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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by HOUSING COURT ANSWERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,547,786
Total expenses
$1,553,777
Contributions and grants received
$1,487,808
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$52,000
Investment income
$7
Other revenue
$7,971
Total assets, end of year
$1,230,210
Total liabilities, end of year
$378,630
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$851,580
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,384,879
Management and general expenses
$121,596
Fundraising expenses
$47,302
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,384,879

Program services were 89.1% 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)

    $1,487,241

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $567

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL INFORMATION SERVICE

    total $52,000 · related or exempt $52,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7 · excluded $7

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $7,971 · related or exempt $7,971

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,971

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 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 $82,163 · program services $27,393 · management and general $27,385 · fundraising $27,385

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $931,097 · program services $885,507 · management and general $39,151 · fundraising $6,439

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $189,381 · program services $174,481 · management and general $10,148 · fundraising $4,752

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $78,502 · program services $72,151 · management and general $4,325 · fundraising $2,026

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,268 · program services $11,045 · management and general $22,913 · fundraising $310

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,549 · program services $20,725 · management and general $1,242 · fundraising $582

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,180 · program services $23,163 · management and general $1,374 · fundraising $643

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $43,257 · program services $39,820 · management and general $2,340 · fundraising $1,097

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $88,718 · program services $81,541 · management and general $4,889 · fundraising $2,288

  • 17 · Travel

    total $237 · program services $182 · fundraising $55

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,644 · management and general $4,644

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,195 · program services $7,532 · management and general $452 · fundraising $211

  • 24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous EXPENSE

    total $21,477 · program services $17,762 · management and general $2,370 · fundraising $1,345

  • 24b · Other expenses: Staff training

    total $13,917 · program services $13,815 · management and general $70 · fundraising $32

  • 24c · Other expenses: Utilities

    total $5,317 · program services $4,887 · management and general $293 · fundraising $137

  • 24d · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $4,875 · program services $4,875

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $113,775 · end of year $173,826

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $34,944 · end of year $33,345

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $824,808 · end of year $777,430

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,713 · end of year $23,316

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

    $25,665

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

    $10,898

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,524 · end of year $14,767

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $207,526

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $136,096 · end of year $167,912

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $97

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $210,718

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $857,571 · end of year $851,580

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO LITIGANTS WITHOUT ATTORNEYS IN NEW YORK CITY'S HOUSING COURTS AND ADVOCATE FOR ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO LITIGANTS WITHOUT ATTORNEYS IN NEW YORK CITY'S HOUSING COURT AND ADVOCATE FOR EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY. RUNNING A HOTLINE TO PROVIDE EVICTION PREVENTION AND HOUSING STABILIZATION SERVICES TO NEW YORKERS.

  • RUNNING INFORMATION TABLES IN NYC'S HOUSING COURTS, RUNNING A HOTLINE, PROVIDING TRAININGS TO ADVOCATES.

    Expenses $1,384,879 · Revenue $52,000

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Laurie

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $84,994
    From this org
    $84,994
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • ADRIENE HOLDER

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • ALBERTO CHAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • JENNIFER VALLONE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • JUDITH GOLDINER

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • LARRY WOOD

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • LUCY NEWMAN

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • LUIS HENRIQUEZ CARRERO

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • MARIANNE BRENNICK

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • MICHAEL WILLIAMS

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • RICHARD MUNROE

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • SHALI SHARMA

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • TED FINKLELSTEIN

    MEMBER

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
7 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401289349303305

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