LEGAL RIGHTS CENTER INCORPORATED

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I83Z

Classification

1000

Street

1611 PARK AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• SEE SCHEDULE O.THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY DEFENSE PROGRAM WE PROVIDE FREE CRIMINAL DEFENSE TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS UTILIZING A MODEL OF PROVIDING HOLISTIC, CLIENT-CENTERED AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN REPRESENTATION TO CLIENTS WHO OTHERWISE COULD NOT AFFORD AN ATTORNEY. WE PRIORITIZE CLIENTS AND CASES INVOLVING INJUSTICES, FOCUSED ON CHALLENGING HARMFUL SYSTEMIC PROCESSES OR PRACTICES, OR IN WHICH THE CLIENT MAY BENEFIT FROM SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY RESOURCES. WE ALSO UTILIZE A TEAM REPRESENTATION MODEL, WITH EACH CLIENT WORKING WITH BOTH AN ATTORNEY AND A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE. IN 2025, LRC PROVIDED CRIMINAL DEFENSE REPRESENTATION ON 337 JUVENILE AND ADULT CASES. 35% OF CASES WITH REPRESENTATION BY LRC ATTORNEYS WERE ACQUITTED, DISMISSED, DIVERTED OR DISCHARGED. AN ADDITIONAL 6% OF CASES WITH LRC REPRESENTATION RESULTED IN A STAY OF ADJUDICATION, FOR A TOTAL OF 41% OF LRC CASES WITH NO CONVICTIONS IN 2025. WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR POST-CONVICTION SUPPORT, SUPPORTING CLIENTS THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS FOR PARDONS AND COMMUTATIONS, AND SUPPORTING 96 PEOPLE THROUGH THE EXPUNGEMENT PROCESS. ADDITIONALLY, OUR CLIENT SUPPORT TEAM SERVES AS A RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUALS FOR WHOM WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE FULL REPRESENTATION. IN 2025, OUR COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND PROGRAM ASSISTANT SERVED AS A RESOURCE FOR THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS, REFERRING TO OTHER PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR LEGAL PROBLEM SOLVING, AND TO COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.OUR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM INCLUDES THREE CORE AREAS OF WORK: SCHOOL-BASED RESTORATIVE SERVICES FACILITATION (I.E. FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCES, CIRCLES TO REPAIR HARM, RESTORATIVE DIALOGUE, ETC.), CAPACITY BUILDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENGAGEMENTS WITH EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO RESTORATIVE AT DECISION POINTS LEADING TO AND WITHIN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, INCLUDING SCHOOLS, POLICE, PROSECUTORS AND COURTS. IN 2025, OUR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM FACILITATED 58 TARGETED RESTORATIVE INTERVENTIONS, EACH WITH INDIVIDUALLY DETERMINED BENCHMARKS FOR SUCCESS. OF THE DIRECT REFERRAL CASES SUPPORTED BY OUR TEAM WHICH CLOSED IN 2025, 95.8% MET BENCHMARKS FOR SUCCESS. ADDITIONALLY, IN 2025, OUR TEAM WORKED ACROSS 51 SCHOOLS TO ENGAGE IN THESE INTERVENTIONS AND PROVIDE OVER 334 HOURS OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES CONSULTATION, TRAINING, AND CO-FACILITATION, AND 81 CIRCLE SPACES. A TOTAL OF 440 STAFF WERE INVOLVED, WITH 279 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN CO-FACILITATED RESTORATIVE CIRCLES OR OTHER INTERVENTIONS FACILITATED IN CONSULTATION WITH SCHOOL STAFF.OUR COMMUNITY STRATEGY TEAM INTEGRATES THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION RELATED TO COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. COMPRISED OF ORGANIZERS AND EDUCATORS, THIS TEAM'S WORK INCLUDES POLICY ADVOCACY AT THE CITY, STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL, COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH/ENGAGEMENT SO THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF LRC'S SERVICES. IN 2025, LRC HELD IN 19 COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS, REACHING 465 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ALSO ENGAGED APPROXIMATELY 700 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT EVENTS ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES, DISTRIBUTING LRC INFORMATION AND RESOURCES. IN 2025 WE EMPLOYED 8 YOUTH AS COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATORS WHO HELPED CREATE VIDEOS AND CONTENT FOR OUR KNOWYOURRIGHTSMN.ORG WEBSITE, WITH INFORMATION ON A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION TOPICS. WE ALSO HOSTED A WEEK-LONG KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CAMP WITH 20 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS. PLANNED AND EXECUTED BY OUR YOUTH COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATORS, PARTICIPANTS WERE IMMERSED IN AN INTERACTIVE WEEK OF LEGAL EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR WE EMPLOYED 5 YOUTH AS CAMPAIGN FELLOWS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR END YOUTH PRISON MN CAMPAIGN AND OUR MN COALITION FOR YOUTH JUSTICE.

  Expenses $2,029,939 · Revenue $3,696

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $2,127,692

  Expenses

  $2,632,142

  Contributions

  $2,122,531

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,536,657

  Expenses

  $2,463,288

  Contributions

  $2,528,408

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,244,164

  Expenses

  $2,353,559

  Contributions

  $2,214,052

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,858,867

  Expenses

  $1,826,091

  Contributions

  $1,847,702

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,660,071

  Expenses

  $1,502,144

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,044,335

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,551,782

  Expenses

  $1,285,784

  Assets (EOY)

  $869,454

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,164,540

  Expenses

  $1,201,040

  Assets (EOY)

  $579,961

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,094,121

  Expenses

  $1,101,464

  Assets (EOY)

  $604,636

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $942,434

  Expenses

  $927,498

  Assets (EOY)

  $635,777

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $919,873

  Expenses

  $921,562

  Assets (EOY)

  $619,913

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $872,060

  Expenses

  $858,815

  Assets (EOY)

  $636,458

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $807,033

  Expenses

  $905,302

  Assets (EOY)

  $626,939

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $884,721

  Expenses

  $854,482

  Assets (EOY)

  $731,502

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $723,759

  Assets (EOY)

  $662,351

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• NEW VENTURE FUND

  $200,000

  2022 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• NEW VENTURE FUND

  $100,400

  2023 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $88,750

  2024 · DONOR ADVISED, PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $65,500

  2023 · PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT, DONOR-ADVISED, PUBLIC AFFAIRS/SOCIETY BENEFIT

• SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC

  $60,221

  2024 · COLLABORATION GRANT

• MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

  $55,500

  2022 · DONOR-RECOMMENDED, PUBLIC SAFETY

• NEW VENTURE FUND

  $50,000

  2024 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY

  $30,000

  2025 · PROGRAM COSTS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $21,700

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• TAKEACTION MINNESOTA EDUCATION FUND

  $10,000

  2023 · OPERATING CONTRIBUTION FROM RECLAIM THE BLOCK

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

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