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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,129,189
Total expenses
$6,398,168
Contributions and grants received
$4,484,966
Grants paid
$225,489
Program service revenue
$473,325
Investment income
$83,536
Other revenue
$87,362
Total assets, end of year
$8,626,498
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,824,305
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,802,193
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,707,871
Management and general expenses
$689,865
Fundraising expenses
$1,000,432
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,707,871

Program services were 73.6% 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

    $49,444

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,435,522

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRAINING REVENUE

    total $378,671 · related or exempt $378,671

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SERVICE CONTRACTS

    total $90,854 · related or exempt $90,854

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY FEES

    total $3,800 · related or exempt $3,800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $92,281 · excluded $92,281

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $4,184 · excluded $4,184

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

    other assets $8,745

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$8,745

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$8,745 · excluded -$8,745

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $308,417

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

    $49,444

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $244,205

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $64,212 · excluded $64,212

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $18,966 · excluded $18,966

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,966

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $225,489 · program services $225,489

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,165,287 · program services $622,908 · management and general $209,780 · fundraising $332,599

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,578,819 · program services $2,150,048 · management and general $194,497 · fundraising $234,274

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $61,912 · program services $52,533 · management and general $5,270 · fundraising $4,109

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $427,673 · program services $334,714 · management and general $44,616 · fundraising $48,343

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $270,380 · program services $199,429 · management and general $31,924 · fundraising $39,027

  • 11b · Fees: legal

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

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,015 · management and general $38,015

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $49,363 · management and general $49,363

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $382,457 · program services $201,634 · management and general $29,138 · fundraising $151,685

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $160,964 · program services $111,136 · management and general $4,671 · fundraising $45,157

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $229,017 · program services $163,334 · management and general $8,856 · fundraising $56,827

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $508,881 · program services $386,979 · management and general $54,248 · fundraising $67,654

  • 17 · Travel

    total $45,177 · program services $39,548 · management and general $2,074 · fundraising $3,555

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $158,519 · program services $150,907 · management and general $828 · fundraising $6,784

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $48,640 · program services $37,006 · management and general $5,188 · fundraising $6,446

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,838 · program services $27,669 · management and general $3,197 · fundraising $3,972

  • 24a · Other expenses: UNCOLLECTIBLE PROMISES

    total $5,750 · management and general $5,750

  • 24b · Other expenses: COALITION EXPENSE

    total $4,390 · program services $4,390

  • 24c · Other expenses: LITIGATION & CLIENT COS

    total $147 · program services $147

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $520 · end of year $520

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,015,930 · end of year $923,056

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,938,762 · end of year $1,786,049

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $19,374 · end of year $18,636

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $334,508 · end of year $163,458

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

    $483,971

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

    $409,350

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $104,020 · end of year $74,621

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,115,309 · end of year $2,420,316

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $19,345 · end of year $13,417

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,605,041 · end of year $3,226,425

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $284,942 · end of year $274,014

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $37,938 · end of year $129,559

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,931,768 · end of year $3,420,732

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,359,765 · end of year $50,654

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,538,396 · end of year $4,751,539

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW (THE SHRIVER CENTER) IS AN ILLINOIS NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION THAT FIGHTS FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE BY ADVANCING LAWS AND POLICIES THAT CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FIGHT FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE BY ADVANCING LAWS AND POLICIES THAT CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES.

  • THE SHRIVER CENTER'S ADVOCACY PROGRAM PUSHES THE LAW TO BE A CONDUIT FOR ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE BY CHALLENGING SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES AND SETTING PRECEDENTS FOR CHANGE. WE TACKLE STRUCTURAL RACISM HEAD ON, USING A MULTIFACETED APPROACH THAT INCLUDES LITIGATION, ADMINISTRATIVE ADVOCACY, AND POLICY ADVOCACY.

    Expenses $3,661,763 · Grants $225,489 · Revenue $94,654

  • THE SHRIVER CENTER'S ADVOCATE RESOURCES AND TRAINING PROGRAM (ART) TRAINS LAWYERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, AND OTHER ACTIVISTS TO BUILD THE SKILLS THAT ARE VITAL TO ADVOCACY FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. THE SHRIVER CENTER CONVENES AND CONNECTS ADVOCATES, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND ACTIVISTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE IDEAS AND RESOURCES AND GET THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY.

    Expenses $1,046,108 · Revenue $378,671

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ABE CHERNIN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANGELIQUE STRONG MARKS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNIE WALLIS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHASTITY LORD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELIZABETH LEWIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GRAHAM GRADY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HENRY JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANICE BLANCHARD MD PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA MADIGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA MARSH RYERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA DEL SOCORRO PESQUEIRA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MONIQUE HOWERY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NORAH JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAJ VOHRA

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AUDRA WILSON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $249,103
    From this org
    $216,054
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,049
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,054
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,235
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,814
    Filer's total
    $249,103

  • DAWN RAFTERY

    VP, COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $132,299
    From this org
    $121,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,611
    Hours/week
    45

  • EDWARD K MBEWE

    CFOO

    Total calculated
    $234,194
    From this org
    $223,060
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,134
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,060
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,134
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $234,194

  • ERIN KABWE

    VP, DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $168,386
    From this org
    $158,559
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,827
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,559
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,827
    Filer's total
    $168,386

  • LATANYA WILSON

    VP OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $199,633
    From this org
    $169,355
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,278
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,355
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,745
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,533
    Filer's total
    $199,633

  • SHAHEEN ASHRAF AHMED

    SENIOR GRANTS & FOUNDATION RELATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $150,318
    From this org
    $113,060
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,258
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,060
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,108
    Filer's total
    $150,318

  • JEREMY ROSEN

    DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC JUSTICE

    Total calculated
    $123,797
    From this org
    $111,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,701
    Hours/week
    45

  • RAMINA DAVIDSON

    DIRECTOR OF LEGAL IMPACT NETWORK

    Total calculated
    $121,697
    From this org
    $103,671
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,026
    Hours/week
    45

  • STEPHANIE ALTMAN

    DIRECTOR, HEALTH CARE JUSTICE

    Total calculated
    $150,988
    From this org
    $113,780
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,208
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,780
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,108
    Filer's total
    $150,988

  • WENDY POLLACK

    DIRECTOR, WOMEN'S LAW & POLICY

    Total calculated
    $129,269
    From this org
    $110,949
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,320
    Hours/week
    45

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513159349300941

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