2021-11-12T11:19:11-06:00 2020-12-31 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 234 East Colorado Blvd Suite M150 Pasadena CA 91101 990 2020-01-01 953697572 Inner City Law Center INNE 2138912880 1309 East 7th Street Los Angeles CA 90021 Laura McQuay CFO 2138912880 2021-11-12 1 Laura McQuay 999009999 Carlos A Davis CPA P02037008 6264036801 2 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Laura McQuay 1309 East 7th Street Los Angeles CA 90021 20683060 0 X www.innercitylaw.org X 1980 CA Fighting for justice and housing by providing legal representation for the homeless and working poor. 29 29 117 573 0 0 12289561 14909984 2355700 1234535 45282 -328785 53928 71064 14744471 15886798 0 0 0 0 7247634 9093724 0 0 354438 5206155 5577221 12453789 14670945 2290682 1215853 11717095 16011074 2314724 5216863 9402371 10794211 X In 2020, ICLC served 4674 people, helping vulnerable Angelenos to remain in their homes and recover nearly $20 million in financial benefits. See Schedule O for more details. 0 0 4825197 Lawyers Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project: ICLC leads a coalition of five legal services organizations that provide holistic legal services to homeless or precariously housed clients throughout Los Angeles County. The project includes a wide variety of services on issues such as housing, domestic violence, and maximizing income, all aimed at removing barriers to housing. 1897906 Healthy Homes Project: ICLC forces slumlords to repair their buildings and compensate tenants who have suffered as a result of dangerous housing conditions. 1601381 Tenant Defense Project: The best way to end homelessness is to avoid it in the first place. ICLC helps tenants facing eviction from their homes to remain housed and avoid homelessness. 4949597 1234535 HIV Law Project: ICLC helps low-income people living with HIV/AIDS fight discriminatory housing practices, maintain safe and affordable housing, and access public benefits.Benefits Advocacy Project: ICLC provides training, technical assistance, and quality control to benefits specialists working to end homelessness by enrolling people who are homeless because of a severe disability in public benefits programs. ICLC also represents clients who are appealing the denial of their application for social security benefits.Policy Advocacy and Impact Litigation: ICLC leads the Provider Alliance to End Homelessness, which advocates for public policies that provide long-term solutions to homelessness. We also use impact litigation to help change systemic practices that are harmful to low-income people living without homes or at risk of homelessness.Homeful.LA: Homeful.LA is an ICLC initiative that provides non-lawyers with opportunities to volunteer, donate, and advocate to help prevent and end homelessness. 4949597 1234535 13274081 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 117 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 29 29 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X Adam Murray 2138912880 1309 East 7th Street Los Angeles CA 90021 Janet S Combs President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Elliot K Gordon Vice President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Kenneth Trujillo-Jamison Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Marshall A Camp CFO (End 11/20) 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Alejandra Velazquez Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael Alder Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Holger G Besch Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kim Boras Board Member (Start 9/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Terree A Bowers Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 James A Bowman Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Thy Bui Board Member (Start 9/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michael E Cobo Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Andrew Esbenshade Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Erica Ford Board Member (Start 11/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Var Fox Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas A Freiberg Jr Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Cameron V Gore Board Member (Start 9/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Eric Herzog Board Member (Start 3/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Noah Graff Board Member (End 11/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Matthew Hoffman Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Brittani A Jackson Board Member (Start 7/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Randall W Keen Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Phillip M Kelly Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jacob Kreilkamp Board Member (Start 11/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Pooja S Nair Board Member (Start 9/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michael M Maddigan Board Member (End 11/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 John A O'Malley Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sharon Oxborough Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Pamela