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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JUSTICE FOR THE PEOPLE LEGAL CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$725,454
Total expenses
$718,168
Contributions and grants received
$651,229
Grants paid
$250,000
Program service revenue
$74,225
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$308,923
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,165
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$297,758
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$627,239
Management and general expenses
$45,468
Fundraising expenses
$45,461
Program service expenses (Part III)
$627,239

Program services were 87.3% 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

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $103,430

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $547,799

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Legal Services

    total $74,225 · related or exempt $74,225 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue

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

  • 2c · Program service revenue

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

  • 2d · Program service revenue

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

  • 2e · Program service revenue

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

  • 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

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

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

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

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

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

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

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

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

  • 11a · Other revenue

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

  • 11b · Other revenue

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

  • 11c · Other revenue

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

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $250,000 · program services $250,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $102,250 · program services $51,125 · management and general $25,563 · fundraising $25,562

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $163,125 · program services $163,125 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,621 · program services $6,097 · management and general $762 · fundraising $762

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,455 · program services $19,564 · management and general $2,446 · fundraising $2,445

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $66,990 · program services $53,592 · management and general $6,699 · fundraising $6,699

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,500 · program services $2,250 · management and general $1,125 · fundraising $1,125

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $63,743 · program services $63,743 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,430 · program services $1,715 · management and general $858 · fundraising $857

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,117 · program services $3,559 · management and general $1,779 · fundraising $1,779

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,566 · program services $2,283 · management and general $1,142 · fundraising $1,141

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,030 · program services $4,515 · management and general $2,258 · fundraising $2,257

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,787 · program services $4,894 · management and general $2,447 · fundraising $2,446

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,554 · program services $777 · management and general $389 · fundraising $388

  • 24a · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $278,722 · end of year $308,923

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $92,694 · 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 $0 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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 $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $80,717 · end of year $11,165

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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 $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $227 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $290,472 · end of year $297,758

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Justice for the People Legal Centers mission shall include but not be limited to the provision of legal services grassroots organizing and education to people and communities who have historically endured harm and trauma caused by our justice system in an effort to democratize decolonize and liberate land housing and wealth towards a solidarity economy.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Justice for the People Legal Center is working to bring a local organizing approach to the legal world and protect tenants against predatory landlords.

  • Direct Representation Impact Litigation: 1. Impact litigation collective lawsuits and class action lawsuits to provide material relief to thousands of tenants as well as to set enforcement precedent shape future legislation and bolster social movement work in general. 2. Individual eviction defense representation and legal advice. Over the last year we have directly represented over 50 clients and are currently engaged in over a dozen class action lawsuits. Our impact litigation has the potential to materially benefit almost 80,000 households across Colorado 17,000 of which are at 200% or below the federal poverty level. Our litigation work has been featured in over 30 media sources.

    Expenses $150,000 · Revenue $74,225

  • Community Outreach Leadership Development & Organizing: 1. Know Your Rights Curriculum for tenants and mobile home owners. 2. Direct organizing support that includes creating tenant and mobile home associations and unions supporting residents in carrying out direct actions and other organizing tactics as requested by the community. In the last year we organized 2 mobile home park associations to elect resident community boards and have done over 100 community meetings events workshops and trainings. We are currently supporting grassroots organizers and leaders in Colorado Springs Glenwood Springs Grand Junction Clear Creek County Denver and Aurora to help strengthen their organizing skills and providing support to build various grassroot strategies.

    Expenses $150,000

  • Land Liberation- Collective Stewardship & Ownership of Land & Housing: 1. Legal and organizing support to negotiate contracts and form cooperatives community land trusts or other models of collectively owned land and housing. 2. Enforcement of opportunity to purchase laws to make sure residents can use their rights if they decide to take steps toward owning their community. We organized a mobile home park in southwest Denver that went up for sale in 2022 and were able to work with the residents and partners to raise $11.5 million to purchase the park and take advantage of opportunity to purchase laws in Colorado. Sharing Connexion Inc. will be the interim owner for 1-3 years or until the residents are prepared to take over the loans and manage the park themselves. Our Executive Director will be working with residents throughout this time period to ensure residents have the skills they need to organize the park on their own and will help them create a cooperative structure that meets their needs. This is the first park that is set to be resident owned in the city of Denver. We are also supporting residents in a mobile home park in Garfield County to become resident-owned by providing technical assistance and organizing trainings.

    Expenses $327,239 · Grants $250,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrea Chiriboga-Flor

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $23,525
    From this org
    $23,525
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Cesiah Guadarrama Trejo

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Notter

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • Sharing Connexion

    $250,000

    funds used to purchase land as an interim owner for a community development project

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520459349300602

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