Form 990 for tax year 2022
Filed by PUBLIC HEALTH LAW CENTER INC.
This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.
What the amendment changed
Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 15 May 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.
Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,331,613
- Total expenses
- $5,178,229
- Contributions and grants received
- $79,315
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $5,251,654
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $644
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,134,673
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $544,448
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $590,225
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,995,622
- Management and general expenses
- $1,182,607
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,995,622
Program services were 77.2% 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.
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1d · Related organizations
$79,315
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2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL TECHNICAL ASSIST
total $5,251,654 · related or exempt $5,251,654
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $644 · excluded $644
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11e · Other revenue, total
$644
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $784,348 · program services $723,107 · management and general $61,241
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,439,748 · program services $2,164,326 · management and general $275,422
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $93,748 · program services $88,258 · management and general $5,490
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $405,496 · program services $306,003 · management and general $99,493
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $253,369 · program services $227,506 · management and general $25,863
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,133 · management and general $1,133
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11g · Fees: other
total $210,403 · program services $206,883 · management and general $3,520
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13 · Office expenses
total $6,119 · program services $5,264 · management and general $855
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14 · Information technology
total $195,322 · program services $10,922 · management and general $184,400
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16 · Occupancy
total $74,173 · management and general $74,173
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17 · Travel
total $89,028 · program services $88,988 · management and general $40
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $126,898 · program services $125,283 · management and general $1,615
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20 · Interest
total $1,785 · program services $1,785
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $36,476 · program services $36,476
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24a · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATION EXPENSE
total $446,034 · management and general $446,034
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24b · Other expenses: CLIENT SERVICE MATERIAL
total $9,898 · program services $9,631 · management and general $267
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24c · Other expenses: MINOR EQUIPMENT
total $2,938 · management and general $2,938
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24d · Other expenses: DUES AND MEMBERSHIP
total $1,313 · program services $1,190 · management and general $123
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,105,188 · end of year $941,011
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $70 · end of year $143,747
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,118 · end of year $49,915
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $350,336 · end of year $544,448
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $319,199 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $432,403 · end of year $585,787
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,438 · end of year $4,438
Mission and programs · 2022
Mission
SEE SCHEDULE O
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WHILE OUR MISSION REMAINS CONSTANT, OUR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES EVOLVE OVER TIME, AS WE TAKE ON A BROADENING SPECTRUM OF ISSUES AND STRIVE TO CENTER EQUITY MORE CONSISTENTLY IN ALL OUR WORK. DESPITE THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, AND NOTWITHSTANDING OUR TRANSITION TO A FULLY REMOTE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, WE CONTINUED TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE SERVICES WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. AMONG OUR PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE YEAR:1. WE CONTINUED AS THE NATION'S PRIMARY SOURCE OF LEGAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE ADDRESSING THE LEADING CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE DEATH: THE EPIDEMIC OF COMMERCIAL TOBACCO USE. AMONG OTHER THINGS, WE:-WORKED INTENSELY WITH NATIONAL AND LOCAL...CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O PARTNERS TO ADDRESS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY RELATED TO TOBACCO AND HEALTH: THE USE OF MENTHOL-FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO TARGET AFRICAN AMERICANS, YOUTH, AND LGBTQ COMMUNITIES. IN AUGUST 2022, THE FDA PROPOSED A FEDERAL RULE TO END THE PRODUCTION OF MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND ALL FLAVORED CIGARS -- A DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL IN TIME SAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES. THIS ACTION WAS IN RESPONSE TO OUR 2013 CITIZEN PETITION CALLING FOR FDA REGULATION TO PROHIBIT MENTHOL CIGARETTES. THE WORK TO GET A FINAL RULE PUBLISHED CONTINUES.