EMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: EMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER (EIN 16-1487925)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-11-02
IRS object ID: 201843069349301624
Schema version: 2017v2.3
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-11-02T14:13:30-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	271895149	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Heveron & Company CPAs PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	260 Plymouth Avenue South	AddressLine1Txt
City	Rochester	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14608	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	161487925	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Empire Justice Center	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	EMPI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5854544060	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 West Main Street No 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Rochester	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14614	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Anne Erickson	PersonNm
Person Title	President and CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5854544060	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-10-19	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Brenda Smith	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00617844	PTIN
Phone	5852322956	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-10-19	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	24.213.221.209	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-10-19	IPDt
IP Tm	07:44:04	IPTm
IP Timezone	ED	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	3FC2AC741DD80864B6B29AAF924A7E171A12EEEE	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	0FB92209F2B51FB21E33F3717ED9D7FFB37ECAA2	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2018-06-14 16:35:46Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Anne Erickson	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 West Main Street No 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Rochester	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14614	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$7,512,840	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.empirejustice.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1995	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Empire Justice is a statewide organization working to improve civil justice in NY (See Sch.O)The Empire Justice Center is a statewide multi-issue, multi-strategy organization focused on changing the systems within which poor and low income families live. Empire Justice provides legal assistance to those in need, offers training and support to community-based organizations, and works to improve programs and services for those in need.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	12	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	12	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	94	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	350	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$838,908	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,077,256	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$6,127,511	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$6,415,059	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	-$5,238	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$3,396	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,961,181	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$7,495,711	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$5,526,182	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$5,459,431	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,009,818	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,885,171	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$7,536,000	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$7,344,602	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$574,819	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$151,109	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,075,576	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,243,075	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$998,729	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$949,964	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,076,847	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,293,111	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	To protect and strengthen the legal rights of people in New York State who are poor, disabled or disenfranchised through: systems change advocacy, training and support to other advocates and organizations, and high quality direct civil legal representation.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,119,629	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,079,629	RevenueAmt
Desc	Disability Benefits: Empire Justice contracts with New York State to provide legal assistance to individuals in Western New York who have been inappropriately denied or terminated from federal disability and supplemental security income programs. In 2017, Empire Justice administered a sub-contract with LawNY to provide these regional services. In 2017, 343 cases were closed in the region, generating approximately $559,178 in interim assistance to clients and an additional $2,524,878 in retroactive benefits. In 2017, the Western New York Disability Advocacy Program (DAP) won 75% of cases. Empire Justice also contracts with the state under DAP to provide training, support and technical assistance to local grantees throughout the state.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$1,529,601	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,459,601	RevenueAmt
Desc	Foreclosure Prevention: In 2017, Empire Justice continued its role as Anchor Partner as designated by the NYS Attorney General in efforts to combat foreclosures in New York. In this role, Empire Justice oversees 54 legal services and housing counseling contracts, oversees data collection and provides statewide training, support and technical assistance to grantees. Empire Justice also provided direct representation to homeowners at risk of foreclosure in the Greater Rochester area. In 2017 assistance was provided to 140 homeowners who were victims of predatory lending and/or who were at risk of foreclosure. The foreclosure prevention work of Empire Justice Center achieved restructuring and refinancing of clients' predatory loans, saving them tens of thousands of dollars over the life of their loans.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$656,654	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$289,645	RevenueAmt
Desc	Consumer, Housing and Community Reinvestment (CRA): To provide legal assistance, training, support and advocacy in areas of consumer law, bankruptcy, fair housing, and community reinvestment. Funded through a variety of grants and contracts, including the City of Rochester for Community Reinvestment Act for work in the Greater Rochester area.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$2,952,552	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$3,586,184	RevenueAmt
Desc	Crime Victims: Empire Justice partners with the New York State Office of Victim Services, the University at Albany's Center for Human Services Research, and Pro Bono Net on the New York State Crime Victims Legal Network Project, a federally-funded project that brings awareness to the many civil legal needs of crime victims, while also helping victims access civil legal assistance. The Network focuses on the 57 counties outside of New York City. In 2017, the partners began developing content and the technology for the key components of online resources, namely the triage tool, the help directory, self-help resources, and the advocate gateway. Empire Justice Center's Westchester offices also provide civil legal services to victims of crime, serving 299 crime victims in 2017.Health: Empire Justice provides statewide training and technical assistance to legal services, other community-based organizations and local health center staff on public health programs to help them in determining eligibility for and access to affordable health coverage. As a contractor to provide assistance under health care reform, Empire Justice is part of the Community Health Advocates (CHA) network. In 2017, our staff provided 14 trainings to 821 community based health advocates presenting topics such as "Mandatory Managed Long Term Care," "Health Care Reform, and "Intro to health Insurance for New Advocates." Our