CENTER FOR FAMILY REPRESENTATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I830

Classification

1000

Street

40 WORTH ST RM 605

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 · 2024

• INTERDISCIPLINARY FAMILY DEFENSE TEAMS:OUR MISSION IS TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF FAMILIES AND PREVENT OR MINIMIZE THE TIME ANY CHILD SPENDS IN THE FOSTER SYSTEM. MOST OF OUR CLIENTS ARE LOW INCOME BLACK AND BROWN PARENTS. WE DEFEND MORE THAN 2300 PARENTS ANNUALLY AND HAVE DEFENDED NEARLY 14,000 PARENTS SINCE 2007 AGAINST CHARGES OF NEGLECT OR ABUSE IN MANHATTAN, QUEENS, THE BRONX, AND STATEN ISLAND FAMILY COURTS. OUR SUCCESSFUL MODEL COMBINES AN ATTORNEY, A SOCIAL WORKER, AND A PARENT ADVOCATE-SYSTEM IMPACTED PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FOSTER SYSTEM. BY COMBINING LEGAL AND SOCIAL WORK ADVOCACY WITH PARENT MENTORING, WE CONSISTENTLY KEEP HALF OUR CLIENTS' CHILDREN OUT OF CARE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE FOSTER CARE STAYS. WE SAVE MILLIONS IN TAX DOLLARS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY PERMIT CHILDREN TO GROW UP IN THEIR OWN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $16,857,760

• YOUTH DEFENSE PRACTICE: THE SAME CITY AGENCY THAT RUNS THE FOSTER SYSTEM ALSO RUNS THE TEENAGE INCARCERATION SYSTEM. WE REPRESENT PRIMARILY BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH WHO ARE CRIMINALLY CHARGED IN FAMILY COURT OR "YOUTH PARTS" IN QUEENS, MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX WITH THE SAME INTERDISCIPLINARY MODEL WE BRING TO FAMILY DEFENSE. OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP YOUTH HOME, WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO AVOID THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF SEPARATION AND INCARCERATION.

  Expenses $1,116,283

• COMMUNITY ADVOCACY PROJECT (CAP) 608,249: CAP PROVIDES 'EARLY DEFENSE' TO PARENTS FACING A CITY INVESTIGATION OF MALTREATMENT, WITH THE GOAL OF AVOIDING A COURT PROSECUTION ALTOGETHER AND KEEPING FAMILIES INTACT AND CONNECTED TO SERVICES. CAP ALSO PROVIDES PARENTS WITH REPRESENTATION TO MODIFY THE STATE RECORDS THAT CORRESPOND TO A FAMILY POLICING INVESTIGATION; THE RECORDS OFTEN PREVENT PARENTS FROM SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN FIELDS WHERE EMPLOYERS REGULARLY CHECK THESE RECORDS. WHEN A PARENT'S FAMILY DEFENSE CASE IS DISMISSED OR THEY HAVE OVERCOME CHALLENGES THAT LEAD TO MALTREATMENT CHARGES, CAP ASSISTS PARENTS WITH AMENDING THESE RECORDS, THUS EXPANDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CLIENTS. HOME FOR GOOD 1,488,767: CFR FAMILIES OFTEN FACE SEVERAL CHALLENGES IN ADDITION TO A FAMILY COURT CASE AND OFTEN NEED ASSISTANCE IN THE AREAS OF HOUSING (TO PREVENT EVICTION AND OBTAIN STABLE HOUSING), IMMIGRATION (TO ACHIEVE LEGAL STATUS AND ACCESS CULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICES), PUBLIC BENEFITS (TO SECURE AND SUSTAIN IMPORTANT BENEFITS LIKE MEDICAID), AND IN CRIMINAL COURT (TO DEFEND ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO THEIR FAMILY COURT CASE). CHALLENGES IN ANY OF THESE AREAS CAN LEAD CHILDREN TO ENTER, REMAIN IN, OR RE-ENTER THE FOSTER SYSTEM. OUR HOME FOR GOOD INITIATIVE GIVES FAMILIES AN EFFICIENT ONE-STOP SOLUTION TO PROVIDE THEM WITH NEEDED ADVOCACY IN THESE OTHER AREAS AND SO KEEP THEIR FAMILIES STABLE. OUR CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TEAM, IMMIGRATION TEAM, AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE TEAMS ASSIST MORE THAN 650 FAMILIES ANNUALLY TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN HOME FOR GOOD.

  Expenses $2,097,016

• TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND POLICY ADVOCACY 15,460: ANNUALLY CFR PROVIDES TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MORE THAN 1,500 PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING JUDGES, ON OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY MODEL. STAFF ALSO REGULARLY HOST COMMUNITY BASED TRAININGS FOR PARENTS AND YOUTH. TO DATE, WE HAVE WORKED WITH OVER 11,000 PRACTITIONERS IN 20 STATES, WHO HOPE TO REPLICATE SOME OR ALL OF OUR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INTERDISCIPLINARY CORNERSTONE ADVOCACY MODEL. CFR STAFF REGULARLY PRESENT AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND SIT ON ADVISORY BOARDS AND WORK GROUPS DIRECTED TOWARD LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY REFORM TO PROMOTE JUSTICE FOR INDIGENT FAMILIES AND YOUTH.

  Expenses $18,778 · Revenue $1,600

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $23,675,417

  Expenses

  $23,433,626

  Contributions

  $23,433,248

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $20,516,730

  Expenses

  $20,605,534

  Contributions

  $20,440,588

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $18,895,081

  Expenses

  $15,516,072

  Contributions

  $18,809,324

  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

  $13,029,708

  Expenses

  $12,470,253

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,722,603

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,887,592

  Expenses

  $12,738,124

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,676,597

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,860,551

  Expenses

  $11,478,237

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,198,899

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,180,962

  Expenses

  $10,730,862

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,354,057

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,980,198

  Expenses

  $8,520,430

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,370,233

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,158,932

  Expenses

  $7,525,122

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,044,465

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.

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $107,000

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $94,800

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $90,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• BAIN CAPITAL CHILDRENS CHARITY LTD

  $25,000

  2023 · OUR MISSION IS TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. WE PROVI

• BAIN CAPITAL CHILDRENS CHARITY LTD

  $25,000

  2022 · OUR MISSION IS TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. WE PROVIDE LEGAL AND SOCIAL WORK SERVICES TO PRIMARILY BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES AT RISK OF SEPARATION THROUGH FOSTER CARE OR JUVENILE INCARCERATION.

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $15,500

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $11,500

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $10,502

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• THE DORSEY AND WHITNEY FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2023 · General Support

• THE DORSEY AND WHITNEY FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2024 · General Support

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

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