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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,154,808
Total expenses
$2,282,576
Contributions and grants received
$3,146,303
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$8,271
Investment income
$234
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,282,686
Total liabilities, end of year
$179,267
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,103,419
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,435,382
Management and general expenses
$487,523
Fundraising expenses
$359,671
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,435,382

Program services were 62.9% 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)

    $15,830

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,130,473

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $8,271 · related or exempt $8,271

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $234 · excluded $234

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,474,042 · program services $966,526 · management and general $262,230 · fundraising $245,286

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $200,986 · program services $113,637 · management and general $60,332 · fundraising $27,017

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $104,311 · program services $69,202 · management and general $18,365 · fundraising $16,744

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $156,832 · program services $146,671 · management and general $9,721 · fundraising $440

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $76,046 · management and general $76,046

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $61,074 · program services $32,423 · management and general $4,440 · fundraising $24,211

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,204 · program services $1,017 · management and general $90 · fundraising $97

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $213 · program services $119 · management and general $48 · fundraising $46

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $129,752 · program services $67,846 · management and general $28,791 · fundraising $33,115

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,114 · program services $6,756 · management and general $977 · fundraising $381

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,243 · management and general $3,243

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,475 · program services $2,681 · management and general $10,745 · fundraising $1,049

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

    total $20,346 · program services $14,098 · management and general $3,619 · fundraising $2,629

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEES

    total $14,857 · program services $4,645 · management and general $5,886 · fundraising $4,326

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING AND POSTAGE

    total $5,816 · program services $2,857 · management and general $2,189 · fundraising $770

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $5,416 · program services $1,871 · management and general $441 · fundraising $3,104

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,849 · program services $5,033 · management and general $360 · fundraising $456

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $646,038 · end of year $452,863

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $500,830 · end of year $1,087,239

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $119,047 · end of year $693,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,568 · end of year $12,484

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

    $33,739

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

    $29,535

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,447 · end of year $4,204

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $17,972 · end of year $32,896

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $73,716 · end of year $179,267

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $900,549 · end of year $772,067

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $330,637 · end of year $1,331,352

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE MOBILIZE LAWYERS AND ADVOCATES IN LARGE-SCALE PRO BONO PROGRAMS AND ISSUE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS TO ENSURE THAT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT PROVIDE EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW.

  • PROJECT CORAZON - PROJECT CORAZON FACED UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES DUE TO RAPID SHIFTS IN ASYLUM POLICIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL HURDLES WITH THE CBPONE APP, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING ASYLUM SEEKERS' ACCESS TO LEGAL AID. DESPITE THESE OBSTACLES, WE PROVIDED CRUCIAL SUPPORT TO OVER 10 SURVIVORS OF TORTURE AND THEIR FAMILIES TO LEGALLY ENTER THE U.S., WHILE ALSO SPOTLIGHTING AND ADDRESSING KEY ISSUES WITH CBPONE, NOTABLY ITS FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE DARK SKIN AND THE VULNERABILITY OF LGBTQIA+ ASYLUM SEEKERS. THROUGH DIRECT ACTIONS, COMMENT TRAINING WEBINARS, AND CONTINUOUS OUTREACH IN MATAMOROS AND REYNOSA, WE MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN ADVOCATING AGAINST ANTI-IMMIGRANT MEASURES AND ENHANCING COMMUNICATION WITH MIGRANTS. WE ALSO LEVERAGED TECHNOLOGY FOR REAL-TIME INFORMATION DISSEMINATION VIA FACEBOOK LIVE SESSIONS - THROUGH 17 FACEBOOK LIVE SESSIONS, WE PROVIDED CRUCIAL UPDATES TO 39,624 VIEWERS.

    Expenses $1,435,382

  • CLIMATE CHANGE - OUR DECARBONIZATION AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY FUNDING CLINIC'S FREE FEDERAL FUNDING WEBINARS PROVIDED NECESSARY GUIDANCE TO 600+ REPRESENTATIVES ACROSS 49 STATES, D.C., PUERTO RICO, AND GUAM ON FUNDING ELIGIBILITY, APPLICATION PROCESSES, TIMELINES, ACCEPTABLE PROJECTS, AND MORE UNDER FEDERAL LEGISLATION. WE ALSO PROVIDED DIRECT LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THE INDIANA NAACP IN GAINING INTERVENOR STATUS IN NECESSARY REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS, ENSURING THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE A VOICE IN DECISIONS IMPACTING THEIR ENVIRONMENT. SIMILARLY, OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE BENTON HARBOR COMMUNITY WATER COUNCIL LED TO A REVEALING REPORT ON THE ONGOING WATER CRISIS, UNDERSCORING THE URGENCY OF ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.

  • REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND HEALTH EQUITY - IN 2023, OUR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH DIGEST PROVIDED 17,317 INDIVIDUAL DAILY UPDATES ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE LAW IN ALL 56 STATES AND TERRITORIES. THE DIGEST DISTILLS SIGNIFICANT POLICY SHIFTS AND OFFERS CLEAR, CONCISE UPDATES TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND ADVOCATES. BUILDING ON THIS, WE LAUNCHED OUR LONG-AWAITED POLICY RESOURCE HUB FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN FALL 2023. THIS PUBLIC-FACING PORTAL, SUPPORTED BY THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF 1,000 PRO BONO ATTORNEYS AND LAW STUDENTS, GRANTS ACCESS TO OUR METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED DATABASE AND OTHER IN-DEPTH RESOURCES, ENSURING ACCESSIBLE AND UP-TO-DATE LEGAL INFORMATION IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Alpert Wong

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Adam Cohen

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Edward Jacobs

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jacqueline Haberfeld

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dan Osheyack

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rhea Ricard

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Traci Feit Love

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $282,758
    From this org
    $264,603
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,155
    Hours/week
    52 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,690
    Bonus
    $43,805
    Other
    $108
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,155
    Filer's total
    $282,758
  • Sterling Howard

    VP DEV. & COMM.

    Total calculated
    $157,218
    From this org
    $148,373
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,845
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,309
    Bonus
    $14,000
    Other
    $64
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,845
    Filer's total
    $157,218
  • Mika Fernandez

    VP POLICY

    Total calculated
    $137,057
    From this org
    $111,224
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,833
    Hours/week
    50

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 committee
  • 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

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.

  • LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVT ACTION FUND

    501(C)(4) · DC · controlled entity

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
1 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423069349303007

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