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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHILDRENS POLICY & LAW INITIATIVE OF INDIANA.

Totals

Total revenue
$350,080
Total expenses
$412,968
Contributions and grants received
$337,761
Grants paid
$144,182
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$12,319
Total assets, end of year
$301,611
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,239
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$292,372
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$361,433
Management and general expenses
$36,074
Fundraising expenses
$15,461
Program service expenses (Part III)
$361,433

Program services were 87.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $337,761

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $18,672

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $7,537

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $11,135 · excluded $11,135

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC. INCOME

    total $1,184 · excluded $1,184

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,184

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $144,182 · program services $144,182

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $188,834 · program services $141,625 · management and general $33,046 · fundraising $14,163

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,500 · program services $1,874 · management and general $438 · fundraising $188

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,798 · program services $11,098 · management and general $2,590 · fundraising $1,110

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,057 · program services $7,057

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,380 · program services $4,380

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,448 · program services $4,448

  • 17 · Travel

    total $652 · program services $652

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,050 · program services $3,050

  • 20 · Interest

    total $279 · program services $279

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $471 · program services $471

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $32,495 · program services $32,495

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    total $2,842 · program services $2,842

  • 24c · Other expenses: HERBERT SIMON FAMILY FO

    total $2,093 · program services $2,093

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL EXPENSES

    total $1,922 · program services $1,922

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,965 · program services $2,965

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $355,023 · end of year $301,611

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $237

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $9,239

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $355,260 · end of year $292,372

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGES IN PUBLIC POLICY THAT WILL ADDRESS THE UNMET LEGAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND RESULT IN THE JUST AND AGE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT FOR ALL CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. TO ADVANCE AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY-APPROPRIATE PRACTICES THAT PREVENT CHILDREN FROM ENTERING INTO JUVENILE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • THE POSITIVE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE INSTITUTE IS A YEAR-LONG TRAINING INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO REFORM DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES AND PROMOTE STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES EDUCATORS WITH THE TOOLS TO HELP TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS AND SUPPORT STAFF IMPROVE THE SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND REDUCE EXCLUSIONARY DISCIPLINE. IN 2023, CPLI CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY WIDE TRAINING ON CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE, TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES IN SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $361,433 · Grants $144,182

  • CPLI ENGAGES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION ON CHILDREN'S ISSUES. IN 2023, CPLI HELD MULTIPLE COMMUNITY FORUMS AND WORKSHOPS THROUGH OUR: (1) COMMUNITY INITIATIVE ON TRAUMA AND CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE PRACTICES: (2) LUNCH SERIES-UNDERSTANDING CULTURE IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES; AND (3) ANNUAL PUBLIC POLICY SUMMIT ON JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM. ADDITIONALLY, CPLI COORDINATES THE INDIANA COALITION FOR YOUTH JUSTICE, WHICH NOW HAS OVER 70 ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS, TO ADVANCE YOUTH JUSTICE IN INDIANA; AND THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT SUPPORTS COALITION, WITH OVER 20 ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS, WHICH SEEKS TO ADDRESS LOW STAFF/STUDENT RATIOS (DEFICITS)--SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND NURSES- WHICH PROVIDE THESE SUPPORTS IN SCHOOLS.

  • THE YOUTH JUSTICE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ELEVATES YOUTH VOICE ON KEY EDUCATION/JUSTICE ISSUES AND SEEKS TO MENTOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUILD RESILIENCE AND DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY SKILLS. IN 2023, CPLI USED GRANT FUNDING FROM THE CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (CICF), THE PACER FOUNDATION AND THE NATIONAL JUVENILE JUSTICE NETWORK (NJJN) TO SUPPORT YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY INITIATIVE ON TRAUMA AND CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE PRACTICES, A YOUTH ROUNDTABLE ON SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AND POLICING, AND OUR LUNCH SERIES-UNDERSTANDING CULTURE IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ashley Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Teresa Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jerell Blakeley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Karozos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jan Nichols

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Calvin Roberson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jaunae Hanger

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $46,667
    From this org
    $46,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christy Gauss

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Meisha Wade

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $24,519
    From this org
    $24,519
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Gwen Kelley PhD

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Michelle Boyden

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lori Chambers

    SECRETARY

    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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349323335

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