Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$3,170,532

Total expenses

$3,759,152

Contributions and grants received

$3,159,375

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$5,246

Other revenue

$5,911

Total assets, end of year

$2,667,225

Total liabilities, end of year

$584,310

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,082,915

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,970,757

Management and general expenses

$412,994

Fundraising expenses

$375,401

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,970,757

Program services were 79.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• REMOTE LEGAL CONSULTATIONS: MEETING WITH A FAMILY LEGAL CARE STAFF ATTORNEY VIRTUALLY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, UNREPRESENTED LITIGANTS RECEIVE VITAL SUPPORT IN PREPARING A CASE. CONSULTATIONS TAKE PLACE OVER THE PHONE OR VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS. CLIENTS RECEIVE IN-DEPTH ADVICE AND COUNSEL, AND MANY CLIENTS RETURN FOR FOLLOW-UP ADVICE AND SUPPORT. OFFERING CONSULTATIONS REMOTELY HAS ALLOWED US TO GREATLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS WE CAN SERVE, MAKING LEGAL ADVICE MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR FAMILIES WHO URGENTLY NEED IT. IN FY23 WE COMPLETED 3,145 CONSULTATIONS, REPRESENTING A 20% INCREASE OVER WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN FY22.

  Expenses $745,765

• FAMILY LAW INFORMATION HELPLINES: THE BILINGUAL TELEPHONE, EMAIL, AND LIVE-CHAT HELPLINES CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY POINT OF ENTRY FOR PARENTS AND OTHERS WHO NEED LEGAL SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE, AND A CENTRAL ARTERY THROUGH WHICH CLIENTS CAN ACCESS OUR MORE IN-DEPTH SERVICES. HELPLINE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND WE USE A TRANSLATION SERVICE TO ASSIST CALLERS WHO SPEAK ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES. WE SERVED 17,726 PEOPLE ON OUR HELPLINES IN FY23

  Expenses $565,399

• PRO BONO PROGRAM: FAMILY LEGAL CARE'S UNIQUE PRO BONO PROGRAM ALLOWS CLIENTS TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE FROM PRO BONO ATTORNEYS ON THEIR MOBILE DEVICES OR COMPUTERS FROM WHEREVER THEY ARE. THE PRO BONO PROGRAM ALLEVIATES BARRIERS TO SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR LONG-DISTANCE TRIPS TO THE COURTHOUSE, INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY FOR DISABLED OR HOMEBOUND CLIENTS AND MITIGATING EXPENSIVE BURDENS LIKE TAKING TIME AWAY FROM WORK AND SECURING CHILDCARE SERVICES. FY23 WAS OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR YET. WE FACILITATED 512 CONSULTATION APPOINTMENTS WITH PRO BONO ATTORNEYS, THE HIGHEST NUMBER SINCE OUR PROGRAM BEGAN AND A 15% INCREASE COMPARED TO FY22'S RECORD-BREAKING YEAR.

  Expenses $479,133

• LEGAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH: FAMILY LEGAL CARE WORKS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE FIVE BOROUGHS TO PRESENT VIRTUAL LEGAL CLINICS ON FAMILY LAW ISSUES THAT ARE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THEIR SERVICES. WE OFFER WORKSHOPS AND VIRTUAL LEGAL CLINICS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, PRIORITIZING OUTREACH TO KEY CONSTITUENT GROUPS WITH SPECIFIC NEEDS, INCLUDING: 1) VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE-MEMBERS; 2) SPANISH-SPEAKING AND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES; 3) PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED AND INCARCERATED PARENTS; AND 4) SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. OVER THE PAST YEAR WE REACHED 391 PARTICIPANTS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THIS OUTREACH TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS RESULTED IN OVER 3,200 PARTICIPANTS REFERRED TO US TO RECEIVE THE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT THEY NEED.

  Expenses $231,123

• LEGAL RESOURCE GUIDES (LRGS): FAMILY LEGAL CARE'S ORIGINAL, MULTILINGUAL LRGSMORE THAN 60 UNIQUE GUIDES TRANSLATED FROM ENGLISH INTO ONE OR MORE OF NINE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGESCOVER A RANGE OF FAMILY LAW ISSUES. THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT VARIOUS COURTHOUSES, THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND ON OUR WEBSITE, WHERE THEY ARE EASY TO FIND AND FILTER BY TOPIC, LANGUAGE, AND REGION. IN FY23, OUR LRGS WERE VIEWED OVER 217,000 TIMES, NEARLY TWICE AS MANY AS FY22. WE DISTRIBUTED AN ADDITIONAL 35,495 LRGS FROM COURTHOUSES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

  Expenses $221,426

• TECH HUBS: FAMILY LEGAL CARE'S TECH HUB PROGRAM, INITIALLY CREATED AS A RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC, GREW SIGNIFICANTLY IN FY23. WE CONTINUED OPERATIONS FOR OUR BROOKLYN TECH HUB, AND OPENED TWO ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS IN QUEENS AND THE BRONX. AT OUR TECH HUBS, WE ASSIST PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS WHO MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE DIGITAL DIVIDE TO ATTEND THEIR VIRTUAL COURT HEARINGS AND TO PRINT AND UPLOAD DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THEIR CASE. MANY TECH HUB VISITORS LEARN ABOUT AND UTILIZE OUR DIGITAL JUSTICE TOOLS LIKE THE FAMILY LAW NAVIGATOR DURING THEIR TECH HUB APPOINTMENT. OUR TECH HUBS HELPED OVER 1,200 VISITORS IN FY23.

  Expenses $430,835

• DIGITAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: FAMILY LEGAL CARE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF DEVELOPING TOOLS THAT LEVERAGE THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO JUSTICE. OUR FAMILY LAW NAVIGATOR TOOL DELIVERS FAMILY LAW INFORMATION CUSTOMIZED TO EACH PERSON'S LEGAL CASE AND SITUATION QUICKLY, ANONYMOUSLY, AND FOR FREE. IN JUST 2-3 MINUTES, FAMILY LAW NAVIGATOR PROVIDES LEGAL INFORMATION THAT CAN BE A HELPFUL STARTING POINT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEGINNING TO ADDRESS THEIR FAMILY LAW ISSUE. IN FY23, 2,368 PEOPLE USED FAMILY LAW NAVIGATOR, AN INCREASE OF OVER 40% COMPARED TO FY22.

  Expenses $180,735

• IN FY23 WE ALSO CREATED 8 GUIDED COURT FORMS, WHICH MAKE IT EASY FOR USERS TO UNDERSTAND AND COMPLETE ESSENTIAL COURT DOCUMENTS FROM A MOBILE DEVICE, WITHOUT EXTRA SOFTWARE. 1,259 PEOPLE COMPLETED A GUIDED COURT FORM IN FY23.

  Expenses $116,341

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

11 June 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202441639349301044

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