attorneys and paralegals also provided substantive technical assistance to 29 CHA member agencies assisting them with complicated legal issues and cases. The New York State Office for the Aging contracts with Empire Justice to provide training and assistance on issues involving Medicare Part D.Other/General: These funds were used to fulfill the core mission of Empire Justice Center and to provide services in such areas as Domestic Violence, public benefits and immigration; to provide services on Long Island through the Public Advocacy Center; and to support the Hanna S. Cohn Equal Justice Fellowship. In providing these programs and services, in calendar year 2017, the organization offered 182 training events, issuing 986 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits and reaching over 8,358 participants. Training topics included: "Returning to Work with HIV: Effect on Government Benefits," "Pro Bono Name Changes for Transgender Clients," "Translated Orders of Protection and Remote Access to Family Court," "Immigrant Access to Benefits," "Making the Most of Technical Defenses in Residential Foreclosure Cases." The Empire Justice website, with a vast array of legal resources, experienced 134,557 unique visitors who viewed 7,671,706 pages of material and downloaded 9,679 resources during 195,632 visits. Empire Justice staff closed 2,221 direct service cases during 2017, directly benefiting 4,108 people.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$2,952,552	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$3,586,184	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$6,258,436	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	Yes (1)	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	17	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	94	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	12	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	12	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Lori K McCormick	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	5854544060	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1 West Main Street No 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Rochester	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	14614	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (15 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
JoAnn Smith
Chair	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Michael T Harren
Treasurer	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Deborah P Amory
Secretary	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Odette Belton
Member	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nancy Engelhardt
Member	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
L Theresa Macon
Member	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Raymond Brescia
Vice Chair	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Tehresa Coles
Member	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Emily E Whalen
Member	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David H Tennant
Member (Beginning 05/2017)	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kristen Clark
Member (Beginning 08/2017)	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Maureen DeRosa
Member (Beginning 08/2017)	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anne Erickson
President and CEO	35.00		Yes (X)	$136,845	$0	$12,981
Lori K McCormick
Chief Financial Officer	35.00		Yes (X)	$88,078	$0	$1,541
Bryan Hetherington
Chief Counsel	35.00			$132,123	$0	$12,377	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$357,046	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$26,899	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Legal Assistance of Western New York
One West Main Street Suite 400	Rochester	NY	14614	Legal Services	$314,397
NeighborWorks America
1325 G Street NW Suite 800	Washington	DC	20005	Housing Counseling Training	$245,000
Blackbaud
PO Box 930256	Atlanta	GA	31193	Luminate Usage/Maintance	$107,697
The Legal Aid Society of Rochester
One West Main Street Suite 800	Rochester	NY	14614	Legal Services	$100,113

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$190,000	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Government Grants	$122,769	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$764,487	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$5,666	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,077,256	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Foreclosure Prevention	541100	$1,459,601	$1,459,601
Disability Benefits	541100	$1,079,629	$1,079,629
Attorney Fees	541100	$533,156	$533,156
Health HIV/AIDS	541100	$368,949	$368,949
Immigrant Assistance	541100	$292,092	$292,092

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,681,632	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,681,632	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$6,415,059	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,205	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$3,205	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$17,320	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$17,129	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$191	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$191	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$191	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,495,711	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,415,059	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$3,396	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$243,202	TotalAmt
Program Services	$76,791	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$166,411	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,142,623	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,584,412	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$558,211	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$98,838	TotalAmt
Program Services	$85,357	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,481	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$654,484	TotalAmt
Program Services	$551,609	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$102,875	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$320,284	TotalAmt
Program Services	$267,872	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$52,412	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,800	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,800	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,550	TotalAmt
Management And General	$9,550	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$900,146	TotalAmt
Program Services	$890,779	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,367	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$213,441	TotalAmt
Program Services	$186,812	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,629	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$123,849	TotalAmt
Program Services	$91,502	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$32,347	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$365,489	TotalAmt
Program Services	$305,680	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$59,809	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$84,802	TotalAmt
Program Services	$82,613	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,189	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,032	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,063	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,969	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$40,832	TotalAmt
Program Services	$40,832	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
Leadership Consulting	$20,000	$20,000
Litigation Costs	$6,426		$6,426

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$104,804	TotalAmt
Program Services	$77,688	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$27,116	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,344,602	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,258,436	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,086,166	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$150	BOYAmt
EOY	$150	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$58,056	BOYAmt
EOY	$160,668	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,703,540	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,616,811	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$135,631	BOYAmt
EOY	$185,128	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$93,049	BOYAmt
EOY	$105,393	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$287,466	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$120,840	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$63,967	BOYAmt
