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CHILDRENS POLICY & LAW INITIATIVE OF INDIANA

EIN 45-5626962 INDIANAPOLIS, IN

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Revenue 2024
$350,080
Expenses 2024
$412,968

Program services were 87.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P30
Classification
1000
Street
1533 LEWIS ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGES IN PUBLIC POLICY THAT WILL ADDRESS THE UNMET LEGAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND RESULT IN THE JUST AND AGE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT FOR ALL CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. TO ADVANCE AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY-APPROPRIATE PRACTICES THAT PREVENT CHILDREN FROM ENTERING INTO JUVENILE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • THE POSITIVE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE INSTITUTE IS A YEAR-LONG TRAINING INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO REFORM DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES AND PROMOTE STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES EDUCATORS WITH THE TOOLS TO HELP TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS AND SUPPORT STAFF IMPROVE THE SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND REDUCE EXCLUSIONARY DISCIPLINE. IN 2023, CPLI CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY WIDE TRAINING ON CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE, TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES IN SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $361,433 · Grants $144,182

  • CPLI ENGAGES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COLLABORATION ON CHILDREN'S ISSUES. IN 2023, CPLI HELD MULTIPLE COMMUNITY FORUMS AND WORKSHOPS THROUGH OUR: (1) COMMUNITY INITIATIVE ON TRAUMA AND CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE PRACTICES: (2) LUNCH SERIES-UNDERSTANDING CULTURE IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES; AND (3) ANNUAL PUBLIC POLICY SUMMIT ON JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM. ADDITIONALLY, CPLI COORDINATES THE INDIANA COALITION FOR YOUTH JUSTICE, WHICH NOW HAS OVER 70 ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS, TO ADVANCE YOUTH JUSTICE IN INDIANA; AND THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT SUPPORTS COALITION, WITH OVER 20 ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS, WHICH SEEKS TO ADDRESS LOW STAFF/STUDENT RATIOS (DEFICITS)--SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND NURSES- WHICH PROVIDE THESE SUPPORTS IN SCHOOLS.

  • THE YOUTH JUSTICE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ELEVATES YOUTH VOICE ON KEY EDUCATION/JUSTICE ISSUES AND SEEKS TO MENTOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUILD RESILIENCE AND DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY SKILLS. IN 2023, CPLI USED GRANT FUNDING FROM THE CENTRAL INDIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (CICF), THE PACER FOUNDATION AND THE NATIONAL JUVENILE JUSTICE NETWORK (NJJN) TO SUPPORT YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY INITIATIVE ON TRAUMA AND CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE PRACTICES, A YOUTH ROUNDTABLE ON SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AND POLICING, AND OUR LUNCH SERIES-UNDERSTANDING CULTURE IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES.

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.

  • Ashley Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Teresa Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jerell Blakeley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amy Karozos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jan Nichols

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Calvin Roberson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jaunae Hanger

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $46,667
    From this org
    $46,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christy Gauss

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meisha Wade

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $24,519
    From this org
    $24,519
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Gwen Kelley PhD

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Michelle Boyden

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lori Chambers

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $350,080
    Expenses
    $412,968
    Contributions
    $337,761
    Grants paid
    $144,182
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $381,252
    Expenses
    $270,771
    Contributions
    $369,038
    Grants paid
    $81,530
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $275,066
    Expenses
    $138,161
    Contributions
    $250,624
    Grants paid
    $20,551

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-EZ

    Revenue
    $26,338
    Expenses
    $70,965
    Assets (EOY)
    $107,874
  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $77,083
    Expenses
    $45,543
    Assets (EOY)
    $152,501
  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $155,612
    Expenses
    $118,370
    Assets (EOY)
    $120,961
  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $112,869
    Expenses
    $81,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $83,719
  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $71,792
    Expenses
    $42,193
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,067

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Jaunae Hanger
Mailing address
410 N AUDUBON ROADINDIANAPOLIS IN 46219
Website
WWW.CPLIOFINDIANA.ORG

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • NEW BREED OF YOUTH

    $8,424

    2022

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Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.