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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EARL CARL INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL AND SOCIAL POLICY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,654,498
Total expenses
$1,402,846
Contributions and grants received
$1,640,228
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$14,270
Total assets, end of year
$724,914
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$724,914
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,304,666
Management and general expenses
$98,180
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,304,666

Program services were 93.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,634,728

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $14,270 · related or exempt $14,270 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,270

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $169,500 · program services $169,500 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $29,548 · program services $29,548 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,177 · program services $13,177 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $495,420 · program services $481,769 · management and general $13,651 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $618,631 · program services $578,196 · management and general $40,435 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,265 · program services $6,835 · management and general $4,430 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $585 · program services $459 · management and general $126 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,335 · program services $11,983 · management and general $7,352 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,532 · program services $0 · management and general $2,532 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,797 · program services $0 · management and general $5,797 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank & Credit Card fees

    total $400 · program services $25 · management and general $375 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $36,656 · program services $13,174 · management and general $23,482 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $471,625 · end of year $614,308

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $109,039

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

    $9,342

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

    $7,775

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,099 · end of year $1,567

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,091 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $235,059 · end of year $545,677

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $235,574 · end of year $179,237

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of the institute is to empower underserved and disenfranchised communities by addressing systemic social issues through legal representation,research, education and advocacy.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The mission of the Institute is to empower underserved and disenfranchised communities by addressing systmatic social issues through legal representation,research,education and advocacy.

  • The goal is to promote housing stability and to increase generational wealth through the prevention of land loss as a result of failure to plan estates, foreclosures, clouds on title to property/land, and general inheritance issues and eviction defense to ensure housing stability. Last year the project saved or obtained $3,447,513 in property value saved and 302 eviction cases to keep people housed.

    Expenses $834,986

  • ECIs JJP employs a holistic approach, by providing legal representation to children who are in multiple systems including the criminal justice system, disparate educational systems, the mental health system, and foster care system. Most of our clients come into the juvenile court system for incidents occurring at school. This program also oversees the ECI Clean Slate Cooperative which clears criminal records so individuals can obtain employment, housing and other life needs.

    Expenses $143,513

  • SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL COLLBORATION-COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AND COORDINATION AROUND SCHOOL DICIPLINE. The SSSC strongly opposes exclusionary school discipline practices and the criminalization of student behavior that disrupts a students learning and educational environment. It is the vision of the collaborative that Houston-area public school systems prioritize building and sustaining safe, supportive, and equitable school climates so all students can learn, graduate, and live up to their full potential.

    Expenses $326,167

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • McKenzie Sherea

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Littlejohn Bill C

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amos Kesha

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louis Samuel

    Assistant Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Perkins Carlton

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrington McKen

    Assistant Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adams Michael O

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Butler Marguerite

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chukwumerije Okezie

    Ad Hoc Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Coleman Charisse

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Douglas James

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Esther Marcus

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fain Constance

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ford Robert

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Goudeau Warrington

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harris Jeanette

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Herrington Theophilus

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holley Dannye

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mebane Gail

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Murray Kevin A

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vignaud Laurie

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cummings Jay

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Smith Prudence

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Colbert Yvette

    Student Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dolcine Jasmine

    Student Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harris Laisha

    Student 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
2023
Filed
9 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349315724

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