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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ILLINOIS COALITION FOR LEGAL REFORM.

Totals

Total revenue
$408,799
Total expenses
$337,234
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$405,000
Investment income
$3,799
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$903,577
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,021
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$898,556
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Membership Fees

    total $405,000 · related or exempt $405,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,799 · excluded $3,799

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $247,131

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,550

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,502

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,169

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,553

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $57,242

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $379

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,581

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,938

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $385

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,482

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $895

  • 24b · Other expenses: Telephone

    total $554

  • 24c · Other expenses: Meals

    total $507

  • 24d · Other expenses: Postage

    total $188

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $178

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $624,664 · end of year $697,451

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $202,327 · end of year $206,126

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $5,021

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $826,991 · end of year $898,556

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Advocate for tort reform in Illinois by communicating with public officials and staff to influence legislation and administrative action designed to create a more equitable and balanced judicial system in Illinois.

  • Create a more equitable and balanced judicial system in Illinois.

  • Educate Illinois citizens about the adverse impact of lawsuit abuse and the importance of an equitable and balanced legal system to the state's economy.

  • Educate and encourage Illinois citizens to learn about and become involved in working to create a more equitable and balanced legal and judicial system in Illinois.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeff T Schoepke

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brent Smoyer

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Edwards

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joel Baise

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Stern

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Reilly

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $297,896
    From this org
    $247,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,765
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,131
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,215
    Filer's total
    $297,896

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

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
2025
Filed
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601279349302185

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