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← WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,375,786
Total expenses
$6,862,908
Contributions and grants received
$5,625,952
Grants paid
$650,779
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,423,717
Management and general expenses
$647,638
Fundraising expenses
$791,553
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,423,717

Program services were 79.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Elson

    Board Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lois D Thompson

    Co-Chair / Interim ED (start 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $109,338
    From this org
    $109,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

  • Howard J Steinberg

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Brady

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shane Brun

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Duane Campbell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Cardoza

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Corinna Cherian

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia B Cherlow

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maisie Chin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justine Daniels

    Director (start 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Felicia Davis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Grant A Davis-Denny

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raquel Donoso

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darcy Down

    Director (start 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daralyn Durie

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Ebor

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diana Feinstein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David E Fink

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marisol Franco

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jocelyn Freeman

    Director (end 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John S Gibson

    Director (end 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Goodman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine Gorham

    Director (start 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Gottlieb

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joshua Hamilton

    Director (end 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Harding

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Hostettler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jaelyn Edwards Judelson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Olivia Kim

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leif King

    Director (end 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan K Leader

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shira Liu

    Director (end 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Loran III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica L Lunney

    Director (end 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael John Miguel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Nishimoto

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Paris

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alison L Plessman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Madhu Pocha

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Reiss

    Director (start 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Reitmeier

    Director (start 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sylvia Rivera

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Connie Chan Robison

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rey M Rodriguez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nick Spear

    Director (start 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Shipley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven G Sklaver

    Director (end 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dianne Baquet Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick J Somers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth Butler Steyer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abraham Tabaie

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lois M Takahashi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dale Walls

    Director (end 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Wong

    Director (end 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Crystal D Crawford

    Executive Director (end 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $155,308
    From this org
    $144,122
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,186
    Hours/week
    40 + 0.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,122
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,375
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,811
    Filer's total
    $155,308

  • Richard Rothschild

    Director of Litigation

    Total calculated
    $213,567
    From this org
    $185,944
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,623
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,944
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,623
    Filer's total
    $213,567

  • Brandon Greene

    Dir. Policy Advocacy

    Total calculated
    $194,088
    From this org
    $175,152
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,936
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,152
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,936
    Filer's total
    $194,088

  • Nisha Vyas

    Deputy Director

    Total calculated
    $192,720
    From this org
    $171,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,750
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,970
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,750
    Filer's total
    $192,720

  • Heather Masterton

    Director of Philanthropy

    Total calculated
    $177,994
    From this org
    $170,994
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,994
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,000
    Filer's total
    $177,994

  • Stephanie Surabian

    Dir. of Finance & Administration

    Total calculated
    $182,343
    From this org
    $165,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,929
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,414
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,429
    Filer's total
    $182,343

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 — 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • WCLP Endowment Foundation

    501(c)3 · To support the activities of Western Center on Law and Poverty, Inc. · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Western Center on Law and Poverty Inc

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349310302

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