Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by CALIFORNIA LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,598,794
- Total expenses
- $2,702,803
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,393,039
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $65,462
- Investment income
- $118,029
- Other revenue
- $22,264
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,606,754
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $409,529
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,197,225
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,444,750
- Management and general expenses
- $258,053
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,444,750
Program services were 90.5% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$20,007
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,719,436
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$653,596
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2a · Program service revenue: Arbitration & Mediation
total $5,635 · related or exempt $5,635
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2b · Program service revenue: Member Services
total $59,827 · related or exempt $59,827
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3 · Investment income
total $118,029 · excluded $118,029
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$14,451
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$17,175
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$2,724
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Revene
total $24,988 · related or exempt $24,988
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$24,988
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $162,031 · program services $148,114 · management and general $13,917
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,567,050 · program services $1,432,284 · management and general $134,766
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $39,711 · program services $36,296 · management and general $3,415
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $282,466 · program services $258,174 · management and general $24,292
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $21,650 · management and general $21,650
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $281,984 · program services $281,984
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $142 · management and general $142
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13 · Office expenses
total $18,105 · program services $16,548 · management and general $1,557
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $151,921 · program services $138,856 · management and general $13,065
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17 · Travel
total $77,234 · program services $63,873 · management and general $13,361
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $25,077 · program services $22,920 · management and general $2,157
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23 · Insurance
total $12,935 · program services $12,935
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24a · Other expenses: Youth Stipends
total $28,982 · program services $28,982
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24b · Other expenses: Internet Services
total $13,119 · program services $13,119
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24c · Other expenses: Payroll Service
total $10,668 · program services $9,375 · management and general $1,293
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24d · Other expenses: Bank Charges
total $5,087 · management and general $5,087
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24e · All other expenses
total $4,641 · program services -$18,710 · management and general $23,351
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $565 · end of year $169,580
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,623,306 · end of year $1,175,798
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $119,644 · end of year $223,814
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$101,769
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$100,217
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $23,705 · end of year $1,552
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $44,003 · end of year $36,010
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $9,519 · end of year $32,473
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $1,414,558 · end of year $299,143
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $78,454 · end of year $77,913
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,308,692 · end of year $1,197,225
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Legal education and referrals. Mediation and arbitration services. Youth arts internship program. Arts in corrections program.
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Designing Creative Futures - Internship opportunities in arts-related business for formerly incarcerated inviduals, including trainings, workshops, and follow-up.
Expenses $1,115,176 · Revenue $1,122,628
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Member Services - Services provided to artists include a legal referral program to provide legal aid to artists. Sponsorship of seminars and workshops relating to arts law and publication of arts law handbooks. Organizes Arts in Corrections conferences.
Expenses $958,103 · Revenue $841,372
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Arbitration & Mediation - An arbitration and mediation service for disputes relating to the arts. The purpose of this program is to provide an inexpensive and informed service for alternative dispute resolution.
Expenses $208,302 · Revenue $358,451
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Arts & Community Development - California Lawyers for the Arts leads a consortium of arts organization which train at-risk youth and place them in summer jobs in arts-related fields.
Expenses $163,169 · Revenue $155,149
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Alma Robinson
Executive Direc
- Total calculated
- $162,031
- From this org
- $162,031
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $162,031
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $162,031
-
Michael Parme
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MJ Bogatin
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Davis
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Darren Presher
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gerry Bryant
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Grace Bergen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Teresa Carey
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Stuart Carroll
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Aaron Rubin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Peter Dickinson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Keith Cooper
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Uduak Oduok
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Eric Chun
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Eugene Clark-Herrera
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Nicholas White
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Kimberley Hancock
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Eric Hayashi
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Edward Hearn
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Joseph Lewis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Stephanie G Herrera
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Gary Goldberger
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Marisa Johnson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Benjamin Kimes
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
William Turner
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
John Wong
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Eric Metzger
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Michael Solomon
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Jennifer Burke Sylva
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Andrew Turney
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Barbara Benish
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Maria Gomez Rodriguez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Stephen Hirsch
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Christopher Marchese
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Corey Salsberg
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Hemal Parikh
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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
None.
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
- 15 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202601359349314225
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