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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LOTUS LEGAL CLINIC INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$884,275
Total expenses
$851,434
Contributions and grants received
$876,181
Grants paid
$4,000
Program service revenue
$4,590
Investment income
$322
Other revenue
$3,182
Total assets, end of year
$510,640
Total liabilities, end of year
$93,508
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$417,132
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$648,867
Management and general expenses
$145,844
Fundraising expenses
$56,723
Program service expenses (Part III)
$648,867

Program services were 76.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $522,449

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $353,732

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Income - Legal Services

    total $4,590 · related or exempt $4,590

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $322 · excluded $322

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $3,182 · related or exempt $3,182

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,182

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,000 · program services $4,000

  • 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 $98,961 · program services $59,473 · management and general $31,440 · fundraising $8,048

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $430,946 · program services $336,433 · management and general $69,640 · fundraising $24,873

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,445 · program services $10,601 · management and general $6,684 · fundraising $1,160

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $69,680 · program services $53,753 · management and general $11,889 · fundraising $4,038

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,715 · program services $30,619 · management and general $6,778 · fundraising $2,318

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,830 · program services $31,395 · management and general $6,819 · fundraising $2,616

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $16,442 · program services $13,008 · management and general $834 · fundraising $2,600

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $680 · management and general $198 · fundraising $482

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $35,886 · program services $32,494 · management and general $2,619 · fundraising $773

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,640 · program services $3,002 · management and general $475 · fundraising $163

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $33,929 · program services $26,187 · management and general $5,576 · fundraising $2,166

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,232 · program services $8,405 · management and general $827

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,953 · program services $2,489 · fundraising $464

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,572 · program services $5,066 · management and general $1,063 · fundraising $443

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees and Miscellaneous

    total $1,146 · management and general $625 · fundraising $521

  • 24b · Other expenses: Client Assistance

    total $21,097 · program services $21,097

  • 24c · Other expenses: Workshops

    total $4,388 · fundraising $4,388

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues

    total $12,892 · program services $10,845 · management and general $377 · fundraising $1,670

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $224,911 · end of year $274,283

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $25,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $131,448 · end of year $155,541

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,651 · end of year $3,959

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $49,986 · end of year $51,857

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $30,888 · end of year $46,418

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $45,817 · end of year $47,090

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $305,686 · end of year $364,253

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $78,605 · end of year $52,879

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LOTUS Legal Clinic invests in survivors of human trafficking and sexutal violence by innovatively blending comprehensive legal services, victims rights representation and therapeutic arts programming that results in survivor-driven justice, healing and systemic change.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LOTUS Legal Clinic invests in survivors of human trafficking and sexutal violence by innovatively blending comprehensive legal services, victims rights representation and therapeutic arts programming.

  • LEGAL SERVICES LOTUS Legal Clinic provides free legal counsel to survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking regardless of income. POLICY INITIATIVES LOTUS policy initiatives are to create systemic change in our laws and judicial systems to improve the lives and protect the legal interests of victims of gender-based violence and human trafficing. SURVIVOR EMPOWERMENT LOTUS believes that survivor empowerment is the core of what makes LOTUS unique as a legal clinic. Programs like Untold Stories help our clients live through the challenges of their cases and come through with hope and purpose. Using art, literature and other humanities gives power to the law and direct access to what survivors teach us and ask us to change about the status quo. LOTUS helps survivors meet their personal goals through scholarships and services to help them become change agents, nonprofit CEOs, peer mentors, writers and public speakers. EDUCATION LOTUS provides training for community and legal system stakeholders.

    Expenses $648,867 · Grants $4,000 · Revenue $4,590

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erika Petty

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $100,916
    From this org
    $97,732
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,184
    Hours/week
    40
  • Alyson Lippman

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Veronica Hatch

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alejandra Anastas

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristen Hardy

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jasmine Conway

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dana Wilder

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yolanda Young

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2023
Filed
9 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412849349300901

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