Palmer Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Perrin Board Member (End 11/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 John R Peters Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ibiere Seck Board Member (Start 7/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Amy Fisch Solomon Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Turrill Board Member (Start 11/20) 1.00 X 0 0 0 David M Walsh Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Christa L Culver Wasserman Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Beth Wilson Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dorothy Wolpert Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dan Woods Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Stacy Celestin Director of Human Resources 55.00 X 181397 0 10733 Theresa E Glenn Chief Counsel And Dir. of Legal Svcs. 55.00 X 164304 0 40350 Kymberly Pietsch Director of Development 55.00 X 137694 0 17403 Rebecca Watson Directing Attorney 55.00 X 131305 0 22236 Greg Spiegel Directing Attorney 55.00 X 131087 0 33136 Adam Murray Chief Executive Officer 55.00 X 233427 0 57159 Ian Musa Chief Operating Officer 55.00 X 144953 0 5088 Jennifer Hirsch Chief Financial Officer 55.00 X 142871 0 32338 1267038 0 218443 15 0 1 0 0 674988 12269704 1965292 5229 14909984 Statutory legal fees 541100 1234535 1234535 1234535 190663 190663 50350 0 50350 50350 50350 4240616 4760064 -519448 -519448 -519448 36198 674988 36198 0 Other income 900099 15226 15226 Cy Pres 900099 5488 5488 20714 15886798 1234535 0 -257721 615816 566551 36949 12316 6960177 6180117 594956 185104 241898 212988 22406 6504 709111 631780 58376 18955 566722 509333 42429 14960 8143 8143 35095 35095 41776 41776 73919 51570 14695 7654 392326 260677 77827 53822 70790 38967 13023 18800 563743 463223 86693 13827 14274 14084 9 181 202020 183315 13249 5456 37672 27769 9071 832 Client service partners 3761025 3761025 Professional develop 143900 122115 12714 9071 Miscellaneous 124804 112967 10110 1727 Client legal expenses 102505 102505 5229 5229 14670945 13274081 1042426 354438 1965129 445880 1388348 5838178 2270004 2561189 96841 209596 1247110 1109284 337111 137826 5631575 6540166 28087 278239 11717095 16011074 2227199 2839375 0 1354000 87525 1023488 2314724 5216863 X 8677875 10453093 724496 341118 9402371 10794211 11717095 16011074 X 1215853 589434 -413447 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 2595476 4553264 9410067 12289561 14909984 43758352 2595476 4553264 9410067 12289561 14909984 43758352 43758352 34603 114025 71752 45282 -278435 -12773 21376 24242 20714 66332 43811911 8454433 0.99880 0.98910 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 133 5192 5325 14623845 14629170 881459 220365 0 0 415315 592133 772689 881459 2661596 3992394 22834 13515 8219 5325 49893 103829 148033 193172 220365 665399 998099 133 133 980850 862182 118668 266260 247102 19158 137826 Clients' trust deposits 1023488 1023488 X 22184988 589434 5750532 6339966 15845022 41776 41776 15886798 20379701 5750532 5750532 14629169 41776 41776 14670945 Part X, Line 2: ICLC is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all positions taken by ICLC in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. ICLC's returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. Award Event 711186 674988 36198 36198 711186 674988 36198 36198 36198 0 X X X X 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Stacy Celestin Director of Human Resources 139831 0 1000 0 40566 0 5527 0 5206 0 192130 0 0 0 Theresa E Glenn Chief Counsel And Dir. of Legal Svcs 159304 0 5000 0 0 0 8324 0 32026 0 204654 0 0 0 Kymberly Pietsch Director of Development 134694 0 3000 0 0 0 5223 0 12180 0 155097 0 0 0 Rebecca Watson Directing Attorney 112305 0 19000 0 0 0 6580 0 15656 0 153541 0 0 0 Greg Spiegel Directing Attorney 126087 0 5000 0 0 0 6688 0 26448 0 164223 0 0 0 Adam Murray Chief Executive Officer 199482 0 33945 0 0 0 31263 0 25896 0 290586 0 0 0 Ian Musa Chief Operating Officer 144953 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5088 0 150041 0 0 0 Jennifer Hirsch Chief Financial Officer 136371 0 6500 0 0 0 7520 0 24818 0 175209 0 0 0 Part I, Lines 4a-b Stacy Celestin received a Separation Payment of $ 40,566. Adam Murray, CEO, received $19,500 from the organization in a 457(b) plan. Part I, Line 7 All employees on staff were eligible for discretionary bonuses based on performance during 2020. Ernesto Velazquez Brother of Board Secretary, Alejandra Velazquez 55033 Tenant Organizer 0 Form 990, Part III, Line I For over 40 years, Inner City Law Center has provided free legal services to the poorest and most vulnerable residents of Los Angeles. ICLC's mission is to ensure access to decent, safe and affordable housing for the enormous number of homeless and precariously housed families and individuals residing in Los Angeles County. From our inception, housed in a rusty trailer behind a soup kitchen, ICLC has been guided by the fundamental principle that every person should always be treated with dignity and respect. The only legal-services provider located in Skid Row, ICLC's 100+ member staff and 500+ legal volunteers provide free, quality legal representation for people who have nowhere else to turn. ICLC fights for housing for low-income tenants, working poor families, veterans, people living with HIV/AIDS, immigrants, and people who are living with disabilities or experiencing homelessness. For precariously housed families and for the more than 66,000 people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles each night, the issues of dignity, respect, and equity coalesce under the banner of equal access to decent, safe, and affordable housing. Through our innovative, holistic approach, ICLC seeks to preserve affordable housing, keep families in their homes, improve unhealthy living conditions, connect clients with public benefits that can help them afford rent, and when appropriate, recover financial damages for our clients. