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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COLECTIVA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,610,249
Total expenses
$7,916,112
Contributions and grants received
$9,525,178
Grants paid
$3,259,324
Program service revenue
$83,508
Investment income
$963
Other revenue
$600
Total assets, end of year
$6,776,855
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,965,480
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,811,375
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,771,602
Management and general expenses
$1,125,062
Fundraising expenses
$19,448
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,771,602

Program services were 85.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $35,000

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $6,653,138

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,837,040

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Legal service income

    total $83,508 · related or exempt $83,508 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $963 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $963

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

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $600 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $600

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $600

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,124,378 · program services $3,124,378

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $134,946 · program services $134,946

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $406,166 · program services $406,166

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,096,266 · program services $1,736,207 · management and general $360,059

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $117,718 · program services $95,246 · management and general $22,472

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $222,263 · program services $191,155 · management and general $31,108

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $70,735 · management and general $70,735

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $12,848 · fundraising $12,848

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $759,553 · program services $637,965 · management and general $116,868 · fundraising $4,720

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $85,345 · program services $84,537 · management and general $245 · fundraising $563

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $128,128 · program services $45,650 · management and general $82,478

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,607 · management and general $8,607

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $122,551 · program services $28,998 · management and general $93,553

  • 17 · Travel

    total $50,913 · program services $1,881 · management and general $49,032

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $149,894 · management and general $149,894

  • 20 · Interest

    total $492 · management and general $492

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $72,060 · program services $12,940 · management and general $59,120

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bond fees

    total $229,410 · program services $229,410 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Memberships and subscriptions

    total $44,181 · program services $18,200 · management and general $24,664 · fundraising $1,317

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other personnel expenses and reimbursments

    total $47,208 · program services $23,923 · management and general $23,285 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $32,450 · management and general $32,450

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,067,500 · end of year $3,292,395

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $499,074 · end of year $211,670

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,237,627 · end of year $3,070,229

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $469,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $21,188 · end of year $50,835

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $151,726

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $677,151 · end of year $2,311,135

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $154,345

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,117,238 · end of year $3,811,375

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Our mission is to build the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through advocacy, education, and legal services. Low-income and immigrant communities face the greatest barriers to justice. We seek to provide access to free and/or low-cost, quality, respectful legal services for low-income immigrant people. We also seek to build coalitions across community lawyering organizations in the Northwest and between local community groups. We believe that justice should not be determined by wealth, citizenship, language, or age and are committed to representing low-income, people of color, and disadvantaged individuals and communities who otherwise would not have legal representation.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A non-hierarchal organization working to build community leadership and power for migrant justice through legal advocacy and education. Colectiva Legal provides pro bono legal representation in Spanish and English as well as a variety of other services to provide the wider Seattle immigrant community with holistic care and resources.

  • Provide low-cost or free legal immigration services to individuals and families in need for such services. The Organization provided legal services to 1,047 clients in 2022 and opened 184 new cases.

    Expenses $890,721 · Grants $6,838 · Revenue $83,508

  • The Organization serves as a fiscal sponsor to the Fair Fight Bond Fund. A program that provides bond money to low-income individuals detained at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington. The program started in November 2018 and bonded out 33 individuals in 2022.

    Expenses $236,902

  • The Organization serves as a fiscal sponsor to the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN). WAISN protects and advances the power of immigrant and refugee communities through a multiracial, multilingual, and multi-faith coalition of over 100 organizations. WAISN's organizing strategy educates and mobilizes statewide to uphold and defend the rights and dignity of immigrants and refugees while centering the voice of impacted communities. The hotline, which serves to connect community members with trusted information and resources, averages 900 calls per month including text messages in five languages. WAISN also successfully distributed 65 million dollars in COVID-19 relief assistance through the Washington Immigrant Relief Fund. The Organization's legal services charge a 10% administrative fee on all funds raised to cover administrative expenses.

    Expenses $5,311,581 · Grants $3,096,380

  • The Organization runs several community oriented programs for immigrant families in Washington including emergent financial assistance programs, food, clothing, and diaper pantry as well as peer-facilitated support group services. In 2022, the Organization distribution $71,201 in emergency financial aid. The Organization also put on 3 in-person legal clinics focused on helping community members fill out pro se asylum and DACA applications.

    Expenses $332,398 · Grants $64,163

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brenda Rodriquez Lopez

    Executive Director (WAISN)

    Total calculated
    $165,628
    From this org
    $160,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,628
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,628
    Filer's total
    $165,628

  • Juan Velasquez

    Executive Director (WAISN)

    Total calculated
    $155,628
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,628
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,628
    Filer's total
    $155,628

  • Sandy Restrepo

    Co-Founder & Immigration Attorney

    Total calculated
    $84,910
    From this org
    $80,917
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,993
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cesar Linares

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Judith Ortiz

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Melissa Blue

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

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

None.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
26 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303199349331320

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