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← LATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,750,396
Total expenses
$7,961,799
Contributions and grants received
$3,372,611
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$128,083
Investment income
$282,020
Other revenue
-$32,318
Total assets, end of year
$13,822,318
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,668,408
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,153,910
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,426,857
Management and general expenses
$375,857
Fundraising expenses
$1,159,085
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,426,857

Program services were 80.7% 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

    $1,266,360

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,106,251

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,597

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL FEES RECOVERED

    total $111,258 · related or exempt $111,258

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LAW DAY PROGRAM FEES

    total $16,825 · related or exempt $16,825

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $330,482 · unrelated business $1,432 · excluded $329,050

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,430,144

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,478,606

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$48,462

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$48,462 · excluded -$48,462

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $247,400

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

    $1,266,360

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $279,718

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$32,318 · excluded -$32,318

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $881,406 · program services $706,254 · management and general $43,701 · fundraising $131,451

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,807,813 · program services $3,049,149 · management and general $189,228 · fundraising $569,436

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $165,342 · program services $132,274 · management and general $8,267 · fundraising $24,801

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $721,052 · program services $580,088 · management and general $35,241 · fundraising $105,723

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $333,868 · program services $267,095 · management and general $16,693 · fundraising $50,080

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,575 · program services $29,043 · management and general $1,383 · fundraising $4,149

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $113,250 · fundraising $113,250

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $65,977 · program services $55,421 · management and general $2,639 · fundraising $7,917

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $607,788 · program services $586,753 · management and general $3,453 · fundraising $17,582

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $14,992 · program services $13,028 · management and general $491 · fundraising $1,473

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $73,781 · program services $62,153 · management and general $2,907 · fundraising $8,721

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $169,381 · program services $142,280 · management and general $6,775 · fundraising $20,326

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $316,350 · program services $267,400 · management and general $12,209 · fundraising $36,741

  • 17 · Travel

    total $145,242 · program services $125,110 · management and general $5,033 · fundraising $15,099

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $52,596 · program services $44,394 · management and general $1,868 · fundraising $6,334

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $308,902 · program services $259,477 · management and general $12,357 · fundraising $37,068

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $48,405 · program services $40,660 · management and general $1,936 · fundraising $5,809

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $30,629 · management and general $30,629

  • 24c · Other expenses: LITIGATION EXPENSES

    total $30,214 · program services $30,214

  • 24d · Other expenses: WELLNESS INITIATIVES

    total $16,283 · program services $13,678 · management and general $651 · fundraising $1,954

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $23,953 · program services $22,386 · management and general $396 · fundraising $1,171

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $681,422 · end of year $781,143

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,000,000 · end of year $710,387

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,265,482 · end of year $939,214

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $71,968 · end of year $81,824

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $143,437 · end of year $74,830

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

    $2,858,784

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

    $1,274,467

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,893,219 · end of year $1,584,317

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,353,977 · end of year $8,633,127

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $38,700 · end of year $1,017,476

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $538,342 · end of year $637,325

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,500 · end of year $26,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $35,817 · end of year $1,005,083

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,273,624 · end of year $10,267,866

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,596,922 · end of year $1,886,044

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

LATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF (LJP) USES AND CHALLENGES LAWS TO CREATE A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY. WE TRANSFORM HARMFUL SYSTEMS, EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITIES, FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE, AND GROW THE NEXT GENERATION OF LIDERES. LJP WORKS IN FIVE SUBSTANTIVE "PILLARS OR SUBJECT AREAS - VOTING RIGHTS AND REDISTRICTING, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE/POLICING AND PRISONS REFORM, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, AND PUERTO RICO. A SIXTH PILLAR FOCUSES ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE LATINX COMMUNITY. AND IN 2022, WE STARTED A RACIAL JUSTICE PROJECT TO DO TARGETED ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF AFRO-LATINOS AND INDIGENOUS-LATINOS IN THE U.S. LJP IS KNOWN FOR IMPACT LITIGATION, BUT WE UTILIZE A VARIETY OF MUTUALLY REINFORCING STRATEGIES INCLUDING COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EMPOWERMENT AND ADVOCACY TO AVOID LITIGATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF USES AND CHALLENGES LAWS TO CREATE A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY. WE TRANSFORM HARMFUL SYSTEMS, EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITIIES, AND GROW THE NEXT GENERATION OF LIDERES.

  • LITIGATION: WITH INCREASED CAPACITY AND EXPANDED LAW FIRM AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIPS, WE UNDERTOOK HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION ACROSS CORE ISSUE PILLARS, SUING MULTIPLE NEW YORK AND TEXAS JURISDICTIONS FOR INFORMATION ON POLICING AND PRISONS AND OBTAINING A COURT-ORDERED SETTLEMENT TO REFORM SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICING. WE ARGUED CHALLENGES TO BRUTAL BORDER POLICIES AGAINST IMMIGRANTS AND FOUGHT FOR TRANSPARENCY FROM ICE AND CBP. WE DEFENDED DIVERSITY POLICIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND FILED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR LOW-WAGE WORKERS. WE WON LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR VOTERS IN RURAL PA AND SUED FLORIDA FOR BANNING NONCITIZENS FROM HELPING REGISTER CITIZENS TO VOTE. WE CHALLENGE DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS BY FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND FIGHT PRIVATE ACTORS WHO DEPRIVE OUR COMMUNITIES OF WAGES AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION.

