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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COMMUNITY FIRM.

Totals

Total revenue
$84,503,443
Total expenses
$81,946,257
Contributions and grants received
$84,421,354
Grants paid
$73,769,349
Program service revenue
$80,482
Investment income
$1,607
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$23,651,721
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,356,365
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,295,356
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$80,763,057
Management and general expenses
$1,183,200
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$80,763,057

Program services were 98.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $82,644,220

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,777,134

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: IMPACT DEVELOPMENT

    total $80,482 · related or exempt $80,482

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,607 · excluded $1,607

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $73,769,349 · program services $73,769,349

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $408,493 · program services $408,493

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $28,999 · program services $28,999

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,430,914 · program services $4,836,588 · management and general $594,326

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $152,160 · program services $133,081 · management and general $19,079

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $294,852 · program services $294,852

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $548,553 · program services $495,008 · management and general $53,545

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $78,469 · program services $34,631 · management and general $43,838

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $74,553 · program services $7,235 · management and general $67,318

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $93,098 · program services $93,098

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $351,406 · program services $259,166 · management and general $92,240

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,068 · program services $6,762 · management and general $2,306

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $328,098 · program services $315,462 · management and general $12,636

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,081 · program services $14,311 · management and general $2,770

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,577 · program services $1,231 · management and general $26,346

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $64,800 · management and general $64,800

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,107 · management and general $5,107

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,665 · program services $9,942 · management and general $723

  • 24a · Other expenses: RECRUITING

    total $8,165 · program services $7,758 · management and general $407

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $122,709 · management and general $122,709

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS

    total $121,264 · program services $47,091 · management and general $74,173

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $877 · management and general $877 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $7,599,173

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,766,310 · end of year $10,055,831

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,904,744 · end of year $5,730,134

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,270 · end of year $249,404

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

    $24,611

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

    $7,432

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $22,286 · end of year $17,179

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,239 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $102,208 · end of year $386,420

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,053,812 · end of year $16,969,945

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,000,000 · end of year $3,000,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $821,659 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $597,161 · end of year $3,107,896

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $141,009 · end of year $187,460

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE COMMUNITY FIRM DBA COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEFENSE PROJECT (CEDP) IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES, PUBLIC BENEFITS, AND POLICY CHANGE. OUR MISSION IS TO PARTNER WITH LOW INCOME AND WORKING PEOPLE TO BUILD ECONOMIC AND RACIAL EQUITY. WE DO THIS BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY SERVICES, CONFRONTING ECONOMIC ABUSE, AND INVESTING IN COMMUNITY WEALTH. WE USE AN EVER-EVOLVING SET OF LEGAL, ECONOMIC AND ADVOCACY TOOLS TO CHALLENGE AND DISMANTLE UNJUST SYSTEMS, BUILDING QUICKLY TOWARDS A WORLD WHERE ALL PEOPLE HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO LIVE AND THRIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE COMMUNITY FIRM IS A NONPROFIT ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES, PUBLIC BENEFITS, & POLICY CHANGE FOR & BY PARTNERING WITH LOW INCOME & WORKING PEOPLE.

  • INTEGRATED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSEHOLD STABILITY SERVICES: The Organization offers a fund that provides emergency rental assistance to renters facing eviction or displacement. In partnership with state and local government emergency assistance programs, CEDP qualifies renters facing eviction and displacement for benefits, and it issues quick, accurate financial assistance checks. Its emergency rental assistance program is designed to move faster than the eviction timeline, with capabilities to qualify tenants for benefits and issue payments in less than 24 hours when needed to stabilize a household. - SEE SCHEDULE FOR CONTINUATION

    Expenses $79,537,289 · Grants $73,769,349 · Revenue $80,482

  • LEGAL AID: Through CED Law, the Organization offers legal assistance to renters facing eviction in the state of Colorado. Managed separately from the Financial Assistance and Household Stability Services Program, CED Law provides legal assistance to Coloradans facing eviction or struggling with consumer and housing debt burdens. Depending on client need, attorneys provide advice, limited assistance representation, or full-service legal representation. CED Law also manages legal aid clinics alongside community partners and in courthouses across the state.

    Expenses $950,152

  • PUBLIC POLICY AND ORGANIZING: The Organization's clients have pushed the organization to amplify their experiences into policy change. The public policy and organizing function invests in storytelling and data to inform policy debates. CEDP also engages in advocacy on a limited basis on housing, consumer, economic, and civil legal issues that are directly related to its mission and clients' lived experience. civil legal issues that are directly related to its mission and clients' lived experience.

    Expenses $236,350

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Zachary Neumann

    Executive Director/CEO

    Total calculated
    $151,332
    From this org
    $142,904
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,428
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,904
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,841
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,587
    Filer's total
    $151,332
  • Sam Gilman

    Co-Founder/President

    Total calculated
    $139,203
    From this org
    $128,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,762
    Hours/week
    40
  • Melissa Mejia

    HEAD OF STATE LOCAL POLICY

    Total calculated
    $117,893
    From this org
    $101,463
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,430
    Hours/week
    40
  • Martha Lanaghen

    COO (05/22-09/22)

    Total calculated
    $91,420
    From this org
    $88,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,686
    Hours/week
    40
  • Burt Nadler

    Director (Beg 09/22)

    Total calculated
    $14,467
    From this org
    $13,631
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $836
    Hours/week
    40
  • Carey Degenaro

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $12,071
    From this org
    $10,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,141
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Lopez

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marco Dorado

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Victoria Suarez-Palomo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Terrell Curtis

    Director (END 07/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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
  • 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
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343179349308759

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