-COMPLETED OUR FOURTH YEAR OF SERVICE AS THE DESIGNATED LEGAL POLICY EXPERTS SUPPORTING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S COMMERCIAL TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM, EARNING TOP MARKS FROM THE STATE'S EVALUATORS AND OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM GRANTEES. -COMPLETED OUR SECOND YEAR AS THE DESIGNATED LEGAL CENTER SUPPORTING THE NEW YORK STATE'S COMMERCIAL TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM.-MONITORED AND DEMYSTIFIED THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S REGULATORY REGIME FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS, PRESSING FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.-ANSWERED HUNDREDS OF REQUESTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM EVERY STATE OF THE NATION ON DOZENS OF ISSUES, RANGING FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF SMOKE-FREE POLICIES TO THE REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES. THE INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND GUIDANCE WE PROVIDED TO COMMUNITY LEADERS SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOZENS OF INNOVATIVE NEW POLICIES. -EXPANDED OUR DIGITAL LIBRARY OF OVER 500 TOBACCO-RELATED POLICY RESOURCES. THESE RESOURCES WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, WHICH WAS VISITED BY OVER 500,000 USERS, AND THROUGH A MONTHLY ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER SENT TO NEARLY 7,000 PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. -TRAINED THOUSANDS OF PROFESSIONALS THROUGH DELIVERY OF SIXTY WEBINARS AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS.2. WE CONTINUED TO HELP COMMUNITY COALITIONS, HEALTH ADVOCATES AND OTHERS PURSUE EFFECTIVE POLICIES TO SUPPORT HEALTHY EATING AND ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. OUR FOOD-RELATED WORK ADDRESSED DOZENS OF POLICY OPTIONS RANGING FROM IMPROVED NUTRITION STANDARDS FOR GOVERNMENT FACILITIES, TO DEVELOPMENT OF FARMERS' MARKETS, TO TAXATION OF SUGARY BEVERAGES. WE ALSO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT POLICIES THAT ENCOURAGE ACTIVE LIVES, INCLUDING LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY ROADWAYS, LAWS AFFECTING BIKING AND WALKING, AND POLICIES RELATED TO COMMUNITY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. 3. WE COMPLETED OUR SECOND YEAR OF A NEW CLIMATE HEALTH POLICY PROGRAM. WORK INCLUDED PRESSING THE U.S. HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO ACT ON OUR 2022 CITIZEN PETITION CALLING ON THE AGENCY TO GET GAS APPLIANCES OUT OF PUBLIC HOUSING. THIS INITIATIVE INCLUDED RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE POLICY PRIORITY REFLECTED RESIDENT PRIORITIES FOR CLEAN AIR IN HOUSING. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A LEGAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SUPPORTING MUNICIPALITIES WORKING TO ADVANCE POLICIES THAT DECARBONIZE BUILDINGS. 4. WE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP A GROWING BODY OF WORK ADDRESSING THE UNIQUE LEGAL ISSUES AND HEALTH CHALLENGES OF POLICYMAKING WITHIN SOVEREIGN TRIBAL NATIONS, WHERE CENTURIES OF GENOCIDE AND MULTI-GENERATIONAL TRAUMA HAVE CREATED EXTREME CHRONIC DISEASE INEQUITIES, BUT WHERE A FOCUS ON TRADITIONAL WAYS AND CULTURE PROVIDES A FOUNDATION FOR CREATIVE APPROACHES THAT REINFORCE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. OUR WORK RANGES FROM CROSS-CUTTING TRAINING ON THE POLICYMAKING PROCESS, TO POLICIES THAT SUPPORT TRADITIONAL FOODWAYS, TO POLICIES THAT PROTECT SACRED TOBACCO USE WHILE EXPOSING THE ROLE OF COMMERCIAL TOBACCO AND VAPING COMPANIES IN EXPLOITING TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, TO ANALYSIS OF BEST PRACTICES FOR TRIBAL BREASTFEEDING POLICIES, AND MORE.5. ANOTHER AREA OF FOCUS FOR THE CENTER INVOLVES POLICIES DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION EMBEDDED IN EXISTING STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS, AND STANDARDS. THIS "UPSTREAM" APPROACH INCLUDES NEW EFFORTS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN ADDRESSING THE ROLE OF RACISM AS A ROOT CAUSE OF CHRONIC DISEASE, AND, INDEED, AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS IN ITSELF. THIS WORK ALSO INCLUDES INITIATIVES TO BUILD EQUITY-DRIVEN STRUCTURES INTO THE POLICY PROCESS, ACROSS ISSUES, SUCH AS THE USE OF FORMAL "RACIAL EQUITY NOTES" TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON EQUITY AND JUSTICE.6. BY EMPLOYING LAW STUDENTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH GRADUATE STUDENTS AS RESEARCH ASSISTANTS TO INVESTIGATE CUTTING-EDGE HEALTH-RELATED LEGAL ISSUES, WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES THAT ENHANCE THE CLASSROOM EDUCATION PROVIDED BY THE MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING.