    Expenses $3,692,570 · Revenue $111,258

  • COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY: IN ADVOCACY, WE PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO ENACT STATE VOTING RIGHTS ACTS IN CT, PA AND NJ. WE ALSO CHAMPIONED LANGUAGE ACCESS EFFORTS IN FL, GA AND MD. OUR CRIMINAL LEGAL EXPERTS FOCUSED ON OUTREACH TO MODERATE AND CONSERVATIVE DEMOGRAPHICS REGARDING THE HARMS OF MASS INCARCERATION AND DISPROPORTIONATE POLICING OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AS WELL AS ABOLITIONISM AND SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AND PAROLE REFORM. WE ARE WORKING TO CLOSE THE SLAVERY LOOPHOLE FOR THE 13TH AMENDMENT AND TO ENSURE VOTING ACCESS FOR RETURNING CITIZENS FROM INCARCERATION. WE ARE ACTIVELY OPPOSING OPERATION LONE STAR IN TEXAS, ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS TO IDENTIFY PRIORITIES ALIGNED WITH OUR CRIMINAL LEGAL WORK, AND MONITORING IMMIGRATION COURTS FOR DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS. WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR PILOT COHORT OF THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS (FIP)ACADEMY, PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY TRAINING TO THOSE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $2,212,404

  • LEGAL EDUCATION - OUR CAP LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (CAP) PROVIDED CRITICAL PRE-LAW SERVICES FOR 1,400 STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS INCLUDED NEARLY 100 STUDENTS FOR OUR ANNUAL LAW DAY FAIR THAT DREW MORE THAN 80 LAW SCHOOLS; 65 STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED INTENSIVE WEEKLONG LAW SCHOOL ADMISSIONS BOOT CAMPS; EIGHT LAW STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS WE PLACED THROUGH OUR CORPORATE LAW FIRM ALLIANCE SUMMER PROGRAM (CLASP); AND HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED WORKSHOPS, RECEIVED ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING AND OTHER SERVICES. NINE CLASP FELLOWS WERE OFFERED POST-GRADUATION POSITIONS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE LAW FIRMS, CONTINUING OUR RECORD OF 100% POST-FELLOWSHIP EMPLOYMENT RATE. AND OUR LIDERES BOARD COMPRISED OF 30 YOUNG PROFESSIONAL LEADERS ACTIVELY SUPPORTED, VOLUNTEERED AND RECRUITED PEER VOLUNTEERS FOR PROGRAMS SERVING HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS PURSUING PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS AND ALSO RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT LJP'S SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS.

    Expenses $521,883 · Revenue $16,825

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jose Ramon Gonzalez

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Lida Rodriguez-Taseff

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ernest Ceberio

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Marisol Rubecindo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ricardo A Anzaldua

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Fernando A Bohorquez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Javier Alvarez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Steven Mendez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Claudia Marmolejo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ricardo E Oquendo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Michelle B Davila

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Roberto Concepcion

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Sonja Fm Diaz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Pilar Ramos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Eridania Perez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Maria D Melendez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Cid Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ernest Palomo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Mauricio Espana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Ronald J Tabak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jaime Mercado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Lourdes Rosado

    PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $260,258
    From this org
    $245,598
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,660
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,598
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,350
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,310
    Filer's total
    $260,258
  • Jonathan Schlesinger

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $166,987
    From this org
    $143,595
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,392
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,595
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,392
    Filer's total
    $166,987
  • Jose Perez

    DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $236,240
    From this org
    $195,526
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,714
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,026
    Bonus
    $3,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,089
    Filer's total
    $236,240
  • Diana Medina

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $187,798
    From this org
    $156,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,295
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,503
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,195
    Filer's total
    $187,798
  • Silvia Orna

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $183,139
    From this org
    $152,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,144
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,495
    Bonus
    $4,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,044
    Filer's total
    $183,139
  • Jackson Chin

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $161,483
    From this org
    $139,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,445
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,038
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,345
    Filer's total
    $161,483
  • Christian Hill

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $138,886
    From this org
    $126,745
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,141
    Hours/week
    35
  • Ghita Schwarz

    DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $191,254
    From this org
    $160,585
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,669
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,585
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,669
    Filer's total
    $191,254
  • Fran Fajana

    DIRECTOR OF RACIAL JUSTICE STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $174,156
    From this org
    $155,585
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,571
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,585
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,670
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,901
    Filer's total
    $174,156

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441299349301644

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