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← CHILDRENS LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHILDRENS LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA.

Totals

Total revenue
$859,941
Total expenses
$931,156
Contributions and grants received
$663,537
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$357
Investment income
$26,520
Other revenue
$169,527
Total assets, end of year
$1,304,050
Total liabilities, end of year
$68,769
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,235,281
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$829,406
Management and general expenses
$57,598
Fundraising expenses
$44,152
Program service expenses (Part III)
$829,406

Program services were 89.1% 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)

    $345,460

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $318,077

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $357 · related or exempt $357

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $26,520 · excluded $26,520

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $202,097

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $32,677

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $169,420 · excluded $169,420

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $107 · related or exempt $107

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $107

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $497,174 · program services $445,418 · management and general $27,941 · fundraising $23,815

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $204,624 · program services $183,323 · management and general $11,500 · fundraising $9,801

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,934 · program services $16,963 · management and general $1,064 · fundraising $907

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,206 · program services $44,979 · management and general $2,822 · fundraising $2,405

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,735 · management and general $7,735

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $28,503 · program services $26,767 · fundraising $1,736

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,889 · program services $40,216 · management and general $2,523 · fundraising $2,150

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,939 · program services $21,447 · management and general $1,345 · fundraising $1,147

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,693 · program services $14,059 · management and general $882 · fundraising $752

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,421 · program services $3,319 · management and general $68 · fundraising $34

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,408 · program services $12,908 · management and general $810 · fundraising $690

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,495 · program services $8,240 · management and general $170 · fundraising $85

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND COPYING

    total $4,425 · program services $3,964 · management and general $249 · fundraising $212

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEES/CHARGES

    total $4,168 · program services $3,734 · management and general $234 · fundraising $200

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $2,492 · program services $2,233 · management and general $140 · fundraising $119

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,285 · program services $1,151 · management and general $72 · fundraising $62

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $765 · program services $685 · management and general $43 · fundraising $37

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,921 · end of year $30,766

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,060,445 · end of year $965,895

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $213,711 · end of year $214,261

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,898 · end of year $16,154

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

    $80,570

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

    $60,281

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $34,699 · end of year $20,289

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $69,791 · end of year $56,685

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,112 · end of year $11,269

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $69,857 · end of year $57,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,181,496 · end of year $1,175,281

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $125,000 · end of year $60,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA PROMOTES AND PROTECTS THE LEGAL RIGHTS AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH THROUGH LEGAL ADVOCACY, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, AND POLICY REFORM.

  • CLC SERVED 506 CLIENTS IN 2023, AND SAW 158 CASES TO COMPLETION. OF THESE YOUTH, 54% (274) ARE FEMALE, 46% (232) ARE MALE; 58% (293) OF THE CASES ARE WITHIN RAMSEY COUNTY, 42% (214) ARE IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. ALL CLC CLIENTS ARE YOUNG PEOPLE IN FOSTER CARE IN MN, MOSTLY BETWEEN AGES 10-21. CLC SERVES A HIGH MINORITY POPULATION, MANY OF WHOM IDENTIFY AS MORE THAN ONE RACE. SPECIFICALLY, 187 (37%) ARE AFRIAN-AMERICAN, 172 (34%) ARE TWO OR MORE RACES, 37 (7%) ARE ASIAN, 10 (2%) ARE HISPANIC-LATINO, 8 (2%) ARE NATIVE AMERCAN BUT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR ICWA, 24 (5%) ARE ICWA ELIGIBLE, AND 68 (13%) ARE WHITE. 70% OF CLC CLIENTS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. 417 (82%) OF CLIENTS SERVED IN 2023 BELONGED TO A SIBLING GROUP. 450 (89%) HAD SPECIAL NEEDS. OF THE 158 CASES CLOSED IN 2023, 48 (30%) WERE ADOPTED, 36 (23%) AGED OUT, AND 24 (15%) HAD A TRANSFER OF CUSTODY. CLC STAFF ATTORNEYS REPRESENTED 273 (54%) OF CLC'S CLIENTS AND VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS REPRESENTED 233 (46%) OF CLC'S CLIENTS, INCLUDING SIBLING GROUPS. SOME VOUNTEER ATTORNEYS HAVE MORE THAN ONE CASE THROUGH CLC. IN 2023, CLC STAFF PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING EXTERNAL COMMITTEES AND COALITIONS TO ADVOCATE AND ASSIST IN IMPROVING THE SYSTEMS THAT AFFECT FOSTER AND AT-RISK YOUTH: 1) ABA CHILDREN'S LAWYERS CONNECT; 2) CHILDREN'S JUSTICE INITIATIVE; 3) STATEWIDE CJI ADVISORY COMMITTEE; 4) STATEWIDE CJI MENTAL HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE; 5) ONECOURTMN HEARINGS INITIATIVE (OHI); 6) MIFPA PHASE II; 7) MINNESOTA LEGAL AID WELLNESS COMMITTEE; 8) SPECIAL IMMIGRATION JUVENILE STATUS ROUNDTABLE; 9) CHILDREN'S JUSTICE ACT TASK FORCE; 10) HENNEPIN COUNTY CHILDREN'S JUSTICE INITIATIVE GROUP, 11) RAMSEY'S COUNTY CHILDREN'S JUSTICE INITIATIVE GROUP; 12) RAMSEY COUNTY QUARTERLY ADOPTION COMMITTEE; 13) RAMSEY COUNTY DATA SUBCOMMITTEE, 14) RAMSEY COUNTY ICWA ADVISORY BOARD 15) STATE TRIBAL PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE; 16) MINNESOTA RULES OF JUVENILE PROTECTION PROCEDURE COMMITTEE; 17) MSBA CHILDREN AND THE LAW SECTION. 70% OF CLC CLIENTS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, EXCEEDING NATIONAL STATISTICS FOR YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE. CLC TRAINED 12 NEW VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS IN 2023 THROUGH AN ON-DEMAND CLE TRAINING. CLC ALSO FACILITATED TRAININGS ON ETHICAL PITFALLS IN PRO BONO SERVICES, LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY FOR YOUTH IN EXTENDED FOSTER CARE (EFC), REASONABLE EFFORTS JUDICIAL ACADEMY, PERMANENCY IN PRACTICE FOR CHILD ATTORNEYS, ADDRESSING SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS IN CHILD PROTECTION MATTERS, OVERVIEW OF CLC AND OUR PRACTICE, EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION OF TEENS: SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHILD PROTECTION MATTERS, AND ICWA/MIFPA BEST PRACTICES IN MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURTS.

    Expenses $829,406 · Revenue $464

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrew Baese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Rachel Barrett

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Lisa Bayley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Amy Conway

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Joe Cassioppi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Peter Doely

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Melissa Raphan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • William Hefner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Perri Hite

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Holley Horrell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Kara Gray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Jamie Kurtz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Bethany Kinsella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Tony Zeuli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Payman Pezhman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Mark Schneebeck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Erin Sindberg Porter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Joshua Natzel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Deandra Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Lauren Pockl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Alona Rindal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Dustin Schmieg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Susan Dioury

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $17,067
    From this org
    $17,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related
  • Lilia Panteleeva

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,355
    From this org
    $70,885
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,470
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $70,885
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,470
    Filer's total
    $75,355

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432289349301068

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