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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EQUIP FOR EQUALITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,425,878
Total expenses
$9,321,913
Contributions and grants received
$8,644,394
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$718,262
Investment income
$47,891
Other revenue
$15,331
Total assets, end of year
$5,557,493
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,217,886
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,339,607
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,193,897
Management and general expenses
$2,069,480
Fundraising expenses
$58,536
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,193,897

Program services were 77.2% 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)

    $7,206,625

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,437,769

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME - UNRE

    total $422,318 · related or exempt $422,318

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PADD PROGRAM INCOME

    total $199,221 · related or exempt $199,221

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PAIMI PROGRAM INCOME

    total $49,576 · related or exempt $49,576

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PAIR PROGRAM INCOME

    total $45,172 · related or exempt $45,172

  • 2e · Program service revenue: ADA PROJECT PROGRAM IN

    total $1,000 · related or exempt $1,000

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $975 · related or exempt $975

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $47,891 · excluded $47,891

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $15,331 · related or exempt $15,331

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,331

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $699,476 · program services $562,112 · management and general $132,876 · fundraising $4,488

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,030,802 · program services $4,042,853 · management and general $955,671 · fundraising $32,278

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $163,435 · program services $130,194 · management and general $32,080 · fundraising $1,161

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,043,153 · program services $913,650 · management and general $126,191 · fundraising $3,312

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $413,011 · program services $331,735 · management and general $78,785 · fundraising $2,491

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,036 · management and general $32,036

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $265,910 · program services $31,043 · management and general $226,584 · fundraising $8,283

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $89,945 · program services $65,228 · management and general $24,347 · fundraising $370

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $187,146 · program services $87,338 · management and general $98,692 · fundraising $1,116

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $681,098 · program services $475,138 · management and general $204,292 · fundraising $1,668

  • 17 · Travel

    total $230,083 · program services $170,382 · management and general $57,852 · fundraising $1,849

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $32,805 · program services $28,555 · management and general $4,073 · fundraising $177

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER CONTRACTUAL

    total $245,507 · program services $161,690 · management and general $82,960 · fundraising $857

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESOURCE & RESEARCH

    total $113,748 · program services $101,813 · management and general $11,510 · fundraising $425

  • 24c · Other expenses: CASE RELATED EXPENSE

    total $88,029 · program services $87,649 · management and general $326 · fundraising $54

  • 24d · Other expenses: DESIGN AND PRINTING

    total $5,729 · program services $4,517 · management and general $1,205 · fundraising $7

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $230,772 · end of year $330,459

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,496,120 · end of year $2,560,472

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $714,985 · end of year $1,026,940

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $222,490 · end of year $199,360

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

    $316,211

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

    $279,014

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $70,002 · end of year $37,197

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $50,780 · end of year $1,403,065

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $385,656 · end of year $410,356

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $151,914 · end of year $50,548

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $11,937 · end of year $1,596

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,755,386

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,972,155 · end of year $3,002,798

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $263,487 · end of year $336,809

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ADVANCE THE HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES IN ILLINOIS. ADMINISTER FEDERALLY MANDATED PROTECTION & ADVOCACY SYSTEM FOR STATE; EXERCISE STATUTORY POWERS, AND SERVE AS LEGAL ADVOCATE AND INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG OVER PUBLIC & PRIVATE SECTORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVANCE THE HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES IN ILLINOIS.

  • PROTECTION & ADVOCACY SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN THE MID-1970'S, CONGRESS ESTABLISHED A UNIQUE, INNOVATIVE, EXPERIMENTAL INITIATIVE TO SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. UNDER THIS PROGRAM, EACH GOVERNOR WAS EMPOWERED TO DESIGNATE ONE INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION TO SERVE AS A LEGAL ADVOCATE AND WATCHDOG FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN THE STATE. IN THIS ROLE, EQUIP FOR EQUALITY PROVIDES SELF-ADVOCACY ASSISTANCE AND LEGAL SERVICES TO REMEDY INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND PURSUES SYSTEMS-CHANGE INITIATIVES TO BENEFIT THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. THESE INITIATIVES INCLUDE FACILITY MONITORING, SYSTEMS LITIGATION TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY LIVING, PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY, TRAINING ON DISABILITY RIGHTS, AND OTHER SOCIAL CHANGE STRATEGIES.

