2019-10-31T12:07:00-05:00 2018-12-31 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 234 East Colorado Blvd Suite M150 Pasadena CA 91101 990 2018-01-01 952897721 Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc WEST 2134877211 3701 Wilshire Blvd No 208 Los Angeles CA 900102826 Paul Tepper Executive Director/President 2134877211 2019-10-31 1 Tonetta L Conner CPA P01775198 6264036801 209.133.35.227 2019-10-31 10:06:49 PD P 0B4F3B71C2EC911E577D967EDC65E3E555B204AC 0B4F3B71C2EC911E577D967EDC65E3E555B204AC 2018 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z Paul Tepper 3701 Wilshire Blvd No 208 Los Angeles CA 900102826 4539542 0 X www.wclp.org X 1967 CA Leading the fight to secure housing, healthcare and a strong safety net for low-income Californians. 45 45 37 90 0 41838 3332527 3625336 736708 798493 8579 14651 40336 11015 4118150 4449495 0 0 0 0 3169921 3080309 0 0 465042 833610 908994 4003531 3989303 114619 460192 2223279 2841061 254003 437913 1969276 2403148 X For over 50 years, Western Center on Law and Poverty (WCLP) has led the fight in the courts, counties and capital to secure housing, health care and a strong safety net for low-income Californians by improving and transforming the public policy systems that touch their lives. 0 0 1079662 271488 Health Care: WCLP works on behalf of low-income Californians to defend health care reform; create new state based health care programs; extend coverage to the uninsured; strengthen county indigent health care programs; expand mental health services; stop illegal debt collection practices; and ensure appropriate consumer protections when accessing health care services.Among our 2018 accomplishments are stopping LA County's illegal practice that resulted in 30,000 Medi-Cal recipients losing coverage; preserving millions of dollars in hospital charity care services in Fresno and LA; and protecting CA's Medi-Cal expansion for hundreds of thousands of low-income adults against threatened backdoor federal cuts. 1079662 271488 Housing: WCLP enforces and expands Californians' rights to: easily find and move into affordable housing; maintain their existing low-income housing; have stable housing and avoid homelessness; and live in inclusive and equitable communities. WCLP focuses on improving the rights of low-income renters, promoting equitable land use policies, preventing displacement, furthering fair housing, and ensuring that there is adequate production of new affordable housing.Among our 2018 accomplishments are the increase in Temporary Homeless Assistance grants; increased notice and response time for tenants in eviction lawsuits; the creation of new state based fair housing obligations; new affordable housing obligations in Costa Mesa; and securing $500 million in new state housing and homelessness funding. 1016153 255517 Public Benefits and Economic Justice: WCLP works to expand access to jobs, take home income and opportunity for the poorest Californians; reduce the criminalization of poverty and racial bias in anti-poverty programs, public institutions, work environments, and financial services; ensure that the public safety net is actually available when needed; guarantee that people struggling to gain independence from welfare actually receive the supportive services the law affords them; and ensure that the voice of poor people is heard in the policy debates that affect their lives.Among our 2018 accomplishments are the largest CalWORKs grant increase in 40 years; the elimination of the money bail system; new CalFresh eligibility for over 1.2 million aged, blind, or disabled SSI recipients; emergency food assistance for families impacted by Northern and Southern CA fires. In all of our programs, WCLP actively seeks to eliminate racial equity in California. We forcefully challenge, through our advocacy work, structural racism embedded within public and private systems; work collaboratively with legal services and other community based organizations to ensure racial equity; and actively engage in regional and national coalitions for racial equity. 3175477 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 26 0 1 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X X X Stephanie Surabian Dir of Finance 2134877211 3701 Wilshire Blvd No 208 Los Angeles CA 900102826 Grace Carter Board Co-Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 David Elson Board Co-Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 David WillcuttsResigned 318 Board Secretary/Treasurer 1.00 0.20 X X 0 0 0 Jeremy D Matz Start date 318 Board Secretary/Treasurer 1.00 0.20 X 0 0 0 Aaron Lewis Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Adam Paris Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alex Beroukhim Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alison L Plessman Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Allen Lanstra Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Andrew J AJ Thomas Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Cheryl O'Connor Director(resigned 1/18) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dale Walls Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Daralyn Durie Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 David Carpenter Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 David E Fink Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 David Zifkin Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dean Matsubayashi Director(resigned 12/18) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Fred von Lohmann Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Grant A Davis-Denny Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Howard J Steinberg Director 1.00 0.20 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Wolch Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jeremy Williams Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jessica L Lunney Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Joshua Hamilton Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jonathan Gottlieb Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kelley S Olah Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kirk D Dillman Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lois D Thompson Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lois M Takahashi Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lorraine Echavarria Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Margaret Carter Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mark