2020-07-08T19:36:09-05:00 2020-03-31 952302617 SingerLewak LLP 10960 Wilshire Boulevard 7th Floor Los Angeles CA 900243783 990 2019-04-01 954358213 Alliance For Children's Rights ALLI 2133686010 3333 Wilshire Blvd No 550 Los Angeles CA 900104123 Jennifer Braun President and CEO 2133686010 2020-07-07 1 Lior Temkin P00748170 3104773924 2020-07-07 206.169.119.90 2020-07-07 10:13:34 PD P 5A5D444ADB3E4D97004FB8A5C3F36354F19DBEFE 75FDF922CC5EDF2C61C04A282A432F3C1A77A6C2 2019 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Jennifer Braun 3333 Wilshire Blvd No 550 Los Angeles CA 900104123 8867465 0 X www.kids-alliance.org X 1992 CA Alliance for Children's Rights offers free legal services to impoverished and foster children. The Alliance for Children's Rights provides free legal services that bring stability to children living in poverty and in foster care, through adoption or guardianship and access to the healthcare, education, and resources they need to succeed in school and in life. For teens that age out of foster care without the safety net of a permanent family, the Alliance provides support, advocacy, and the tools they need to live independently. 30 30 63 753 0 0 4505332 8246565 0 0 180898 198941 5000 0 4691230 8445506 0 0 0 0 4597649 4555766 0 0 583930 1117125 1321064 5714774 5876830 -1023544 2568676 11930704 14067858 663313 461432 11267391 13606426 X The Alliance has improved the lives of more than 150,000 young clients with permanency through adoption and legal guardianship, access to healthcare and critical supports, and education needs and rights, serving 6,402 children this fiscal year. 0 0 929269 Adoption and Guardianship: Stable, nurturing homes are a primary need for the children the Alliance serves. Adoption gives children in foster care a chance to be part of a permanent family. Together with pro bono attorneys, the Alliance overcomes barriers and delays for children waiting for their adoption to finalize, completing approximately one-third of all adoptions out of foster care in L.A. County. Adoption is not the only means through which children who cannot safely remain with birthparents find stable, loving homes. The Alliance and its pro bono partners help low-income caregivers become legal guardians through the probate court, to allow for children's medical care and education. The Alliance then advocates for healthcare and supportive benefits to help these families stay secure and thrive. 869385 Education: More than half of all children in foster care have learning disabilities or developmental delays. This, combined with frequent moves and school changes, results in a 50% school drop-out rate. However, evidence shows that reaching children at a young age will improve healthy development and reduce or avoid the need for special education and mental health services later. The Alliance advocates for foster children ages 0-19 to receive assessments, education services, and therapies tailored to meet their special needs. The Alliance also works to keep youth succeeding in school and on track for high school graduation by ensuring that they are in appropriate classes, receive appropriate credits, and have access to education plans, tutoring, and transportation, even when they must change schools. 569956 Transition Age Youth (TAY): Every year, thousands of young people "age out" of the foster care system in L.A. without a permanent family or adequate preparation. The Alliance provides targeted support to those youth ages 14-24, to help them overcome barriers to employment, education, housing, and healthcare. The Alliance assists youth who have experienced identity thefts and financial frauds, and advocates for high-needs foster youth, including pregnant and parenting teens, youth who cross into the delinquency system, and youth with severe disabilities. It also empowers these youth with connection to resources, skill building workshops, advocacy opportunities, and mentoring. Together with pro bono attorneys and other volunteers, the Alliance is improving outcomes and promoting independence for youth. 2110851 Public Benefits and Services: Children in foster care have a tremendous need for a stable home. Caregivers, particularly relatives, who step up to provide for these children are often low-income and can become overwhelmed with their new responsibilities, putting that essential stability at risk. The Alliance obtains appropriate funding and services for these children so that caregivers can provide basic necessities and access critical services like specialized medical equipment and therapies, counseling, child care, educational services, and respite care. Securing these resources can often mean the difference between permanent, safe homes and struggling, unstable ones.Healthcare: A child's illness can be emotionally and financially devastating for any family and, for families already living in poverty, the challenges are even greater. The Alliance helps children facing Medi-Cal eligibility problems, treatment denials, and inadequate access to physicians, dentists, and mental health services. The Alliance conducts training