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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LEGAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,573,338
Total expenses
$3,601,786
Contributions and grants received
$2,757,029
Grants paid
$42,212
Program service revenue
$769,941
Investment income
$17,522
Other revenue
$28,846
Total assets, end of year
$2,829,499
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,130,828
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,698,671
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,789,546
Management and general expenses
$316,940
Fundraising expenses
$495,300
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,789,546

Program services were 77.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $80,065

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,015,621

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,661,343

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program service fees

    total $769,941 · related or exempt $769,941

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,522 · excluded $17,522

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $40,494

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $80,065

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $11,648

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $28,846 · excluded $28,846

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $42,212 · program services $42,212

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $201,019 · program services $163,874 · management and general $14,295 · fundraising $22,850

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,194,785 · program services $1,781,475 · management and general $160,758 · fundraising $252,552

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $42,448 · program services $34,458 · management and general $3,107 · fundraising $4,883

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $282,123 · program services $237,892 · management and general $15,290 · fundraising $28,941

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $189,877 · program services $154,173 · management and general $13,876 · fundraising $21,828

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,607 · program services $13,502 · management and general $41 · fundraising $64

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $73,475 · management and general $73,475

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $65,458 · program services $41,437 · management and general $2,992 · fundraising $21,029

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $98,514 · program services $80,181 · management and general $5,307 · fundraising $13,026

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $59,550 · program services $50,093 · management and general $3,675 · fundraising $5,782

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $202,960 · program services $84,796 · management and general $14,832 · fundraising $103,332

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,547 · program services $6,954 · management and general $169 · fundraising $3,424

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,166 · program services $15,494 · management and general $1,672

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $19,156 · program services $15,554 · management and general $1,400 · fundraising $2,202

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,328 · program services $14,882 · management and general $1,339 · fundraising $2,107

  • 24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $49,079 · program services $33,104 · management and general $2,896 · fundraising $13,079

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $17,395 · program services $15,378 · management and general $1,816 · fundraising $201

  • 24c · Other expenses: Medical records

    total $2,178 · program services $2,178

  • 24d · Other expenses: Client services

    total $1,909 · program services $1,909

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $418,957 · end of year $470,182

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,023,606 · end of year $847,224

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $602,375 · end of year $673,437

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,686 · end of year $6,250

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

    $255,938

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

    $225,030

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $46,600 · end of year $30,908

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $801,498

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $293,822 · end of year $254,222

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $119,283 · end of year $876,606

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,190,691 · end of year $1,681,870

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $536,428 · end of year $16,801

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Legal Council for Health Justice uses the power of law to secure dignity, opportunity, and well-being for people living with illness or disability. All programs combine direct service, public policy, and education/outreach.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Use the power of law to secure dignity, opportunity & well-being for people w/illness & disability.

  • Children & Families Program: This program provided legal services to children with complex health conditions in medical-legal partnerships with ACCESS Community Health, Comer Children's Hospital, Lurie Children's Hospital, and Mt. Sinai Hospital.

    Expenses $669,408 · Revenue $226,652

  • HIV Program: This program, continuing work started 32 years ago at the height of the AIDS crisis, provided legal services to people living with or impacted by HIV and other chronic health conditions. The project has medical-legal partnerships with Christian Community Health Center, the Core Center of Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Howard Brown Health, the Michael Reese HIV Project at UIC, and TPAN.

    Expenses $983,562 · Grants $1,103 · Revenue $31,015

  • Homeless Program: This program focused its legal advocacy on people who have serious mental or other health issues and are homeless. Working with social services agencies across Chicago including the AFC Center for Housing & Health, All Chicago SOAR Program, Franciscan Outreach, Matthew House, Safer Foundation, and Urban Breakthrough Ministries, program staff have worked with clients to help them gain access to disability income, health care, substance abuse treatment, and other benefits that empower clients to stabilize their lives and sustain housing.

    Expenses $732,157 · Revenue $344,988

  • Special Projects

    Expenses $404,419 · Grants $41,109 · Revenue $167,286

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bryce Cooper Esq

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Motto

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Fliflet Esq

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Betsy Farrington

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexander Bandza

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Braden Berkey PsyD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Butkus

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Philip Tortorich Esq

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Greer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Kirsch

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris McAdam

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Swarup Mehta PharmD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sherri Allen Reeves

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Casner MD Esq

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthen Perry

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mathew Herek

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Yates

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $127,684
    From this org
    $114,865
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,819
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ruth Edwards

    Senior Director of Program

    Total calculated
    $113,306
    From this org
    $109,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,726
    Hours/week
    40

  • Caroline Chapman

    Senior Director of Litigat

    Total calculated
    $113,080
    From this org
    $109,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,500
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lisa Parsons

    Program Director

    Total calculated
    $109,612
    From this org
    $105,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,852
    Hours/week
    40

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
7 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303419349300015

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