    Expenses $1,368,096 · Revenue $199,221

  • PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTSFOLLOWING ADOPTION OF THE ADA, THE LANDMARK FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAW FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, CONGRESS RECOGNIZED THAT MOST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES TO ENFORCE THEIR ADA RIGHTS. THUS, IN THE EARLY 1990S, CONGRESS ONCE AGAIN EXPANDED THE ROLE AND AUTHORITY OF THE STATE P&A SYSTEMS TO EMPOWER THEM TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL AND OTHER DISABILITIES (BESIDES DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND MENTAL ILLNESS) WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. UNDER THIS NEW P&A INITIATIVE, EQUIP FOR EQUALITY OPENED ITS DOORS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH ALL TYPES OF DISABILITIES (E.G., MOBILITY, LEARNING, SENSORY, AND OTHERS), WITH A FOCUS ON PROMOTING ACCESS AND CHALLENGING DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES PROHIBITED UNDER THE ADA.

    Expenses $670,066 · Revenue $45,172

  • PROTECTION & ADVOCACY SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESSIN RESPONSE TO ALARMING FINDINGS OF WIDESPREAD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAD DOCUMENTED, IN THE MID-1980S CONGRESS EXPANDED THE ROLE OF THE INDEPENDENT, STATE-LEVEL PROTECTION & AVOCACY SYSTEMS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ILLNESSES. WITH THIS EXPANDED ROLE AND AUTHORITY, EQUIP FOR EQUALITY MONITORS THE USE OF RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION; ASSESSES THE QUALITY OF STATE-CONDUCTED ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS; ENSURES THAT TREATMENT MEETS QUALITY STANDARDS; AND CALLS FOR REFORMS TO PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT, SELF-DETERMINATION, COMMUNITYLIVING, AND OTHER RIGHTS UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA).

    Expenses $1,141,489 · Revenue $49,576

  • MULTIPLE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, SELF-DETERMINATION AND VOTING.

    Expenses $4,014,246 · Revenue $439,624

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Rotatori

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John K Holton

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vince Sparrow

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Rivers

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sonia Bhagwakar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nina Cyrenne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Kirby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrie Sandahl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peggy Bertelsen Hampton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zena Naiditch

    PRESIDENT & CEO/EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $321,307
    From this org
    $292,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,893
    Hours/week
    45.2

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $259,795
    Bonus
    $32,619
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,116
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,777
    Filer's total
    $321,307
  • James McMillan

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $172,596
    From this org
    $156,054
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,542
    Hours/week
    42.7

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,054
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,575
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,967
    Filer's total
    $172,596
  • Barry C Taylor

    VP - CIVIL RIGHTS/LITIGATI

    Total calculated
    $192,995
    From this org
    $156,816
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,179
    Hours/week
    44.1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,816
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,729
    Filer's total
    $192,995
  • Olga F Pribyl

    VP - SPECIAL ED CLINIC

    Total calculated
    $171,849
    From this org
    $134,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,249
    Hours/week
    42.7

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,600
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,799
    Filer's total
    $171,849
  • Laura Miller Eligator

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $149,865
    From this org
    $122,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,557
    Hours/week
    40
  • Thomas G Fischer

    SENIOR ORGANZIATIONAL ADVI

    Total calculated
    $158,710
    From this org
    $137,517
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,193
    Hours/week
    41

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,517
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,743
    Filer's total
    $158,710
  • Stacey Aschemann

    VP - INDEPENDENT MONITORIN

    Total calculated
    $147,174
    From this org
    $127,324
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,850
    Hours/week
    40
  • La June Davis-Wiley

    SR. DIR.-HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $139,232
    From this org
    $123,873
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,359
    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 · 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
2022
Filed
22 July 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202432059349300228

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