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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by CITIZEN ADVOCACY CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$124,625
Total expenses
$238,655
Contributions and grants received
$121,634
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
$2,823
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
$168
Total assets, end of year
$383,725
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,877
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$378,848
Program service expenses (Part III)
$173,895

Program services were 72.9% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

TO BUILD DEMOCRACY THROUGH CITIZEN EDUCATION AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY REGARDING ISSUES OF PUBLIC CONCERN.

  • CONDUCTED PUBLIC EDUCATION, ASSISTED LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN RESOLVING ISSUES, PUBLISHED BROCHURES AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES.

    Expenses $92,526

  • THE CAC'S GRANT FROM THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR REPLICATION OF THE CAC'S COMMUNITY LAWYER MODEL TO BUILD DEMOCRACY. THE GRANT FROM THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION IS TO WORK TOWARDS A LONG TIME OBJECTIVE OF THE CITIZEN ADVOCACY CENTER (CAC): EXPLORE AND DEVELOP A MODEL FOR LAUNCHING ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY LAWYERING OFFICES AND BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THE CAC TO SERVE AS A TRAINING AND BACKUP HUB FOR LAUNCHING ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY LAWYER OFFICES. GRANT OUTCOMES INCLUDE DRAFTING A TRAINING MANUAL, PUBLISHING A BOOK THAT CHRONICLES CAC'S 30 YEARS, DEVELOPING STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR REPLICATING, ASSESSING VIABLE FUNDING OPTIONS FOR NEW COMMUNITY LAWYER OFFICES, AND MUCH MORE. THE DIRECTORS INVOLVED IN THIS GRANT HAVE ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE RELATED TO CAC AND THE CONTENT TO BE GENERATED, AND THE GRANT COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT THEIR SUBSTANTIAL INVOLVEMENT. DIRECTOR AMATO IS CAC'S FOUNDER, FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD FOR 30 YEARS, AND HAS CREATED OR IMPROVED THE CONCEPTS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS GRANT. DIRECTOR PASTIKA IS A FORMER, LONGEST SERVING TO DATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HAS TRAINED AND HAS TRAINED SEVERAL OF THE COMMUNITY LAWYERS AND SUBSEQUENT CAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, AND HAS TESTED THE REPLICATION CONCEPT FORMALLY THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ANOTHER INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY LAWYER NONPROFIT.

    Expenses $81,369

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

  • Myrrha Guzman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Porus Dadbhoy

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Conlon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gordon Goodman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Theresa Amato

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Constance Mixon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claire Nader

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terry Pastika

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Josh Silverstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marylynn Zajdel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jack Bentley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PARTIAL YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $46,130
    Compensation
    $42,500
    Benefit plans
    $3,630
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412559349200336

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