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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COLORADO LEGAL SERVICES.

Totals

Total revenue
$20,978,129
Total expenses
$19,771,558
Contributions and grants received
$20,216,149
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$320
Investment income
$761,660
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$19,234,079
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,681,527
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,552,552
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,780,767
Management and general expenses
$1,971,035
Fundraising expenses
$19,756
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,780,767

Program services were 89.9% 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)

    $5,676,116

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $14,540,033

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY FEES

    total $220 · related or exempt $220

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $100 · related or exempt $100

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $761,660 · excluded $761,660

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $631,878 · program services $21,461 · management and general $608,331 · fundraising $2,086

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $12,414,777 · program services $11,665,408 · management and general $738,305 · fundraising $11,064

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,767,587 · program services $2,545,948 · management and general $218,974 · fundraising $2,665

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $970,205 · program services $873,185 · management and general $96,050 · fundraising $970

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $131,312 · program services $118,181 · management and general $13,000 · fundraising $131

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,150 · management and general $15,150

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $344,115 · program services $309,702 · management and general $34,068 · fundraising $345

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,484 · program services $12,136 · management and general $1,335 · fundraising $13

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $550,430 · program services $495,387 · management and general $54,493 · fundraising $550

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,300,184 · program services $1,170,166 · management and general $128,718 · fundraising $1,300

  • 17 · Travel

    total $373,802 · program services $336,422 · management and general $37,006 · fundraising $374

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,177 · program services $1,960 · management and general $215 · fundraising $2

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $35,706 · program services $32,135 · management and general $3,535 · fundraising $36

  • 24a · Other expenses: LIBRARY UPDATES

    total $62,236 · program services $56,013 · management and general $6,161 · fundraising $62

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $50,081 · program services $40,126 · management and general $9,856 · fundraising $99

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP FEES

    total $49,460 · program services $49,460

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $48,050 · program services $43,245 · management and general $4,757 · fundraising $48

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,924 · program services $9,832 · management and general $1,081 · fundraising $11

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $224,967 · end of year $392,560

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $14,015,752 · end of year $15,960,445

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,579,772 · end of year $967,560

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $67,323 · end of year $74,011

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

    $496,280

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

    $482,889

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,568 · end of year $13,391

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,551,758 · end of year $1,826,112

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,065,338 · end of year $1,036,363

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,317,935 · end of year $1,896,055

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $65,978 · end of year $109,183

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,444,809 · end of year $1,639,926

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,829,309 · end of year $9,376,178

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,731,771 · end of year $5,176,374

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY, CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE FOR AS MANY LOW INCOME PERSONS AND MEMBERS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THROUGHOUT COLORADO AS POSSIBLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES ACCESS TO QUALITY CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO AS MANY PEOPLE IN CO AS POSSIBLE.

  • TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY, CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE FOR AS MANY LOW INCOME PERSONS AND MEMBERS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THROUGHOUT COLORADO AS POSSIBLE.

    Expenses $17,780,767 · Revenue $320

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Maureen Terjak

    DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $151,002
    From this org
    $135,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,759
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,243
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,759
    Filer's total
    $151,002
  • Molly Ryan

    DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $147,047
    From this org
    $127,088
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,959
    Hours/week
    40
  • Matthew Baca

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,460
    From this org
    $114,767
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $693
    Hours/week
    40
  • Edgar McCullough

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $125,680
    From this org
    $110,016
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,664
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jonathan Asher

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 3/23)

    Total calculated
    $93,023
    From this org
    $76,849
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,174
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jose Vasquez

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $116,752
    From this org
    $115,624
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,128
    Hours/week
    40
  • Claire Dickson

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $116,194
    From this org
    $115,624
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $570
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brett Landis

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $131,317
    From this org
    $115,624
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,693
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kathyrn Hall

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $131,317
    From this org
    $115,624
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,693
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lindsay Marshall

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $131,317
    From this org
    $115,624
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,693
    Hours/week
    40
  • Tina Smith

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Frey

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenzo Kawanabe

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kymberly Merrick

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Adams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Castle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Decker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerome Deherrera

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Gaddis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karla Gomez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paula Greisen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Franz Hardy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Hijar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henry Kroll

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kirsten Kurath

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly Lord

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betty Marroquin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shirley Ann Meekins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meredith Munro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meshach Rhoades

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Stine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Survine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kara Veitch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Vigil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Wallace

    DIRECTOR

    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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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
2023
Filed
18 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422929349301392

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