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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,626,159
Total expenses
$14,305,194
Contributions and grants received
$14,523,623
Grants paid
$13,351,622
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$102,536
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$10,634,259
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,129,160
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,505,099
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,112,986
Management and general expenses
$89,685
Fundraising expenses
$102,523
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,112,986

Program services were 98.7% 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)

    $13,941,363

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $582,260

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $102,536 · excluded $102,536

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $13,351,622 · program services $13,351,622

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $245,988 · program services $205,670 · management and general $18,504 · fundraising $21,814

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $141,096 · program services $117,970 · management and general $10,614 · fundraising $12,512

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,018 · program services $10,018

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $50,733 · program services $39,868 · management and general $4,833 · fundraising $6,032

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,994 · program services $25,367 · management and general $1,801 · fundraising $1,826

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $380,229 · program services $297,609 · management and general $36,505 · fundraising $46,115

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $64,381 · program services $48,129 · management and general $7,251 · fundraising $9,001

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,251 · program services $14,507 · management and general $1,210 · fundraising $1,534

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,692 · program services $256 · management and general $292 · fundraising $2,144

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,755 · program services $1,064 · management and general $6,346 · fundraising $1,345

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $248 · program services $172 · management and general $34 · fundraising $42

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,187 · program services $734 · management and general $2,295 · fundraising $158

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $727,525 · end of year $455,268

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,710,581 · end of year $2,332,151

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,406,570 · end of year $7,769,728

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,956 · end of year $24,806

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

    $4,578

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

    $4,578

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $247 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $52,306

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $42,122 · end of year $67,453

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $3,621,624 · end of year $3,009,254

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,999 · end of year $52,453

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $173,706 · end of year $154,406

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,010,428 · end of year $7,350,693

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION FUNDS CIVIL LEGAL AID IN ILLINOIS TO CHAMPION THE RIGHTS OF THOSE BURDENED BY BARRIERS TO JUSTICE. WE ENVISION EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AND NAVIGATION OF THE ILLINOIS CIVIL LEGAL SYSTEM.

  • THE ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS INNOVATIVE, COST-EFFECTIVE CIVIL LEGAL AID PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE IN CRISIS ADDRESS LIFE-CHANGING PROBLEMS AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. THESE PROGRAMS OFFER: - LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD A LAWYER - EASY TO UNDERSTAND LEGAL FORMS AND INFORMATION - ACCESS TO LEGAL AID HOTLINES - LEGAL SELF-HELP CENTER THAT HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS - MEDIATION SERVICES THAT HELP PEOPLE RESOLVE CONFLICTS AND AVOID COURTTO MAXIMIZE OUR IMPACT, WE FUND BOTH LARGE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE A BREADTH OF LEGAL AID SERVICES, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY BASED GROUPS WHO BRING THE LAW TO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE.WE CURRENTLY MANAGE THREE STATE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CIVIL LEGAL AID, IN ADDITION TO TWO STATE CONTRACTS FOR HOUSING LEGAL SERVICES.

    Expenses $14,112,986 · Grants $13,351,622

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kendric Cobb

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Keith Emmons

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dorothy Capers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hon Patti Bellock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Suheily Natal Davis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shanin Farmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Gammelgard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Meachum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicholas A Gowen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nathan B Hinch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenneth M Kirkwood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sook Lee

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hon Viviana Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gray Mateo-Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Faiq Mihlar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cristina Nutzman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harold B Oakley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hon Jeffrey Schoenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tobin Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leslie Corbett Chenoweth

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $160,000
    From this org
    $158,868
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,132
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,868
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,132
    Filer's total
    $160,000

  • Allison Zidek

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $91,980
    From this org
    $87,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,860
    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. 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

  • LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID

    $3,850,343

    TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION, ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE IN 65 SOUTHERN/CENTRAL COUNTIES INCLUDING VETERANS, PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINALIZATION OF CANNABIS AND THOSE IMPACTED BY HOUSING INSTABILITY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

  • PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES

    $3,559,741

    TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION, ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE IN 36 NORTHERN/CENTRAL COUNTIES INCLUDING VETERANS, PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINALIZATION OF CANNABIS AND THOSE IMPACTED BY HOUSING INSTABILITY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

  • COORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES

    $940,820

    TO PROVIDE COORDINATED LEGAL INFORMATION, ADVICE AND REFERRALS TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE IN COOK COUNTY AND TO VETERANS AND PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINALIZATION OF CANNABIS STATEWIDE. TO PROVIDE TECH EXPERTISE ON LEGAL AID NETWORKS PROGRAMS.

  • LEGAL AID CHICAGO

    $776,088

    TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION, ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, VETERANS AND PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINIALIZATION OF CANNABIS AND FORECLOSURE IN COOK COUNTY.

  • DISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTE

    $681,713

    TO PROVIDE MEDIATION SERVICES FOR FAMILIIES IN THE 1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT AND TO TENANTS, LANDLORDS AND HOMEOWNERS IN HOUSING DISPUTES DUE TO THE PANDEMIC IN THE 1ST, 6TH AND 20TH JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.

  • CHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES

    $380,263

    TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION, ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND VETERANS IN COOK COUNTY.

  • METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICESLEGAL AID SOCIETY

    $283,969

    TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION, ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE IMPACTED BY HOUSING INSTABILITY AND PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINIALIZATION OF CANNABIS IN COOK COUNTY.

  • IL LEGAL AID ONLINE

    $234,502

    TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC STATEWIDE VIA A WEBSITE; TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED LEGAL INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERTISE FOR PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINLIZATION OF CANNABIS AS WELL AS HOUSING INSTABILITY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

  • EQUIP FOR EQUALITY

    $220,000

    TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION AND ADVICE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION ISSUES VIA A STATEWIDE HOTLINE. TO PROVIDE OUTREACH TO DISABLED PEOPLE IMPACTED BY CRIMINALIZATION OF CANNABIS.

  • GREATER CHICAGO LEGAL CLINIC

    $215,000

    TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION, ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINIALIZATION OF CANNABIS IN COOK COUNTY.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530159349300678

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