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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR LAW AND EDUCATION INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 17 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$874,786 changed to $1,145,452
Contributions and grants received
$872,223 changed to $1,142,889
Total assets, end of year
$542,700 changed to $813,366
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$485,448 changed to $756,114

Totals

Total revenue
$1,145,452
Total expenses
$752,487
Contributions and grants received
$1,142,889
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,250
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,313
Total assets, end of year
$813,366
Total liabilities, end of year
$57,252
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$756,114
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$608,128
Management and general expenses
$94,634
Fundraising expenses
$49,725
Program service expenses (Part III)
$608,128

Program services were 80.8% 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

    $1,142,889

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM CONTRACT INCOME

    total $1,250 · related or exempt $1,250

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,313 · related or exempt $1,313

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,313

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $280,000 · program services $202,890 · management and general $44,721 · fundraising $32,389

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $269,493 · program services $251,757 · management and general $4,263 · fundraising $13,473

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $58,475 · program services $53,101 · management and general $5,185 · fundraising $189

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $44,918 · program services $41,793 · management and general $1,787 · fundraising $1,338

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,429 · management and general $11,429

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,799 · program services $610 · management and general $1,189

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,795 · program services $3,427 · management and general $4,169 · fundraising $199

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,876 · program services $36,070 · management and general $10,047 · fundraising $759

  • 17 · Travel

    total $257 · program services $33 · management and general $94 · fundraising $130

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $738 · program services $738

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,734 · program services $6,397 · management and general $202 · fundraising $135

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    total $5,421 · program services $4,879 · management and general $163 · fundraising $379

  • 24b · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $5,153 · program services $5,153

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES LICENSES AND FEES

    total $2,099 · program services $1,280 · management and general $85 · fundraising $734

  • 24d · Other expenses: EXTERNAL THEFT

    total $11,300 · management and general $11,300

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $241,428 · end of year $304,496

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $132,500 · end of year $460,067

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,691 · end of year $11,811

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

    $7,481

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

    $6,559

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,660 · end of year $922

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $70,956 · end of year $36,070

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,179 · end of year $12,780

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $7,427

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $72,907 · end of year $37,045

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $172,782 · end of year $187,919

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $190,367 · end of year $568,195

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CENTER FOR LAW AND EDUCATION WORKS TO MAKE THE RIGHTS OF ALL STUDENTS TO QUALITY EDUCATION A REALITY THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND TO ENABLE COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS THEIR OWN EDUCATION PROBLEMS EFFECTIVELY,WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES.

  • THE CENTER WORKS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME, INCLUDING LOW-ACHIEVING STUDENTS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS,EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATION DECISION-MAKERS AND IMPLEMENTERS, ADVOCATES, AND STUDENT, FAMILY,AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ALONG WITH SYSTEMIC LEGAL SERVICE SUPPORT WITH A FOCUS ON SECURING RIGHTS TO QUALITY EDUCATION FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND OTHER STATES.

    Expenses $608,128

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paul Weckstein

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $165,000
    From this org
    $165,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $165,000

  • Mary-Frances Brangman

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,000
    From this org
    $115,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Junious Williams

    PRESIDENT TILL 71724

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rajan Sonik

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amanda Broun

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Norma Cantu

    VICE-PRESIDENT TILL 71724

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenny Chou

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gabrielle Pingue Lamarre

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jimmy Merino

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carissa Juarez

    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. 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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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
2024
Filed
16 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202640479349301894

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