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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COMMUNITY LAWYERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$253,104
Total expenses
$186,400
Contributions and grants received
$251,055
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,041
Investment income
$8
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$148,117
Total liabilities, end of year
$82,442
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$65,675
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$132,430
Management and general expenses
$52,687
Fundraising expenses
$1,283
Program service expenses (Part III)
$132,430

Program services were 71.0% 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)

    $28,280

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $222,775

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $21,820

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Legal Clinics

    total $2,041 · related or exempt $2,041

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8 · related or exempt $8

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Overhead Reimbursement

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 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 $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $88,562 · program services $54,964 · management and general $33,598

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,743 · program services $5,913 · management and general $4,830

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,120 · program services $3,908 · management and general $3,212

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $21,820 · program services $21,820

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,812 · program services $12,441 · management and general $5,465 · fundraising $906

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,218 · program services $3,831 · management and general $35 · fundraising $352

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,147 · program services $24,122 · fundraising $25

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $1,527 · program services $1,527

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,747 · program services $1,747

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,327 · program services $1,327

  • 24a · Other expenses: Licensing Fees

    total $5,679 · program services $132 · management and general $5,547

  • 24b · Other expenses: Other Costs

    total $698 · program services $698

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $86,314 · end of year $28,112

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $120,000

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $11,758

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

    $11,758

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,748 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $5

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,391 · end of year $3,742

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $78,700 · end of year $78,700

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year -$1,029 · end of year $65,675

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Community Lawyers, Inc. provides low and moderate-income people access to affordable legal services and develops innovative opportunities for attorneys and law students in underserved communities.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Community Lawyers, Inc. was incorporated in California in May 2005. Community Lawyers, Inc. was formed to formalize mentoring opportunities for first-generation pre-law and college students to expose them to opportunities in, and the challenges of the legal profession and the needs of low- and moderate-income clients. The precursor to Community Lawyers was started as an informal mentoring and internship program with private attorneys. In the years of 2002 to 2005, approximately a dozen new and future attorneys sought assistance from CLI for work and practical experience. The organization seeks to create a pipeline for quality, ethical and affordable attorneys who are responsive to the needs of the communities they serve.

  • Community Lawyers, Inc. (Organization) is a California not-for-profit corporation, incorporated in May 2005. The Organization provides underserved low- and no-income community members access to legal representation, pro-bono legal clinics, and community advocacy and engagement.

    Expenses $132,430

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lance Filer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walter Quinteros

    Treas/Sec

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hector L Huezo

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rosa Hirji

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Luz Herrera

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Sarah Raphael Garcia

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dr Marlyn Gilbert-Banks

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Rachelle Tajeda

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 June 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202331649349301343

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