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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,237,302
Total expenses
$6,312,984
Contributions and grants received
$7,183,699
Grants paid
$759
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,119
Other revenue
$50,484
Total assets, end of year
$13,799,817
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,865,857
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$66,040
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,519,823
Management and general expenses
$1,249,089
Fundraising expenses
$544,072
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,519,823

Program services were 71.6% 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

    $63,850

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,971,687

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,148,162

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,119 · excluded $3,119

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $100,718

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

    $63,850

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $64,069

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $36,649 · excluded $36,649

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $13,835 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $13,835

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,835

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $759 · program services $759

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $567,564 · program services $401,358 · management and general $118,591 · fundraising $47,615

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,802,952 · program services $2,689,289 · management and general $794,616 · fundraising $319,047

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $308,200 · program services $217,946 · management and general $64,397 · fundraising $25,857

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $340,299 · program services $240,645 · management and general $71,105 · fundraising $28,549

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,230 · management and general $6,730 · fundraising $500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,526 · program services $37,144 · management and general $10,975 · fundraising $4,407

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $10,000 · fundraising $10,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $515,301 · program services $463,735 · management and general $40,361 · fundraising $11,205

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $157,859 · program services $71,821 · management and general $21,221 · fundraising $64,817

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $120,810 · program services $82,032 · management and general $28,956 · fundraising $9,822

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $131,625 · program services $99,233 · management and general $24,026 · fundraising $8,366

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $114,933 · program services $90,922 · management and general $19,553 · fundraising $4,458

  • 17 · Travel

    total $30,335 · program services $22,639 · management and general $6,224 · fundraising $1,472

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,591 · program services $16,118 · management and general $5,836 · fundraising $637

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,558 · program services $4,916 · management and general $1,316 · fundraising $326

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $80,384 · program services $56,844 · management and general $16,796 · fundraising $6,744

  • 24a · Other expenses: Subscriptions

    total $21,192 · program services $21,192

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $21,866 · program services $3,230 · management and general $18,386 · fundraising $250

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $221,961 · end of year $1,083,370

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $840,220 · end of year $550,505

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $712,939 · end of year $937,408

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $11,152,750

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $78,573 · end of year $5,689

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

    $98,841

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

    $28,746

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,115,728 · end of year $70,095

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $227,307 · end of year $174,097

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $577,671 · end of year $230,034

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $7,851,726

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,610,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $936,045 · end of year -$1,975,553

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,228,398 · end of year $1,909,513

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Lawndale Christian Legal Center's vision is to raise up justly treated youth who are embraced by their families and community, restored from trauma, empowered to lead, and free from the criminal justice system.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To provide legal services grounded in restorative justice for youth in the Lawndale area.

  • Social services, including case management, outreach services, and wraparound supports, integrated with legal representation, for youth involved in the criminal justice system, ages 24 and younger, on Chicago's west and south sides.

    Expenses $3,426,923 · Grants $759

  • Community Release with Support, a pilot program partnership with the Bail Project, provides court reminders, transportation, and linkages to support services to individuals being released on personal recognizance bonds. LCLC currently services Chicago's west and south sides.

    Expenses $852,384

  • Housing Support, a pilot program partnership with the City of Chicago, provides housing support. LCLC currently services Chicago's west and south sides.

    Expenses $240,516

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Bruce Bonecutter

    Vice President of the Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Brooks

    President of the Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Yates

    Treasurer of the Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracie Worthy

    Secretary of the Board

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amari Hill

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brent Michel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marc Kadish

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terry Truax

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cliff Nellis

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $167,443
    From this org
    $157,159
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,284
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,159
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,284
    Filer's total
    $167,443

  • Dawn Ruzich

    VP of Research & Development

    Total calculated
    $157,812
    From this org
    $157,340
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $472
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,340
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $472
    Filer's total
    $157,812

  • Dr Dennis Deer

    VP of Org. Health & Mgmt

    Total calculated
    $133,825
    From this org
    $133,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mindy Wade

    Director of Finance (part year)

    Total calculated
    $108,484
    From this org
    $108,484
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amy Campanelli

    VP of Restorative Justice (part year)

    Total calculated
    $157,880
    From this org
    $142,891
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,989
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,122
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,769
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,989
    Filer's total
    $157,880

  • Latrionna Moore

    Director of HR

    Total calculated
    $103,753
    From this org
    $101,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,516
    Hours/week
    40

  • Matthew McFarland

    VP of Procedural Justice & Residential Workforce Development

    Total calculated
    $166,743
    From this org
    $164,343
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,400
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,343
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,400
    Filer's total
    $166,743

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 4a Severance or change-of-control payment
Amy Campanelli, VP of Restorative Justice, received a severance payment in the amount of $23,769 during 2023.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • LCLC Holdings NFP

    501(c)(3) · Supporting organization to facilitate the new market tax credit · IL · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Lawndale Christian Legal Center

  • LCLC Supporting Corporation

    501(c)(3) · Supporting organization to facilitate the new market tax credit · IL · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Lawndale Christian Legal Center

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

1 distribution to a recipient named as a person, $3,154,801. Counted where the filer named the recipient as a person, as filed. Who received them, and what, are not published.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500649349300745

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