Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$20,516,730

Total expenses

$20,605,534

Contributions and grants received

$20,440,588

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$8,372

Investment income

$149,280

Other revenue

-$81,510

Total assets, end of year

$26,077,747

Total liabilities, end of year

$17,534,011

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$8,543,736

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$17,952,676

Management and general expenses

$2,285,111

Fundraising expenses

$367,747

Program service expenses (Part III)

$17,952,676

Program services were 87.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• INTERDISCIPLINARY FAMILY DEFENSE TEAMS:OUR MISSION IS TO DEFEND PRIMARILY BLACK AND BROWN PARENTS AND PREVENT OR MINIMIZE THE TIME ANY CHILD SPENDS IN FOSTER CARE. WE DEFEND MORE THAN 2300 PARENTS ANNUALLY AND HAVE DEFENDED NEARLY 14,000 PARENTS SINCE 2007 AGAINST CHARGES OF NEGLECT OR ABUSE IN MANHATTAN, QUEENS, AND BRONX FAMILY COURTS. OUR SUCCESSFUL MODEL COMBINES AN ATTORNEY, A SOCIAL WORKER, AND A PARENT ADVOCATE-SYSTEM IMPACTED PARENTS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR CHILDREN TO THE FOSTER SYSTEM AND REUNIFIED THEIR FAMILIES. BY COMBINING LEGAL AND SOCIAL WORK ADVOCACY WITH PARENT MENTORING, WE CONSISTENTLY KEEP HALF OUR CLIENTS' CHILDREN OUT OF CARE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE FOSTER CARE STAYS. WE SAVE MILLIONS IN TAX DOLLARS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY PERMIT CHILDREN TO GROW UP IN THEIR OWN FAMILIES.

  Expenses $15,130,956

• YOUTH DEFENSE PRACTICE: THE SAME CITY AGENCY THAT RUNS THE FOSTER SYSTEM ALSO RUNS THE TEENAGE INCARCERATION SYSTEM. WE REPRESENT PRIMARILY BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH WHO ARE CRIMINALLY CHARGED IN FAMILY COURT OR "YOUTH PARTS" IN QUEENS AND MANHATTAN WITH THE SAME INTERDISCIPLINARY MODEL WE BRING TO FAMILY DEFENSE. OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP YOUTH HOME, WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO AVOID THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF SEPARATION AND INCARCERATION.

  Expenses $861,735

• COMMUNITY ADVOCACY PROJECT (CAP) 627,441: CAP PROVIDES 'EARLY DEFENSE' TO PARENTS FACING A CITY INVESTIGATION OF MALTREATMENT, WITH THE GOAL OF AVOIDING A COURT PROSECUTION ALTOGETHER AND KEEPING FAMILIES INTACT AND CONNECTED TO SERVICES. CAP ALSO PROVIDES PARENTS WITH REPRESENTATION TO MODIFY THE STATE RECORDS THAT CORRESPOND TO A FAMILY POLICING INVESTIGATION; THE RECORDS OFTEN PREVENT PARENTS FROM SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN FIELDS WHERE EMPLOYERS REGULARLY CHECK THESE RECORDS. WHEN A PARENT'S FAMILY DEFENSE CASE IS DISMISSED OR THEY HAVE OVERCOME CHALLENGES THAT LEAD TO MALTREATMENT CHARGES, CAP ASSISTS PARENTS WITH AMENDING THESE RECORDS, THUS EXPANDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CLIENTS. EXPENSE HOME FOR GOOD 1,271,533: CFR FAMILIES OFTEN FACE SEVERAL CHALLENGES IN ADDITION TO A FAMILY COURT CASE AND OFTEN NEED ASSISTANCE IN THE AREAS OF HOUSING (TO PREVENT EVICTION AND OBTAIN STABLE HOUSING), IMMIGRATION (TO ACHIEVE LEGAL STATUS AND ACCESS CULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICES), PUBLIC BENEFITS (TO SECURE AND SUSTAIN IMPORTANT BENEFITS LIKE MEDICAID), AND IN CRIMINAL COURT (TO DEFEND ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO THEIR FAMILY COURT CASE). CHALLENGES IN ANY OF THESE AREAS CAN LEAD CHILDREN TO ENTER, REMAIN IN, OR RE-ENTER THE FOSTER SYSTEM. OUR HOME FOR GOOD INITIATIVE GIVES FAMILIES AN EFFICIENT ONE-STOP SOLUTION TO PROVIDE THEM WITH NEEDED ADVOCACY IN THESE OTHER AREAS AND SO KEEP THEIR FAMILIES STABLE. OUR CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TEAM, IMMIGRATION TEAM, AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE TEAM HAVE ALREADY ANNUALLY HELPED OVER NEARLY 7500 FAMILIES KEEP THEIR CHILDREN HOME FOR GOOD.

  Expenses $1,898,975

• TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND POLICY ADVOCACY 61,010: ANNUALLY CFR PROVIDES TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN 1,400 PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,INCLUDING JUDGES,ON OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY MODEL. STAFF ALSO REGULARLY HOST COMMUNITY BASED TRAININGS FOR PARENTS AND YOUTH. TO DATE, WE HAVE WORKED WITH OVER 10,000 PRACTITIONERS IN 20 STATES,WHO HOPE TO REPLICATE SOME OR ALL OF OUR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INTERDISCIPLINARY CORNERSTONE ADVOCACY MODEL.CFR STAFF REGULARLY PRESENT AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND SIT ON ADVISORY BOARDS AND WORK GROUPS DIRECTED TOWARD LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY REFORM TO PROMOTE JUSTICE FOR INDIGENT FAMILIES AND YOUTH.

  Expenses $61,010 · Revenue $8,372

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

20 September 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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