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← MABEL CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORP

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MABEL CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORP.

Totals

Total revenue
$978,562
Total expenses
$825,530
Contributions and grants received
$978,557
Grants paid
$4,330
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$550,954
Total liabilities, end of year
$40,019
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$510,935
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$498,131
Management and general expenses
$173,018
Fundraising expenses
$154,381
Program service expenses (Part III)
$498,131

Program services were 60.3% 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)

    $75,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $903,557

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5 · excluded $5

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,330 · program services $4,330

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $117,161 · program services $82,013 · management and general $17,574 · fundraising $17,574

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $424,897 · program services $266,787 · management and general $65,679 · fundraising $92,431

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $50,612 · program services $32,568 · management and general $7,773 · fundraising $10,271

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $53,032 · program services $34,125 · management and general $8,145 · fundraising $10,762

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,172 · management and general $10,172

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $31,951 · management and general $31,951

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,450 · management and general $2,450

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $932 · program services $466 · fundraising $466

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,114 · program services $20,665 · management and general $4,933 · fundraising $6,516

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $59,921 · program services $38,559 · management and general $9,204 · fundraising $12,158

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,610 · program services $8,338 · management and general $386 · fundraising $1,886

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,222 · program services $4,004 · management and general $956 · fundraising $1,262

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,266 · program services $3,511 · management and general $572 · fundraising $183

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $16,860 · program services $2,765 · management and general $13,223 · fundraising $872

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $297,792 · end of year $300,884

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $45,164 · end of year $225,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,276 · end of year $859

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

    $18,921

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

    $6,945

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,899 · end of year $11,976

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,308 · end of year $11,735

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,536 · end of year $40,019

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $357,903 · end of year $274,109

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $236,826

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MABEL CENTER'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXPERT PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO ASYLUM-SEEKING FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN SEPERATED, DETAINED IN FAMILY DETENTION CENTERS, AND/OR SUBJECTED TO EXPEDITED REMOVAL THROUGH DEDICATED DOCKET.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MABEL CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE PROVIDES EXPERT PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO ASYLUM-SEEKING FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN SEPERATED, DETAINED IN FAMILY DETENTION CENTERS, AND/OR SUBJECTED TO EXPEDITED REMOVAL THROUGH DEDICATED DOCKET.

  • MABEL CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE PROVIDES PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO ASYLUM-SEEKING FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN SEPARATED, DETAINED IN FAMILY DETENTION CENTERS, AND/OR SUBJECTED TO EXPEDITED REMOVAL THROUGH THE DEDICATED DOCKET. WE TAKE ON TOUGH AND COMPLEX DEFENSIVE ASYLUM CASES, REPRESENTING PRIMARILY WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND LGBTQ+ PEOPLE WHOSE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO SURVIVE INCONCEIVABLE VIOLENCE IN PURSUIT OF SAFETY IN THE UNITED STATES. DURING FY 2024, MABEL CENTER SERVED 700 INDIVIDUALS. MABEL CENTER ATTORNEYS' LEGAL STRATEGY AND APPROACH HAS LED TO REMARKABLE SUCCESS IN WINNING ASYLUM FOR THEIR CLIENTS. OUR ATTORNEYS HAVE SECURED ASYLUM FOR TWELVE CLIENTS THEY HAVE REPRESENTED IN COURT IN FY 2024.IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING FULL LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO CLIENTS SEEKING ASYLUM, MABEL CENTER HANDLES PRO SE ASYLUM APPLICATIONS, EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENTS, SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILES, TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS APPLICATIONS, GREEN CARDS, AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT CASES. MABEL CENTER ATTORNEYS AND STAFF HAVE VOLUNTEERED AT FAMILY DETENTION CENTERS, WORKED ALONGSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AT THE BORDER, AND ANNUALLY WORK AT THE BORDER. DUE TO THE RELATIONSHIPS BUILT AND THE CULTURAL COMPETENCY DEMONSTRATED, MABEL CENTER HAS BECOME THE REFERRAL ORGANIZATION IN THE GREATER BOSTON REGION FOR DEFENSIVE ASYLUM-RELATED LEGAL SERVICES. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IS INTEGRAL TO OUR SUCCESS AS IT ALLOWS US TO IDENTIFY AND CONNECT WITH POTENTIAL CLIENTS AND STAY UP TO DATE ON CHANGES THAT CAN IMPACT IMMIGRATION. MABEL CENTER'S CLIENT REFERRALS COME FROM: PAST CLIENTS, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE WITH CHARITIES OPERATING IN TEXAS FAMILY DETENTION CENTERS.MABEL CENTER CLIENTS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDE IN CHELSEA, EAST BOSTON, DORCHESTER, LYNN, AND WALTHAM AND HAVE RELOCATED TO THE REGION FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND HAITI. WE FOCUS OUR WORK ON PROVIDING SERVICES TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AS THEY HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY CONSTANT PROCEDURAL CHANGES TO RECENT ARRIVING MIGRANTS. IN RESPONSE TO NEEDS OF MIGRANTS IN MASSACHUSETTS, AN INCREASED EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED ON HAITIAN MIGRANTS IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS. ALL CLIENTS MUST MEET INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS (125% OF HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES) AND MABEL CENTER PROVIDES ALL SERVICES FREE OF COST TO OUR CLIENTS. NEARLY ALL OUR CLIENTS ARE SEEKING ASYLUM DUE TO GENDER-BASED OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT THEY WERE SUBJECTED TO IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY.

    Expenses $498,131 · Grants $4,330

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Erin Truex

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $121,466
    From this org
    $103,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,886
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jill Seeber

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $44,615
    From this org
    $44,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Genevieve Green

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elissa Steglich

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jackie Robinson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Glenda Fuentes

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Meza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Ascione

    DIRECTOR

    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
26 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402709349301605

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