Expenses $3,995,622 · Revenue $5,251,654
As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Anthony NiedwieckiANTHONY NIEDWIECKI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $400,094
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $355,317
- Other
- $44,777
- Hours/week
- 0.5 + 50 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $354,424 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0 + $893 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $15,250 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $29,527 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $400,094 related
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Tressa RiesTRESSA RIES
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $250,271
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $201,243
- Other
- $49,028
- Hours/week
- 2 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $200,999 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0 + $244 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $9,232 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $39,796 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $250,271 related
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Jon LeeJON LEE
INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $164,519
- From this org
- $156,478
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,041
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $156,271
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $207
- Deferred
- $6,247
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,794
- Filer's total
- $164,519
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Joelle M LesterJOELLE M LESTER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $167,222
- From this org
- $131,091
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,131
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $130,865
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $226
- Deferred
- $6,636
- Nontaxable benefits
- $29,495
- Filer's total
- $167,222
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Julie AokiJULIE AOKI
DIRECTOR, HEALTHY EATING
- Total calculated
- $168,729
- From this org
- $122,323
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $46,406
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $122,107
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $216
- Deferred
- $6,126
- Nontaxable benefits
- $40,280
- Filer's total
- $168,729
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Susan WeismanSUSAN WEISMAN
SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY
- Total calculated
- $130,280
- From this org
- $109,693
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,587
- Hours/week
- 40
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Mark MeaneyMARK MEANEY
DIRECTOR, TOBACCO LAW
- Total calculated
- $128,662
- From this org
- $122,353
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,309
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jay KellyJAY KELLY
DIRECTOR, MARKETING
- Total calculated
- $127,532
- From this org
- $121,024
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,508
- Hours/week
- 40
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Doug BlankeDOUG BLANKE
FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $143,832
- From this org
- $136,819
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,013
- Hours/week
- 0
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $136,819
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,254
- Nontaxable benefits
- $759
- Filer's total
- $143,832
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
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
Answered no
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 3
- THE FILING ORGANIZATION RELIED ON A RELATED ORGANIZATION, MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW (THE SCHOOL), TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.THE SCHOOL USED THE FOLLOWING TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION: INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY, APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. PUBLIC HEALTH LAW CENTER (PHLC) IS A SOLE MEMBER NONPROFIT CORPORATION, WITH MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW AS THE SOLE MEMBER. THE HUMAN RESOURCE (HR) FUNCTIONS ARE PERFORMED ON BEHALF OF PHLC BY THE SCHOOL AND THE SAME COMPENSATION POLICY IS FOLLOWED FOR OFFICERS AND KEY PERSONS. HR GATHERS COMPENSATION DATA FROM OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT SOURCES AND USES THIS INFORMATION TO ESTABLISH CONTRACTS WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
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.
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MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW
501(C)(3) · LAW SCHOOL · MN
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MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION INC
501(C)(4) · STUDENT ORGANIZATION ACTIVITY · MN
Directly controlled by MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2022
- Filed
- 10 May 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202421319349304082
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