2018-07-05T12:59:45-05:00 2018-03-31 952302617 SINGERLEWAK LLP 10960 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700 LOS ANGELES CA 900243783 990 2017-04-01 954358213 Alliance For Children's Rights ALLI 2133686010 3333 Wilshire Blvd No 550 Los Angeles CA 900104123 Jennifer Braun President and CEO 2133686010 2018-06-24 1 Lior Temkin P00748170 3104773924 2018-06-24 2017 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Jennifer Braun 3333 Wilshire Blvd No 550 Los Angeles CA 900104123 6657674 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. 38 38 67 846 0 16657 5539337 6108126 0 0 143760 155048 0 0 5683097 6263174 0 0 0 0 4238946 4454700 0 0 519877 1323809 1354246 5562755 5808946 120342 454228 11430768 12507117 341579 460403 11089189 12046714 X During the fiscal year 7,284 children's cases were handled and since 1992, the Alliance, with the help of hundreds of pro bono attorneys, has provided 150,000 children with permanency through adoption and legal guardianship, and access to healthcare, education and benefits. 0 0 919203 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. The Alliance advocates for foster children ages 0-19 to receive assessments, education services and therapies tailored to meet their special needs. 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 also works to keep youth succeeding in school and on track for high school graduation by ensuring they are in appropriate classes, have tutoring, transportation and other services to support their education, even when they must change schools. 859429 Adoption, Guardianship, & Volunteer Attorney Network: 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. With the help of pro bono attorneys, the Alliance overcomes barriers and delays for children waiting for their adoption to finalize, completing one-third of all adoptions out of foster care in Los Angeles County. Adoption is not the only means through which children who cannot safely remain with birth parents find stable, loving caregivers. The Alliance and its pro bono attorneys help hundreds of low-income caregivers become legal guardians through the probate court and gain access to services and supports each year. 776739 NextStep for Transition-Age Foster Youth: Every year, thousands of young people "age out" of the foster care system in Los Angeles without a permanent family, adequate support or preparation. The Alliance provides a safety net to those ages 14-25, empowering them with skill building workshops, access to resources, advocacy, job coaching and mentoring to overcome barriers to employment, education, housing and healthcare. The Alliance advocates for high-risk, high-need foster youth including pregnant and parenting teens, youth who cross into the delinquency system and children with severe disabilities. Together with pro bono attorneys, community volunteers and mentors, the Alliance is improving outcomes for these youth. 2099410 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 counseling, child care, tutoring, specialized medical equipment 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 also conducts training and support for medical and social service providers.System-Wide Reform and Advocacy: The Alliance works at the state and local levels for policies and practices that improve children's lives and well-being. Through its work with a high volume of individual clients, the Alliance is able to recognize trends and identify issues on a larger scale, use litigation, legislative reform and support of sound policy to respond with systemic solutions that are in the best interest of children and families.Opportunity Youth Collaborative: The Aspen Institute for Community Solutions selected the Alliance to lead a cross-sector, multiagency effort to improve education and employment outcomes for transition-age foster youth (TAY) in Los Angeles. The Opportunity Youth Collaborative (OYC) brings together dozens of public agencies, community organizations, educational institutions and private employers through a framework of collective impact to remove barriers and help current and former foster youth obtain education and gainful employment. The OYC partners are providing job readiness training, including resume writing, mock interviewing, and job placement services to hundreds of foster youth. The OYC also convenes stakeholders to discuss and advance policy initiatives to improve education and employment outcomes for foster youth. OYC Young Leaders provides professional development training, direct advocacy opportunities, and mentorship to young adults, ensuring that the youth voice is part of ongoing systems and policy reform. 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The balance as of March 31, 2018 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, 2018, the open tax years for The Alliance were 2015 to 2018. Annual Dinner 1572368 1268718 303650 303650 Comedy Night 257294 225010 32284 32284 4 135383 131737 3646 3646 1965045 1625465 339580 339580 339580 0 1 X X X X 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Janis Spire until 102017 President & CEO 220747 0 0 0 0 0 5625 0 14390 0 240762 0 0 0 Part I, Line 4a Per confidential agreement signed by the organization, the severance package paid to an employee is not open for public inspection but is available to the IRS upon request. Karen Mack Goldsmith Karen is married to Russell Goldsmith, CEO of City National Bank (RBC) 61786 Karen Mack Goldsmith (Director of the Board) is married to Russell Goldsmith (CEO 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 CEO. Clifford Gilbert-Lurie (Director of the Board) is also on the City National Bank Board of Directors. 0 X 11474 fair market value X 3 36058 fair market value X Sporting Event Tickets 1 3432 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 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, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18 Form 1023 and all other informational return documents are available to the public on their website, upon request, 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 their website or upon request. Form 990, Part VII, Section A: Jennifer Braun became President & CEO in March 2018. Before her position as an officer of the organization, Ms. Braun was the legal director for the organization. Therefore, her calendar year 2017 compensation reflected on Part VII is from her position prior to becoming an officer.