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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,896,410
Total expenses
$4,719,708
Contributions and grants received
$4,837,771
Grants paid
$902,000
Program service revenue
$30,556
Investment income
$76,103
Other revenue
-$48,020
Total assets, end of year
$14,832,953
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,899,005
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,933,948
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,506,658
Management and general expenses
$762,161
Fundraising expenses
$450,889
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,506,658

Program services were 74.3% 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

    $69,982

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,300,855

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,466,934

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $65,034

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL REFERRAL REVENUE

    total $30,556 · related or exempt $30,556

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $76,103 · excluded $76,103

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $69,982

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $52,550

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$52,550 · excluded -$52,550

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $4,530 · excluded $4,530

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,530

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $902,000 · program services $902,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $400,748 · program services $283,392 · management and general $83,735 · fundraising $33,621

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,047,022 · program services $1,447,568 · management and general $427,719 · fundraising $171,735

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $94,193 · program services $66,610 · management and general $19,681 · fundraising $7,902

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $60,248 · program services $42,605 · management and general $12,589 · fundraising $5,054

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $201,855 · program services $142,743 · management and general $42,177 · fundraising $16,935

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,555 · management and general $12,555

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $108,338 · program services $76,612 · management and general $22,637 · fundraising $9,089

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $50,400 · fundraising $50,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $145,681 · program services $132,984 · management and general $9,560 · fundraising $3,137

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $160,327 · program services $32,692 · management and general $9,660 · fundraising $117,975

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $106,805 · program services $74,757 · management and general $23,179 · fundraising $8,869

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $113,223 · program services $86,192 · management and general $20,197 · fundraising $6,834

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $81,252 · program services $60,900 · management and general $16,308 · fundraising $4,044

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,101 · program services $24,599 · management and general $5,672 · fundraising $2,830

  • 20 · Interest

    total $17,737 · management and general $17,737

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $24,946 · program services $18,692 · management and general $5,015 · fundraising $1,239

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $132,406 · program services $93,632 · management and general $27,666 · fundraising $11,108

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $11,654 · program services $11,654

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,217 · program services $9,026 · management and general $6,074 · fundraising $117

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $896,055 · end of year $854,977

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $489,631 · end of year $365,625

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,471,653 · end of year $1,243,124

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $11,152,750 · end of year $11,226,637

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $81,672 · end of year $58,600

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

    $98,007

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

    $38,582

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $62,704 · end of year $59,425

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,024,565

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $289,806 · end of year $253,992

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $80,543 · end of year $49,706

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $4,843,795 · end of year $2,985,307

  • 25 · Other liabilities

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

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$3,209,576 · end of year -$3,805,949

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,539,897 · end of year $9,739,897

Mission and programs · 2025

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.

  • COMMUNITY HOLISTIC DEFENSE PROVIDES 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 $2,316,371 · Revenue $30,556

  • SPRING FORWARD HOUSING SUPPORT, A PILOT PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO, PROVIDES HOUSING SUPPORT. LCLC CURRENTLY SERVICES CHICAGO'S WEST AND SOUTH SIDE.

    Expenses $1,190,287 · Grants $902,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • James Brooks

    PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce Bonecutter

    VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracie Worthy

    SECRETARY OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Yates

    TREASURER 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
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

  • Dawn Ruzich

    VP OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

  • Melchor Domantay

    VP OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

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.

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 SUPPORT CORPORATION

    501(C)(3) · SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION TO FACILITATE THE NEW MARKET TAX CREDIT · IL · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN LEGAL CENTER

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601339349303995

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