T Cramer Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mark Conrad Director(resigned 6/18) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Hostettler Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Shipley Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Moe Keshavarzi Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Olivia Kim Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Hall Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rachel S Brass Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rachel Capoccia Director(resigned 6/18) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Raymond B Kim Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rey M Rodriguez Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Perrin Director(resigned 6/18) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Shane Brun Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Susan K Leader Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Stephen Sorensen Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Stephanie Yonekura Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Steven D Atlee Director(resigned 3/18) 1.00 0.20 X 0 0 0 Steven G Sklaver Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sylvia Rivera Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas Loran III Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rodrigo Virseda Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Tepper Exec. Dir./President 40.00 0.50 X 161219 0 17420 Richard Rothschild Director of Litigation 40.00 X 139362 0 23717 Rau M Tawatao Senior Litigator 40.00 X 112633 0 17560 Stephanie Surabian Finance & Admin Director 40.00 X 111665 0 12515 Michael Herald Director of Policy Advocacy 40.00 X 137208 0 8725 Jennifer Flory Policy Advocate 40.00 X 113394 0 10046 775481 0 89983 11 0 1 0 Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles 1550 W 8th St Los Angeles CA 90017 Legal services 382212 Legal Aid Society of Orange County 2101 N Tustin Ave Santa Ana CA 92705 Legal services 211316 Neighborhood Legal Services 1102 E Chevy Chase Dr Glendale CA 91205 Legal services 130788 Disability Rights Legal Center 350 S Grand Ave Suite 1520 Los Angeles CA 90071 Legal services 126417 4 934892 728938 1961506 3625336 Court awarded fees/cos 900099 793537 793537 Publications 511190 4956 4956 798493 14651 14651 9000 0 9000 9000 9000 90047 934892 90047 0 Miscellaneous 900099 2015 2015 2015 4449495 798493 0 25666 178639 59546 59546 59547 2344306 1925625 171759 246922 122508 98836 9931 13741 249652 203125 19325 27202 185204 146312 16668 22224 22035 22035 26270 20754 2364 3152 126762 100143 11408 15211 37353 29509 3362 4482 323019 255185 29072 38762 59393 46921 5345 7127 4283 3384 385 514 26984 21317 2429 3238 Contract expenses 150283 118724 13525 18034 Library 76991 76991 Dues & subscriptions 37287 32586 2015 2686 Staff development 18334 14484 1650 2200 3989303 3175477 348784 465042 542158 934720 5359 0 1126292 1301110 136405 185525 9051 15708 62050 70026 259640 259640 0 0 334244 326252 7720 7720 2223279 2841061 254003 437913 254003 437913 X 557612 856407 1411664 1546741 1969276 2403148 2223279 2841061 X 460192 -23456 -2864 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2569183 2715227 2973401 3332527 3625336 15215674 2569183 2715227 2973401 3332527 3625336 15215674 1595577 13620097 27226 22505 6173 73190 23651 152745 34217 103786 33629 31336 2015 204983 15573402 4105669 0.87460 0.80600 X 5179 203114 208293 3781010 3989303 349465 87366 0 0 335045 348920 350179 349465 1383609 2075414 96991 99325 212405 208293 617014 83761 87230 87545 87366 345902 518853 294 996 9937 5179 16406 3509495 204 -146054 3363645 3080817 428678 3509495 2917488 163379 50 3080817 3288908 -121420 250000 2917488 3648986 -360078 3288908 1.00000 0 1 1 19310 19310 0 240330 240330 0 0 X 4423175 -23456 -2864 -26320 4449495 0 4449495 3989303 0 3989303 0 3989303 Part V, Line 4: The purpose of the Endowment is to build capital for future use by the Western Center on Law and Poverty (WCLP) and to provide an income stream to WCLP to supplement their fundraising sources. Part X, Line 2: Western Center for Law & Poverty (referred to as WCLP in the audited financial statements) 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 of the positions taken by WCLP in their federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. The Center's returns are subject to examination by federal taxing authorities, generally for three years, respectively, after they are filed. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Contract adjustment -2,864. Garden Party 977009 906774 70235 31173 15672 23390 Fair Shake 47930 28118 19812 3219 12132 1000 3461 1024939 934892 90047 34392 27804 1000 26851 90047 0 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Tepper Exec. Dir./President 161219 0 0 0 0 0 4500 0 12920 0 178639 0 0 0 Richard Rothschild Director of Litigation 139362 0 0 0 0 0 7000 0 16717 0 163079 0 0 0 Part I, Line 3 In determining the compensation of the organization's officers and key employees, the Board and its designees reviewed comparable data, deliberated and made a final decision. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 is reviewed by Finance Management staff; then the Form 990 is disbursed to all Board Members for review prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The conflict of interest policy and disclosure form are distributed each year to board members for review and submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 In determining the compensation of the organization's officers and key employees, the Board and its designees reviewed comparable data, deliberated and made a final decision. To obtain comparability data, the board examines outside organization's activities, the position's responsibilities and requirements, the organization's size and comparable salaries for Executive Directors/CEOs at akin organizations in the nonprofit legal services sector. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18 The Form 990 is also available on our website. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The organization makes documents available in accordance with the law. Form 990, Part XI, line 9: Contract adjustment -2,864. WCLP Endowment Foundation 3701 Wilshire Blvd Suite 208 Los Angeles CA 90010 202437819 To support the activities of Western Center on Law and Poverty, Inc. CA 501(c)3 Line 12a, I Western Center on Law and Poverty Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0