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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CIVIL JUSTICE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$710,791
Total expenses
$896,512
Contributions and grants received
$697,087
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$12,817
Investment income
$887
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$374,988
Total liabilities, end of year
$165,799
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$209,189
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$757,833
Management and general expenses
$121,255
Fundraising expenses
$17,424
Program service expenses (Part III)
$757,833

Program services were 84.5% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $76,783

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $505,397

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $114,907

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL SERVICES

    total $12,817 · related or exempt $12,817

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,573 · excluded $7,573

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $32,002

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

    securities $38,688

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$6,686

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$6,686 · excluded -$6,686

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,149 · program services $82,705 · management and general $14,575 · fundraising $2,869

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $397,008 · program services $327,857 · management and general $57,778 · fundraising $11,373

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,710 · program services $5,157 · management and general $372 · fundraising $181

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,357 · program services $12,064 · management and general $870 · fundraising $423

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $43,362 · program services $30,897 · management and general $11,289 · fundraising $1,176

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $57,718 · program services $57,718

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,054 · program services $11,818 · management and general $9,236

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,488 · program services $1,248 · management and general $1,240

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $167,828 · program services $167,828

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,014 · program services $12,430 · management and general $4,584

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,429 · program services $743 · management and general $1,686

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,113 · management and general $3,113

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $21,874 · program services $21,076 · management and general $731 · fundraising $67

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,494 · program services $8,017 · management and general $2,477

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $15,972 · program services $14,867 · management and general $1,105

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $7,921 · management and general $7,921

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $3,826 · program services $476 · management and general $2,015 · fundraising $1,335

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $3,038 · program services $1,222 · management and general $1,816

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,157 · program services $1,710 · management and general $447

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $79,492 · end of year $54,529

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $46,947

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $171,667 · end of year $127,751

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,795 · end of year $7,475

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

    $9,880

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

    $1,166

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $8,714

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $187,997 · end of year $129,509

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $51,651 · end of year $47,010

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $55,061 · end of year $133,193

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $68,205 · end of year $32,160

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    end of year $446

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $307,134 · end of year $201,071

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $115,149 · end of year $8,118

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO INCREASE THE DELIVERY OF LEGAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME WHILE PROMOTING A STATEWIDE NETWORK OF SOLO, SMALL FIRM AND COMMUNITY BASED LAWYERS WHO SHARE A COMMON COMMITMENT TO INCREASEING ACCESS TO JUSTICE THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL MEANS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED DIRECT LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE ON BEHALF OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, PRIMARILY IN CASES INVOLVING FORECLOSURES, DEBT COLLECTION AND OTHER CONSUMER MATTERS. IT ASSISTED NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS FACING FORECLOSURE THROUGH ITS OTHER FORECLOSURE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, IT INCREASED ACCESS TO JUSTICE BY TRAINING AND MENTORING A NETWORK OF PRIVATE ATTORNEYS AND PROVIDING REFERRALS TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME MARYLANDERS WHO NEED FREE OR REDUCED FEE LEGAL ASSISTANCE. DURING THE 2022 TAX YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION BROUGHT IN CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TOTALING $697,087 IN SUPPORT OF ITS PROGRAM SERVICES.

    Expenses $757,833 · Revenue $12,817

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Ostroff Esq

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Thomas Gill Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Cheryl Hystad Esq

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • William Blackford Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Benjamin Carney Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Kay N Harding

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Neel Lalchandani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Jane Santoni Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Michael Millemann Esq

    BOARD MEMBER EMRITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Deborah Sharpe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Letam Duson

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Karen Dojan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Ingmar Goldson Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Leslie Pladna Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Christopher Flohr Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Sarah Bowes

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $105,060
    From this org
    $100,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,911
    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
2022
Filed
10 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312229349300321

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