- Revenue 2023
- $3,214,228
- Expenses 2023
- $4,125,456
Program services were 71.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- I80Z
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 6 SOUTH CLARK STREET SUITE 200
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 · 2023
Mission
CGLA PROVIDES HOLISTIC LEGAL SERVICES THAT INCLUDE SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
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CGLA'S CRIMINAL RECORDS, EMERGING ADULTS, AND PRO BONO TEAMS PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO HELP PEOPLE CLEAR ADULT AND JUVENILE RECORDS THROUGH EXPUNGEMENT, SEALING, CERTIFICATES, WAIVERS, CLEMENCY AND REPRESENTATION OF JUVENILES IN AFTERCARE REVOCATION HEARINGS. WE ALSO ASSIST THE PUBLIC AT OUR HELP DESKS LOCATED AT THE DALEY CENTER AND MARKHAM COURTHOUSES AND THE COOK COUNTY JUVENILE TEMPORARY DETENTION CENTER. RECORDS CLEARANCE AND MITIGATION ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT SPECIALIZE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.
Expenses $546,830 · Revenue $5,000
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CIVIL LAW PROGRAM INCLUDES FAMILY LAW AND HOUSING LAW SERVICES. OUR FAMILY LAW PROGRAM SERVES THE UNMET NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY INCARCERATED IN COUNTY JAILS OR STATE PRISONS AND THOSE WHO ARE STILL SERVING SENTENCES IMPOSED AFTER CONVICTION. IN 2021, CGLA HANDLED 141 FAMILY LAW CASES FOR 131 CLIENTS. HOUSING LAW FOCUSES ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AT IMMINENT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, DUE TO THREATS OF EVICTION OR TERMINATION OF SUBSIDIZED VOUCHERS DUE TO ALLEGED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BY THE LEASEHOLDER, A MEMBER OF HOUSEHOLD, OR A GUEST.
Expenses $27,749
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OUR CRIMINAL DEFENSE TEAM PROVIDED LEGAL SERVICES TO DEFEND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FACING CURRENT CRIMINAL CHARGES AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON BUT ARE CHARGED WIH VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THEIR PAROLE.
Expenses $47,046 · Revenue $16,130
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OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE CLIENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND POLICY SERVICES AND PSYROLL EXPENSES. ALL CGLA'S PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY OUR CLIENT SUPPORT SERVICES GROUP. SOCIAL WORKERS HELP TO SRENGTHEN LEGAL OUTCOMES BY PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE GOAL IS TO ADDRESS NON-LEGAL ISSUES AND THE UNDERLYING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CLIENT'S LEGAL TROUBLES.
Expenses $2,334,562 · Revenue $118,757
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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DEBORAH BAKER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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WENDY BLOOM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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ASHLEY CANO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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DJENNE CLAYTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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AVERIL EDWARDS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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TIJUAN FLEMING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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STEVEN FUS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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JAMES KELLY
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CHRISTIAN KEMNITZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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AUYANA ORR
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CHANDA RICE
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MELISSA ROOT
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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PAUL STEPHENS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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AISHA C EDWARDS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $144,989
- From this org
- $144,989
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,214,228
- Expenses
- $4,125,456
- Contributions
- $3,220,164
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $3,964,674
- Expenses
- $4,020,493
- Contributions
- $3,746,354
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,862,607
- Expenses
- $3,442,080
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,432,507
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,527,158
- Expenses
- $3,331,935
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,195,861
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,107,154
- Expenses
- $3,273,809
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,928,270
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
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LAWYERS TRUST FUND OF ILLINOIS
$835,000
2024 TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES
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LAWYERS TRUST FUND OF ILLINOIS
$660,000
2023 TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES
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LAWYERS TRUST FUND OF ILLINOIS
$480,000
2022 TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES
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NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT
$464,500
2022 ADVANCING NELP'S MISSION THROUGH PARTNERS
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ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION
$225,000
2024 TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION, ADVICE AND PRO SE GUIDANCE ON EXPUNGEMENT ISSUES IN COOK COUNTY. TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NEW LEAF IL NETWORK PARTNERS STATEWIDE. TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IMPACTED BY HOUSING INSTABILITY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
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ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION
$205,000
2023 TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION, ADVICE AND PRO SE GUIDANCE ON EXPUNGEMENT ISSUES IN COOK COUNTY. TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NEW LEAF IL NETWORK PARTNERS STATEWIDE. TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IMPACTED BY HOUSING INSTABILITY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
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$200,000
2022 CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
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$200,000
2022 CGLA POLICY, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING INSTITUTE
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ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION
$160,000
2022 TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION, ADVICE AND PRO SE GUIDANCE ON EXPUNGEMENT ISSUES IN COOK COUNTY. TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO NEW LEAF IL NETWORK PARTNERS STATEWIDE. TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IMPACTED BY HOUSING INSTABILITY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
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$135,000
2024 THE CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE PROVIDES GRANTS TO STATE-BASED COALITIONS ADVANCING AUTOMATED RECORD CLEARANCE LEGISLATION THAT REMOVES BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION FOR MILLIONS OF ELIGIBLE AMERICANS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS.
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.