EOY	$166,626	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,125	BOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,058	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,299	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,075,576	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,243,075	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$617,564	BOYAmt
EOY	$941,632	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,074	BOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,091	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,332	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$362,000	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$998,729	BOYAmt
EOY	$949,964	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$785,287	BOYAmt
EOY	$941,611	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$291,560	BOYAmt
EOY	$351,500	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,076,847	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,293,111	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,075,576	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,243,075	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$151,109	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$65,155	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$762,885	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$786,959	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$768,792	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$838,908	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,077,256	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,234,800	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$762,885	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$786,959	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$768,792	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$838,908	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,077,256	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,234,800	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$726,940	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$3,507,860	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,810	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,200	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,930	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,538	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,205	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$31,683	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$4,266,483	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$31,745,114	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.82220	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.81210	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,002	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$6,660	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$7,662	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$7,336,940	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$7,344,602	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$517,230	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$129,308	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$493,238	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$542,907	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$526,800	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$517,230	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$2,080,175	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$3,120,263	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$14,053	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$11,641	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$5,877	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$7,662	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$39,233	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$123,310	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$135,727	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$131,700	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$129,308	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$520,045	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$780,068	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$335	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,594	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$127	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$1,002	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$3,058	TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agent Trustee Etc	0	AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	Yes (1)	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
Explanation Provided	Yes (X)	ExplanationProvidedInd

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$69,779	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$29,958	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$39,821	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$58,851	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$46,732	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$12,119	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$158,836	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$44,150	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$114,686	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$166,626	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,495,711	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$0	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$7,495,711	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$7,495,711	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$7,344,602	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$7,344,602	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$7,344,602	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part IV, Line 2b:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Client escrow funds are held in a separate, interest-bearing checking account.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	The Form 990 shall be reviewed by the Executive Director and Treasurer and then presented to all Board members either electronically or by paper copy prior to its signing and subsequent filing with the IRS. At the next Board meeting, the Treasurer and tax preparer, if appropriate, will review the Form 990 with the Board.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	On an annual basis, the Audit Committee maintains conflict of interest declarations for all members of the board.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	The Board of Directors acting as a whole will have the responsibility to set CEO compensation and conduct an annual review of CEO performance. It will set compensation in a manner consistent with the requirements of section 4953 of the Internal Revenue Code: including: an independent compensation setting process; which is based on reliable information; with contemporaneous documentation; and that seeks to provide compensation that is reasonable compared to the compensation provided to CEO's providing like services, in similar organizations, under similiar circumstances. In setting CEO compensation the Board will periodically obtain and review information on compensation in comparable organizations. In the intervening years the board may rely on the last previous data collection and trend it forward to the current year. The process for determining compensation of the organization's officers or key employees includes the use of comparability data as well.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The Form 1023 application which was forwarded to the IRS and Form 990 for the previous three years shall be available for inspection by the public during normal office hours. The names and addresses of contributors on Schedule B shall be redacted in the Form 990's that are made available to the public. Copies will be provided for a fee of $1.00 per page plus postage, if any. Other corporate documents, such as bylaws, minutes, financials and policies and procedures shall be maintained as internal documents and shall not be made available to the general public, unless for a business reason as determined by the Chief Executive Officer and approved by the Board of Directors.
Form 990, Part IX, line 11g	Subcontracted Legal Services: Program service expenses 591,335. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 591,335. Other: Program service expenses 29,395. Management and general expenses 9,367. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 38,762. Housing Counseling Training: Program service expenses 270,049. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 270,049.