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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LOS ANGELES CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,157,678
Total expenses
$5,545,984
Contributions and grants received
$7,996,794
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$42,450
Investment income
$50,147
Other revenue
$68,287
Total assets, end of year
$6,138,906
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,565,998
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,572,908
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,791,189
Management and general expenses
$471,650
Fundraising expenses
$283,145
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,791,189

Program services were 86.4% 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

    $493,812

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,834,114

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,668,868

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES FOR SERVICES

    total $42,450 · related or exempt $42,450

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $50,147 · excluded $50,147

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $186,399

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $186,399

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $186,399 · excluded $186,399

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $60,150

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

    $493,812

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $178,262

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$118,112 · excluded -$118,112

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $387,561 · program services $112,520 · management and general $218,781 · fundraising $56,260

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,355,868 · program services $3,207,952 · management and general $1,184 · fundraising $146,732

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $51,355 · program services $47,570 · management and general $2,220 · fundraising $1,565

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $367,654 · program services $331,904 · management and general $18,879 · fundraising $16,871

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $291,843 · program services $255,963 · management and general $20,553 · fundraising $15,327

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,716 · program services $44,491 · management and general $4,823 · fundraising $3,402

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $487,328 · program services $463,365 · management and general $14,223 · fundraising $9,740

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $80,748 · program services $49,487 · management and general $19,403 · fundraising $11,858

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $110,384 · program services $93,160 · management and general $10,100 · fundraising $7,124

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $188,411 · program services $54,118 · management and general $131,093 · fundraising $3,200

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,863 · program services $16,561 · management and general $2,321 · fundraising $2,981

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,401 · program services $8,153 · management and general $2,248

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,086 · management and general $9,086

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $38,475 · program services $33,613 · management and general $2,944 · fundraising $1,918

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $51,584 · program services $37,146 · management and general $9,012 · fundraising $5,426

  • 24b · Other expenses: LITIGATION

    total $20,342 · program services $20,342

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $14,178 · program services $12,481 · management and general $956 · fundraising $741

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $6,187 · program services $2,363 · management and general $3,824

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $757,568 · end of year $2,662,402

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,258,192 · end of year $1,808,126

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $20,058 · end of year $795,369

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $766,786

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $67,309 · end of year $62,556

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

    $134,122

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

    $125,606

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,602 · end of year $8,516

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $301,132 · end of year $337,229

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $719,608 · end of year $464,708

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $724,685 · end of year $530,342

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $565,127 · end of year $486,432

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $723,427 · end of year $549,224

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,881,205 · end of year $4,560,168

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,811 · end of year $12,740

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE SURVIVOR JUSTICE CENTER SECURES JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND EMPOWERS THEM TO CREATE THEIR OWN FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY TO LOW-INCOME SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

  • SURVIVOR JUSTICE CENTER PROVIDES FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. OUR HOLISTIC, COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES NOT ONLY HELP TO ADDRESS SURVIVORS' LEGAL BATTLES, BUT ALSO CONNECTS FAMILIES TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BUILD SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND CREATE MORE HOPEFUL FUTURES.

    Expenses $4,791,189 · Revenue $42,450

  • IN FY23-24, SURVIVOR JUSTICE CENTER SERVED 1,092 SURVIVORS (A 6% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR). THE CENTER SECURED 99 RESTRAINING ORDERS, 100 WORK PERMITS, AND REPRESENTED OVER 1,500 LEGAL MATTERS. THE CENTER HELPED PROTECT 179 CHILDREN FROM FURTHER ABUSE AND TRAUMA THROUGH FAVORABLE CUSTODY, VISITATION AND OTHER FAMILY LAW ORDERS. IN ADDITION, THE CENTER HELPED 30 FAMILIES AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS FROM BEING UNHOUSED, CONNECTING THEM TO HOUSING RESOURCES. THE CENTER ALSO PROVIDED OVER 6,000 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO HELP SURVIVORS ACHIEVE STABILITY AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CONNECTION. AT THE END OF SERVICE, 95% OF CLIENTS REPORTED FEELING MORE HOPEFUL, 94% FELT MORE CONFIDENT IN THEMSELVES AND 94% REPORTED HAVING A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

  • AS A LEADER IN OUR FIELD, SURVIVOR JUSTICE CENTER IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF SEVERAL INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON BETTER SERVING SURVIVORS. THE CENTER IS CONTINUING ITS WORK AS A LEAD PARTNER FOR A SARGENT SHRIVER CIVIL COUNSEL ACT PROJECT, WHICH PROVIDES FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN HIGH-CONFLICT CUSTODY DISPUTES, A LARGE PERCENTAGE INVOLVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE CENTER HAS ALSO CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS EFFORTS TO SERVE SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, LEAD PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS IN RURAL AREAS, AND ALSO LEAD A COLLABORATIVE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, DISABILITIES AND LEGAL SERVICES AGENCIES TO PROMOTE CROSS-COLLABORATION AND SEAMLESS, TRAUMA-INFORMED SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS. FINALLY, THE CENTER HAS EXPANDED ITS LEGAL ADVOCACY AND REPRESENTATION IN HOUSING-RELATED MATTERS TO PREVENT SURVIVOR HOMELESSNESS AND FURTHER TRAUMATIZATION FOR THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Cristyn Chadwick

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Alanna Frisby Hernandez

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Lizette Martinez

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Philip Sanchez

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Anastasia Alen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Matthew Bernstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lisa Campanaro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Matt Cave

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Alyssa Clover

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Gillian Clow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Gabrielle Cuskelly

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Saghar Esfandiarifard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lucila Garcia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Brian Hershman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Evan Itzkowitz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Brian Klein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Nelson Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Karen Lorang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Cynthia Lucas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Melanie D Mandles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • David Moran

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Eric Matolo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ben Nicholson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Nicole Nour

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Philip Pailey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Cristina Perez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Elliot Harvey Schatmeier

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dr Jacqueline V Trejo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Eric D Vandevelde

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Alfredo Villalobos

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Andrew K Walsh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Holly Hayes

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 07/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Collin Wedel

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 07/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jennifer Ziegler

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 07/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Kimberly Posin

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 08/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Eve Sheedy

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 10/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Randall Jackson

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 04/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Carmen McDonald

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $207,248
    From this org
    $191,555
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,693
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,555
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,766
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,927
    Filer's total
    $207,248

  • Jane Byun

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $138,349
    From this org
    $110,128
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,221
    Hours/week
    40

  • Marissa Marasigan

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $130,495
    From this org
    $123,559
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,936
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jimena Vasquez

    DIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $149,871
    From this org
    $119,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,335
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michelle Carey

    DIRECTING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $115,029
    From this org
    $112,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,538
    Hours/week
    40

  • Gladys La Torre

    DIR. OF GRANTS (THRU 02/2024)

    Total calculated
    $139,749
    From this org
    $127,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,479
    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. 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
2 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511259349301911

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