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CIVITAS LAW GROUP INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $130K · expenses $126K · assets $5K

EIN
81-1117660
Address
PO BOX 20798, MILWAUKEE, WI 53220-0798
Website
www.clgmke.org
NTEE code
I80
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2016
Cross-check
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Mission

Access to justice through affordable legal representation.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 3 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Barbara Cerda Secretary2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Valeria Cerda Chairwoman2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Gabby Parra Vice Chairwoman2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Barbara Cerda Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Valeria Cerda Chairwoman1 $0-$0 $01
Gabby Parra Vice Chairwoman1 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Barbara Cerda Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Valeria Cerda Chairwoman1 $0-$0 $01
Gabby Parra Vice Chairwoman1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Barbara Cerda Secretary2 $0-$0 $01
Valeria Cerda Chairwoman2 $0-$0 $01
Gabby Parra Vice Chairwoman2 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Barbara Cerda Secretary2 $0-$0 $01
Valeria Cerda Chairwoman2 $0-$0 $01
Gabby Parra Vice Chairwoman2 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Barbara Cerda Secretary2 $0-$0 $01
Valeria Cerda Chairwoman2 $0-$0 $01
Gabby Parra Vice Chairwoman2 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$129,801$126,399 $4,769$4,769 $1,327$128,474 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$113,064$113,562 $1,367$1,367 $913$112,151 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$108,103$121,860 $1,865$1,865 $4,969$103,134 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$146,739$142,045 $15,622$15,622 $13,794$132,945 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$172,856$163,739 $10,928$10,928 $5,150$167,706 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $28 in all, tax years 2021 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “CIVITAS LAW GROUP INC” 2021-2023 3$28 2023$11
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Where the money went

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2025 · Form 990EZ · $126,399 spent · pay $90,583 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $90,583 71.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $17,620 13.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $13,000 10.3%
Printing, publications, postage $4,000 3.2%
Fees to independent contractors $1,196 0.9%
Total$126,399100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $113,562 spent · pay $86,279 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $86,279 76.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $16,247 14.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $7,425 6.5%
Printing, publications, postage $2,000 1.8%
Fees to independent contractors $1,611 1.4%
Total$113,562100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $121,860 spent · pay $91,625 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $91,625 75.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $18,959 15.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $7,425 6.1%
Printing, publications, postage $2,240 1.8%
Fees to independent contractors $1,611 1.3%
Total$121,860100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $142,045 spent · pay $92,542 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $92,542 65.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $19,895 14.0%
Fees to independent contractors $18,784 13.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $8,624 6.1%
Printing, publications, postage $2,200 1.5%
Total$142,045100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $163,739 spent · pay $122,643 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $122,643 74.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $15,819 9.7%
Fees to independent contractors $14,330 8.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $8,707 5.3%
Printing, publications, postage $2,240 1.4%
Total$163,739100%

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