2021-04-09T09:36:45-05:00 2020-06-30 582676261 Rogers & Company PLLC 8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 600 Vienna VA 22182 990 2019-07-01 521213010 National Women's Law Center NATI 2025885180 11 Dupont Circle NW No 800 Washington DC 200361209 Fatima Goss Graves President & CEO 2025885180 2021-04-09 1 Jie Chen CPA P01049760 7038930300 2021-04-09 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Fatima Goss Graves 11 Dupont Circle NW No 800 Washington DC 200361209 23486675 0 X www.nwlc.org X 1981 DC To advance and protect women's legal rights. 24 23 134 14 9380 0 19447340 18949986 174794 463600 1008126 484186 -322581 -275595 20307679 19622177 5090686 3225393 0 0 10754609 11736568 54845 133185 1178524 4493194 4984030 20393334 20079176 -85655 -456999 68367643 67483781 4829817 3669204 63537826 63814577 X To advance and protect women's legal rights. The Center focuses on major policy areas of importance to women and their families including education, employment, family economic security, and health, with special attention given to the concerns of low-income women. 0 0 4453730 3195393 450 TIME'S UP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND AND LEGAL NETWORK FOR GENDER EQUITYAssisting Women and Girls Who Experience Discrimination-Released a report uncovering the dynamics and trends of workplace sexual harassment since the launch of the TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund. The report's findings provide a unique blueprint for legislators and corporate leaders to effectively design measures that will combat workplace sexual harassment. (To be continued in Schedule O.) -TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund responded to 990 requests for legal assistance related to workplace sexual harassment and related retaliation. The Fund committed to pay for legal fees in 88 cases and media assistance in 28 3927571 10000 412924 WORKPLACE JUSTICE AND EDUCATIONAddressing and Dismantling Workplace Barriers -Released a series of economic reports on women front-line workers, along with monthly unemployment analyses, that exposed the impact of the pandemic on women's jobs and lives, particularly Black women and Latinas. These analyses were picked up by high visibility press outlets and helped shape public and policymakers' understanding that U.S. policy responses require expansive relief packages that center on women of color. (To be continued in Schedule O.)-Launched the Survivors' Summit, a multi-racial, digital initiative bringing survivors together through virtual town halls, kitchen table conversations, and online surveys to create a Survivors' Agenda to drive policies that build a world free of sexual violence. -Released "Progress in Advancing Me Too Workplace Reforms in #20Statesby2020," highlighting positive steps states have taken to address workplace sexual harassment. -Settled a $14 million pregnancy discrimination case against Walmart, after 4,000 women were denied pregnancy accommodations while working for the company between March 2013 and 2014. This was one of the first class action pregnancy accommodation cases in the U.S.-Led public education efforts on gender wage gaps for Black, Latinx, Native, and Asian women-and a stagnant wage gap across women of all races; produced new materials highlighting the importance of closing gender wage gaps.-Coordinated efforts that led to the passing of the Raise the Wage Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation will increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour by 2024, which can lift women and their families out of poverty and help close the gender wage gap.-Coordinated advocacy on the Hill for fair work schedules and the Schedules That Work Act, which promotes equity and stability for working people and their families, and addresses obstacles caused by unfair scheduling practices. Addressing Educational Barriers Faced by Girls at the Margin-Created and launched and they cared in partnership with the Education Trust, a report that provides actionable steps grounded in student voices, supported by research, and accompanied by three case studies-Oakland Unified School District, Chicago Public Schools, and statewide efforts in Massachusetts-to address racial disparities that Black, Latina, and Indigenous girls experience in school discipline. -Pushed numerous school climate bills forward to protect the safety and dignity of Black and brown girls, including: Ending PUSHOUT Act, Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act, Protecting Our Students in Schools Act, and The CROWN Act. NWLC partnered with Black girls attending school in Richmond, VA to successfully push for the Dress Code Equity Act (HB 837), a first-of-its-kind Virginia law tackling race and gender stereotypes in school dress codes passed in 2020. Through our partnership with Girls for a Change, we received valuable input on this new dress code legislation.-Released Dress Coded II: Protest, Progress, and Power in D.C. Schools, highlighting the positive policy changes students, parents and administrators have made to dress codes across schools in the District and identify the work that remains.-Launched the Brick by Brick curriculum focused on the experiences and leadership of LGBTQ students of color in partnership with fellows through SMYAL and piloted a fellowship project with four young, LGBTQ-identified advocates. The fellows were taught and helped launch the Brick by Brick curriculum, which includes "know-your-rights" education, history that is not commonly shared or centered, leadership development for students, and projects. 3401043 1250 REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS & HEALTH-Launched the Abortion Rights Project to respond to unprecedented attacks on abortion rights in the country. -Launched a new public campaign called Abortion Actually to shift the narrative around abortion care and to help spark a culture shift by showing how abortion fits into the full picture of people's lives. (To be continued in Schedule O.)-Released The Hobby Lobby "Minefield" in the Trump Era Continued Harm, Misuse, and Unwanted Expansion, a report highlighting continued attempts to use religion to avoid compliance with the nation's laws and deny rights to others.