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4 The Board of Directors adopted revised by-laws on July 21, 2020. The revision included updates to Board Committees, established Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer positions, and updated the rules governing the Board of Directors operations. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 5 On February 9, 2021, ICLC learned that it had been targeted by a very sophisticated spear-phishing scheme, resulting in fraudulent payments totaling $413,447 to entities impersonating ICLC subcontractors. Payments were made between November 4th, 2020 and January 26, 2021. ICLC immediately notified the Board President, Board Treasurer, Audit Committee Chair, Beneficial State Bank, the U.S. Attorney's office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office Bureau of Investigation, and the relevant insurances brokers and subcontractors. ICLC has since implemented strict internal controls for electronic payments, including approval of wire payments via phone call to our CEO and CEO release of all electronic funds. In addition, ICLC has since reviewed and updated internal financial procedures, retained multiple IT consultants to conduct cybersecurity vulnerability assessments, and implemented all recommended upgrades to hardware, software, and IT procedures. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 is reviewed and approved by the Treasurer of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer. and Chief Financial Officer. It is also circulated to the entire board prior to its filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c A conflict of interest policy has been approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. It is furnished annually to each Director, Officer and Key Employee, who are requested to complete the form if there are any conflicts and return it the staff member who handles Board Relations. Any conflicts are reported to the Board President, Chief Executive Director and Audit Committee. In addition, as a law firm, all Board and staff members are subject to disclosure of any possible client conflicts as required by the Bar Association of the State of California. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 An independent review of comparability data to determine the compensation of the Chief Executive Director is conducted by the Executive Committee of the board. The Executive Committee makes recomendations to the entire board and the entire board approves the compensation package. The Chief Operating Officer's and Chief Financial Officer's compensation was set by the CEO based on experience, performance, and comparability data. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Inner City Law Center's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part XI, line 9: Wire fraud loss (See Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 5 on Schedule O) -413,447. Schedule O, COVID-19 Impact on the community The pandemic presented an unforeseen set of challenges, but we have been able to meet them while still offering quality service to our clients. Most of our work (and how we do it) is substantially different than just a year ago. A patchwork of eviction limitations combined with slower court processes upended our eviction defense work. While court cases have been slower to close, we continue to receive more requests for assistance than we can handle. We are concerned that there will be a dramatic increase in evictions and small claims court lawsuits when protections are lifted. In preparation for this, we have significantly increased our training programs and resources for collaborative partners and pro bono attorneys. For example, ICLC created a series of ten trainings around the eviction crisis for pro bono partners. Other ICLC projects have also been impacted by the pandemic. Government agency closures and procedural changes dramatically altered our benefits advocacy. Court closures slowed our slum housing litigation. The pandemic and related economic challenges also pulled us in some new directions, including helping our client and our nonprofit partners navigate various stimulus and rental subsidy resources. We are spending more time than ever before advocating for systems change with the courts and our government partners. And we are educating many of our clients and partner organizations about how to best navigate a myriad of COVID-related changes.