2017-02-03T13:30:45-08:00 2016-09-30 SCHALL & ASHENFARB CPAS 307 5th Ave 15th Floor NEW YORK NY 100166517 990 2015-10-01 133910567 Legal Information for Families Today LEGA 6466139633 32 Court Street Suite 1208 Brooklyn NY 11201 Sharon Myrie CEO 2017-02-03 true Michael Schall P02024184 2122682800 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Sharon Myrie 32 Court Street Suite 1208 Brooklyn NY 11201 1668219 false false X www.LIFTonline.org X 1996 NY Provide legal information & community education & promote reform of the courts and public agencies. 15 15 25 25 0 1624628 1629216 0 221 103 0 1624849 1629319 0 0 1408096 1264471 0 300939 363971 415139 1772067 1679610 -147218 -50291 1053251 1011665 82920 91625 970331 920040 X Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) is an award winning non-profit dedicated to empowering unrepresented litigants so that they may successfully self-advocate in the New York Family Courts. false false 482149 Family Court-Based Programs: Located inside the New York City Family Courthouses, LIFTs Family Court-based Programs meet the various needs of Family Court litigants. For quick answers to family law questions, litigants may access the Education & Information (EI) Sites, which provide on-the-spot information about family law, court navigation, starting court cases, and accessing court resources. For more in-depth services, litigants may enroll in our Family Legal Center (FLC), which provide individualized legal information, court documentation preparation, court appearance preparation, court accompaniment, and other intensive services. In 2016, the EI Sites served 16,000 people and the FLC worked with 1,400 participants. 310606 Family Law Hotlines: The Hotlines enable anyone with a case in New York States Family Courts to access our services via telephone, email or live-chat. Hotline staff provide answers to substantive family law and court procedure questions as well as referrals to legal and social services in English and Spanish. In 2016, our Hotlines served nearly 15,000 people. 176439 Social Services and Workshops: In addition to legal information services, LIFT provides support to help participants overcome the many challenges that affect their families. Services include: high-impact referrals for housing, child care, employment and educational services; assistance with enrolling in public benefits; skills-building workshops; and emotional support through crisis intervention, support groups, and mentoring. In 2016, we served nearly 180 people through our social services program. 282221 1251415 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 13 0 true 25 true false false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 15 15 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false NY X X Liv Johanson Berg 6466139633 32 Court Street Suite 1208 Brooklyn NY 11201 Anthony D Schlesinger Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Glenn R Pollner Esq Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 William C Silverman Esq Chairman 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Karen A Greenstein Esq Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Linda A Fuller Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sara M DiLeo Esq Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Frances J DiSarro Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Susan R Kramer Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Leslie Abbey Esq Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Roy Haynes Jr Vice Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Thomas W Ostrander Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rebecca J Simmons Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Stephen McGrath Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Liberty Aldrich Esq Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Philip H Cohen Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sharon Myrie CEO 50.00 0.00 X 150544 0 32019 Jameelah J Hayes Dir. of Programs 40.00 0.00 X 97642 0 14576 248186 46595 1 false true false 0 320764 872294 436158 1629216 0 103 103 0 0 0 0 38900 320764 38900 0 0 0 0 1629319 103 0 0 0 0 177908 133431 8895 35582 0 818660 687246 37309 94105 39934 32886 1851 5197 158726 130710 7360 20656 69243 57022 3210 9011 0 0 92073 32559 59514 0 0 0 50150 25184 21120 3846 0 5769 4752 267 750 0 0 112906 92978 5235 14693 3447 2839 160 448 0 2294 1858 436 0 0 9680 7971 449 1260 11716 9648 543 1525 Special Event Expense 47090 47090 Telephone and Communications 21308 17546 988 2774 Printing and Publications 11267 11267 Equipment Rental 10424 8584 483 1357 37015 27493 6391 3131 1679610 1251415 127256 300939 574646 466878 159517 159619 249800 299060 0 0 0 0 0 33861 50474 189669 172124 17865 17545 0 0 0 0 17562 18089 1053251 1011665 82920 91625 82920 91625 X 795310 872664 175021 47376 970331 920040 1053251 1011665 -50291 X false true X true false X 2130059 1180085 1596051 1624628 1629216 8160039 0 0 2130059 1180085 1596051 1624628 1629216 8160039 447526 7712513 505 370 255 221 103 1454 0 595285 450461 680 1046426 9207919 0.83760 0.80890 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 19910 15642 4268 134833 121556 13277 34926 34926 17545 X 1694760 65441 65441 1629319 1629319 1745051 65441 65441 1679610 1679610 Part X : FIN48 Footnote LIFT does not believe its financial statements include any material, uncertain tax positions. Tax filings for period ending September 30, 2012 and later are subject to examination by applicable taxing authorities. false Gala 359664 320764 38900 38900 359664 320764 38900 38900 38900 X X X false false false false false false false false false false Sharon Myrie CEO 150544 32019 182563 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Legal Education and Publications:LIFT produces written Legal Resource Guides on a variety of family law topics. They are multilingual, step-by-step guides to nearly 40 family law topics, including court process and procedure, litigants rights, and court navigation. In 2016 we distributed over 200,000 copies of our Guides. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Judge for a Day: Run in partnership with the Courts, Judge for a Day (JFAD) provides public officials and private sector executives with a unique opportunity to shadow judges and participate in an interactive luncheon with Family Court judges and LIFT staff. In addition to raising awareness of Family Court conditions, JFAD illuminates LIFTs role in the Family Courts, and helps bring resources to Family Court and LIFT. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Public Policy: LIFT continually focuses on catalyzing significant and lasting change in the Family Court system. We serve on a statewide committee to explore how resources can be expanded to include non-lawyer advocates in the court system. In addition, LIFT serves on the New York City Family Court Advisory Council, the New York City Bar Associations Family Court and Family Law Committee, and the City Bars Council on Children to express the interests and concerns of unrepresented litigants. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Management reviewed a draft of the form 990 with the audit/finance committee and provided edits to the tax preparer. After this process was performed, the form 990 was sent to the full board of directors prior to being filed with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The organization has a "board approved" conflicts of interest policy. Each board member must fill out an annual declaration stating they had no conflicts or identifying the nature of their interested party transactions. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Documents are made available upon request.