-NWLC was a driving force behind a new law in D.C. that recognizes and protects the right of every individual to give birth or have an abortion, refuse or choose birth control or sterilization, and self-manage abortion. The law protects abortion providers from discrimination. NWLC led a public campaign around the bill, and the law is now a model for other states seeking to protect patients and providers.-Led response to a proposed rule that would undermine non-discrimination protections in the Affordable Care Act. NWLC co-led a campaign that resulted in over 134,000 comments from across the country being submitted in opposition.-NWLC led the response to federal lawmakers' efforts to use the COVID pandemic as an excuse to restrict abortion.-Brought cases against federal rules that would take away birth control and abortion access and allow discrimination in health care. NWLC also filed amicus briefs in cases about the right to abortion, birth control coverage, and the Affordable Care Act. Provided technical assistance to help state lawmakers and advocates advance or secure new measures to protect or advance reproductive health access and/or counter harmful proposals. 2655748 20000 30976 WOMEN'S LEGAL RIGHTSJudicial Nominations That Threaten Women's Rights-Led public campaign on extremist judicial nominations that would roll back protections for survivors of sexual assault and threaten access to reproductive health care. -Through educational and advocacy efforts, highlighted the importance of courts and the records of judicial nominees. Strategy and Policy-Supported and grew our state advocacy and legislator partners by launching a regular state newsletter to deliver timely COVID-19-related resources to state partners. -Developed COVID relief policy recommendations for states to launch COVID gender justice agendas.-Released "Our Vote Matters: Addressing the Issues Important to Black Women in Michigan" detailing Black women voters' key issues, concerns, and the level to which Black women voters had been centered by either political party. 2574817 18000 INCOME SECURITY AND CHILD CARE-Published "Early Progress: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2019," our annual 50-state child care assistance policies report. The report outlines wins and opportunities that resulted from the historic $2.37 billion investment in child care approved by Congress in 2018. NWLC leads efforts to ensure all women and families have access to affordable, high-quality child care by working with federal and state partners to increase the number of children in subsidy-supported child care, improve payment rates to providers, and shape administrative policy changes.-Challenged narratives around the recession to center the experiences of women of color. Through NWLC's Shecession series, we are informing the public of how the state of the economy disproportionately impacts women of color.-Pushed for at least $50 billion in child care funding, which included conducting with CLASP groundbreaking research to explain sustaining the child care system requires a monthly investment of $9.6 billion. NWLC spearheaded a coalition letter signed by more than 500 organizations calling for at least $50 billion in relief spending. These efforts led to a historic vote on child care funding.-Opposed three attacks on fair housing, driving nearly 30,000 comments and submitting substantive comments to describe how the proposed rules would negatively impact women facing multiple forms of discrimination.-Worked with partners to educate the public on the importance of expanding unemployment insurance, which ultimately provided millions of workers with access to pandemic unemployment benefits that helped families meet basic needs and prevent economic catastrophe.-Submitted comments and filing an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit against the Department of Commerce. 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The Center's General Counsel then reviews the document as needed to answer questions. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors thereafter reviews the document, and it is then provided to all members of the Board of Directors before it is filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Each year, members of the Board of Directors and key employees are required to complete a form disclosing any interests that may give rise to a conflict of interest. These forms are used to help determine issues on which potential conflicts might arise. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 An outside consultant analyzes compensation of the President and CEO, officers and key employees based on the annual national and Washington, DC area survey data on compensation comparability from the PRM Consulting Management Compensation Report, Not-For-Profit Organizations. The survey includes a wide range of organizations, and it gives results according to budget size that are highly correlated to compensation rates. As part of the analysis, the outside consultant reviews the Center's benefits for reasonableness and in comparison to other comparable organizations. The compensation information in the 990s of organizations similar to the Center is also reviewed for comparability. The Compensation Committee determines the compensation of the President and CEO, based on the outside consultant's report and the compensation information from the 990s of similar organizations, as well as compensation data provided by Brian Vogel and Quatt Associates. All deliberations and decisions of the compensation committee are reflected in contemporaneously drafted and approved minutes of the committee. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Center's articles of incorporation are available for public examination at the office of the District of Columbia Corporations Division. The Center's audited financial statements are available on its website. The Center makes available its governing documents and conflict of interest policy upon request, but, in accordance with applicable law, reserves the right to withhold this information in its discretion. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Other professional fees: Program service expenses 2,032,739. Management and general expenses 92,990. Fundraising expenses 46,892. Total expenses 2,172,621. National Women's Law Center Fund LLC 11 Dupont Circle NW Suite 800 Washington DC 20036 824893359 Legal defense fund. 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