and support for medical and social service providers on the needs and rights of foster youth and available resources. We also protect the rights of expecting and parenting teens in foster care to healthcare and sexual and reproductive education so that they have the resources and supports they need to be good parents and break the inter-generational cycle of children being removed from young parents in foster care.System-Wide Reform: The Alliance works at the state and local levels to develop and implement policies and practices that improve children's lives and well-being. Through its work with a high volume of individual clients as well as through collaboration with legal services programs and support centers across the state, the Alliance is able to recognize trends, identify systemic issues and pursue reform through litigation, legislative or administrative advocacy in order to improve outcomes and promote the well-being of children and families.Opportunity Youth Collaborative: The Los Angeles Opportunity Youth Collaborative (LA OYC), led by the Alliance, is a collective effort to improve the education and employment opportunities for transition age foster youth from ages 14 to 24. Too often, efforts to support young people's transition from foster care to independence fall short, due to service gaps and lack of coordination among public and private organizations. To overcome those gaps, the LA OYC brings together public and private agencies, community-based organizations, foundations, educational institutions, and employers to to address the barriers that impede foster youth and create pathways for them to achieve success in school and at work. By coordinating resources; aligning services; sharing information; identifying best practices; incorporating the voices of foster youth in solutions that affect them; and building the capacity of agencies with training and support, the OYC is building partnerships to help foster youth succeed in education and careers. 2110851 4479461 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 1 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 30 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X X X X Debbie Cohen 2133686010 3333 Wilshire Blvd550 Los Angeles CA 90010 Trent Copeland Esq Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Rick Rosen Co-Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Phillip Rudolph Esq Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Chris B Walther Esq Co-Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Matthew D Babrick Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 James P Clark Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dena Cook Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Scott A Edelman Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alan J Epstein Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 E Martin Estrada Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Susan F Friedman Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Andrew D Garelick Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Cliff Gilbert-Lurie Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Leslie Gilbert-Lurie Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara Grushow Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Angie Harmon Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Yasmine Delawari Johnson Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jo Kaplan Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mitchell T Kaplan Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Karen Mack Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Steven A Marenberg Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Gary Newman Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alex G Romain Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Bruce Rosenblum Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Saltz Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jose F Sanchez Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Toni M Schulman Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kris Spazafumo Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Silvia Vannini Esq Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Robert J Woolway Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Braun President & CEO 37.50 X 209272 0 29863 Danilo Garcia Chief Financial Officer 37.50 X 139610 0 11689 Kerri Seibly from 92019 Chief Development Officer 37.50 X 58768 0 2151 Cynthia Biley Adoption Program Director 37.50 X 118042 0 16543 Lauri Collier OYC Program Director 37.50 X 122094 0 14215 Lara Holtzman VP, Legal & Program Services 37.50 X 135229 0 14924 Jill Rowland Education Program Director 37.50 X 118042 0 11148 Angela Schwartz VP, Policy & Advocacy 37.50 X 131426 0 14396 1032483 0 114929 7 0 1 0 0 1532622 6713943 126267 8246565 197920 197920 107210 106189 1021 1021 1021 315770 1532622 315770 0 8445506 0 0 198941 515308 209519 165431 140358 3213806 2643977 364112 205717 76922 62898 7307 6717 464096 370624 57079 36393 285634 222069 38528 25037 23384 12339 1936 9109 40016 40016 211645 111681 17518 82446 142550 