL KOSKI
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Jennifer RodriguezJENNIFER RODRIGUEZ
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $206,800
- From this org
- $206,800
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $206,800
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $206,800
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Carole ShaufferCAROLE SHAUFFER
QPI SENIOR DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $144,086
- From this org
- $144,086
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Meredith Desaultes TaftMEREDITH DESAULTES TAFT
DIRECTING ATTORNEY
- Total calculated
- $127,425
- From this org
- $127,425
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Kisha QueeleyKISHA QUEELEY
CONTROLLER
- Total calculated
- $137,802
- From this org
- $137,802
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Brian BlalockBRIAN BLALOCK
SENIOR DIRECTING ATTORNEY
- Total calculated
- $140,922
- From this org
- $140,922
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Jennifer PokempnerJENNIFER POKEMPNER
SENIOR POLICY DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $140,440
- From this org
- $140,440
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 28 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523029349302717
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