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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CITIZEN ADVOCACY CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$203,295
Total expenses
$260,460
Contributions and grants received
$195,193
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$17,588
Other revenue
-$9,486
Total assets, end of year
$321,683
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$321,683
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$197,554
Management and general expenses
$57,133
Fundraising expenses
$5,773
Program service expenses (Part III)
$197,554

Program services were 75.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $52,398

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $142,795

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,588 · excluded $17,588

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $12,763

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

    $52,398

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $22,449

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$9,686 · excluded -$9,686

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $200 · related or exempt $200

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $96,042 · program services $76,834 · management and general $19,208

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $42,042 · program services $33,634 · management and general $8,408

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,213 · program services $7,370 · management and general $1,843

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,014 · program services $6,411 · management and general $1,603

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,079 · program services $8,063 · management and general $2,016

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,151 · program services $24,921 · management and general $6,230

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,123 · program services $14,498 · management and general $3,625

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,276 · program services $6,208 · management and general $9,295 · fundraising $5,773

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $769 · program services $615 · management and general $154

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,796 · program services $15,037 · management and general $3,759

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,549 · program services $1,239 · management and general $310

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,408 · program services $1,126 · management and general $282

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,648 · program services $1,318 · management and general $330

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTINUING EDUCATION

    total $350 · program services $280 · management and general $70

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $381,429 · end of year $94,076

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $225,311

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $26,178

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $26,178

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,296 · end of year $2,296

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,877

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $378,848 · end of year $321,683

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO BUILD DEMOCRACY THROUGH CITIZEN EDUCATION AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY REGARDING ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONCERN.

  • CONDUCTED PUBLIC EDUCATION, ASSISTED LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN RESOLVING ISSUES, PUBLISHED BROCHURES AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES.

    Expenses $164,054

  • THE CAC'S GRANT FROM THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR REPLICATION OF THE CAC'S COMMUNITY LAWYER MODEL TO BUILD DEMOCRACY. THE GRANT FROM THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION IS TO WORK TOWARDS A LONG TIME OBJECTIVE OF THE CITIZEN ADVOCACY CENTER (CAC): EXPLORE AND DEVELOP A MODEL FOR LAUNCHING ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY LAWYERING OFFICES AND BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THE CAC TO SERVE AS A TRAINING AND BACKUP HUB FOR LAUNCHING ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY LAWYER OFFICES. GRANT OUTCOMES INCLUDE DRAFTING A TRAINING MANUAL, PUBLISHING A BOOK THAT CHRONICLES CAC'S 30 YEARS, DEVELOPING STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR REPLICATING, ASSESSING VIABLE FUNDING OPTIONS FOR NEW COMMUNITY LAWYER OFFICES, AND MUCH MORE. THE DIRECTORS INVOLVED IN THIS GRANT HAVE ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE RELATED TO CAC AND THE CONTENT TO BE GENERATED, AND THE GRANT COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT THEIR SUBSTANTIAL INVOLVEMENT. DIRECTOR AMATO IS CAC'S FOUNDER, FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR 30 YEARS, AND HAS CREATED OR IMPROVED THE CONCEPTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS GRANT. DIRECTOR PASTIKA IS A FORMER, LONGEST SERVING TO DATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HAS TRAINED AND HAS TRAINED SEVERAL OF THE COMMUNITY LAWYERS AND SUBSEQUENT CAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, AND HAS TESTED THE REPLICATION CONCEPT FORMALLY THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ANOTHER INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY LAWYER NONPROFIT.

    Expenses $33,500

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Myrrha Guzman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Porus Dadabhoy

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Conlon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gordon Goodman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Theresa Amato

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $25,250
    From this org
    $25,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Constance Mixon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Claire Nader

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Terry Pastika

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Josh Silverstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marylynn Zajdel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jack Bentley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,792
    From this org
    $70,792
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543189349313479

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