110095 20547 11908 101665 85848 8639 7178 393364 318256 41457 33651 86852 72567 9380 4905 12240 10220 296 1724 47564 37575 5233 4756 58627 47199 5758 5670 Dues and Subscriptions 41443 30789 3645 7009 Youth Development Servi 23846 23657 189 Intern/Volunteer/Pro Bo 20585 19330 870 385 Printing and Publishing 10133 8540 876 717 107150 82278 24811 61 5876830 4479461 813439 583930 1936916 2144101 1597773 2847290 122078 118331 737546 603713 141228 133833 8105334 8792839 27375 31464 11930704 14067858 663313 461432 663313 461432 X 9310590 9955734 1956801 3650692 11267391 13606426 11930704 14067858 2568676 -229641 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 5333050 5539337 6108126 4505332 8246565 29732410 5333050 5539337 6108126 4505332 8246565 29732410 5977244 23755166 129854 144431 155643 181493 197920 809341 5000 5000 30546751 0.77770 0.81400 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10, Explanation of Other Income: Miscellaneous Revenue - 2018 Amount: $ 5,000. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3250000 3250000 3250000 3250000 3250000 3250000 3250000 3250000 3250000 3250000 1.00000 0 0 737546 603713 133833 133833 Equity Securities 2963828 F Fixed Income Securities 5829011 F 8792839 X 19847108 -229641 11672280 11442639 8404469 40016 1021 41037 8445506 17508073 11672280 11672280 5835793 40016 1021 41037 5876830 Part V, Line 4: In 2019, there was no allocation of unrestricted net assets to the endowment fund. The balance as of March 31, 2020 remained $3,250,000. Part X, Line 2: In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic No. 740, "Income Taxes," the Alliance recognized the impact of tax positions in the financial statements if those positions will more likely than not to be sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The Alliance is exempt from income taxes or not subject to income taxes on unrelated business income. The Alliance has no recognized/derecognized tax benefits or tax penalties or interest. As of March 31, 2020, the open tax years for The Alliance were 2017 to 2020. Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Gain from sale of securities 1,021. Part XII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Gain from sale of securities 1,021. Annual Dinner 1628727 1359828 268899 268899 Comedy Night 115565 76752 38813 38813 3 104100 96042 8058 8058 1848392 1532622 315770 315770 315770 0 1 X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jennifer Braun President & CEO 209272 0 0 0 0 0 6410 0 23453 0 239135 0 0 0 Danilo Garcia Chief Financial Officer 139610 0 0 0 0 0 4200 0 7489 0 151299 0 0 0 Lara Holtzman VP, Legal & Program Services 133229 0 2000 0 0 0 4138 0 10786 0 150153 0 0 0 Karen Mack Goldsmith Karen is married to Russell Goldsmith, chairman of City National Bank (RBC) 63078 Karen Mack Goldsmith (Director of the Board) is married to Russell Goldsmith (chairman of City National Bank). The Organization's banking and investment management is done through City National Bank (now owned by RBC), where Mr. Goldsmith is the chairman. Clifford Gilbert-Lurie (Director of the Board) is also on the City National Bank Board of Directors. 0 X 13500 Fair market value X 4 106189 Fair market value X 1 6578 Fair market value 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Cliff and Leslie Gilbert-Lurie are husband and wife. They both sit on the Board of Directors for The Alliance for Children's Rights. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Audit Committee meets with the auditors to review and discuss a draft of the Form 990 and approves it before providing it to the Executive Committee and the entire Board of Directors for review. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Annually at a Board meeting in September, the conflict of interest policy and a questionnaire are circulated to all board members and require a signature on the questionnaire page. The policy is also circulated to the staff and any subcontractors annually and requires a signature on the questionnaire page. If anyone records an interest, the President & CEO is notified and it is disclosed to the Executive Committee of the Board for any potential conflicts. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The process for determining compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and key employees includes a review, discussion and approval by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors who do not have a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement, and independent of the person being compensated. The Executive Committee makes compensation decisions by looking at comparability data, the skills and expertise of the executives and the performance in meeting goals and expectations, with contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18 The Form 1023 and all other informational return documents are available to the public on our website or through a public website. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Alliance for Children's Rights makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public on its website or upon request.