2022 Annual Report

Financial Summary

Statement of Financial Position

Assets

2021

2022

Cash and cash equivalents

$18,400,584

$48,053,395

Receivables from grants and governmental contracts, and other

$97,647,480

$85,049,109

Investments, at fair value

$11,268,514

$10,320,823

Deferred charges and other assets

$826,566

$1,414,049

Property and equipment, at cost, net

$3,930,825

$8,250,370

Total assets

$132,073,969

$153,087,746

Liabilities and Net Asset Deficiency

2021

2022

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$13,132,074

$15,996,597

Accrued payroll and other employee expenses

$36,910,784

$45,383,222

Program advances

$952,521

$19,790,379

Line of credit

$2,250,000

Accrued postretirement health and benefits cost

$71,569,807

$51,352,054

Pension liability

$4,274,168

$2,612,526

Deferred lease incentives and lease obligations

$14,100,397

$21,261,891

Total liabilities

$143,189,751

$156,396,669

Commitments and Contingencies

2021

2022

Net Assets

Without donor restrictions

-$18,260,306

-$10,122,835

With donor restrictions

Purpose and time restricted

$5,043,501

$4,514,970

Perpetual in nature

$2,101,023

$2,298,942

Total net assets with donor restrictions

$7,151,139

$6,813,912

Total net assets (deficiency)

-$11,115,782

-$3,308,923

Total liabilities and net assets (deficiency)

$132,073,969

$153,087,746

Revenues

2021

2022

Criminal Defense Practice

$187,353,547

$200,431,826

Juvenile Rights Practice

$44,174,645

$48,927,731

Civil Practice

$80,345,165

$85,560,364

Contributions (net of direct expenses related to the benefit)

$14,887,978

$15,481,400

Return (loss) on investments, net

$1,244,937

-$942,475

Court awards

$47,374

$42,592

Other income

$2,345

$490,030

Total Revenue

$328,055,991

$349,991,468

Criminal Defense Practice

Juvenile Rights Practice

Civil Practice & Other

Expenses

Criminal Defense Practice

Juvenile Rights Practice

Civil Practice

Total Program Expenses

Total Admin/ Fundraising

2022 Total Expenses

2021 Total Expenses

Employee Expenses

Professional staff salaries

$82,149,375

$22,827,655

$37,643,910

$142,620,940

$7,845,659

$150,466,599

$148,208,937

Support staff salaries

$24,044,672

$6,081,743

$10,579,296

$40,705,711

$4,569,266

$45,274,977

$45,104,112

Fringe benefits and other employee costs

$53,439,428

$14,695,420

$24,190,446

$92,325,294

$6,056,883

$98,382,177

$96,196,575

Total employee expenses

$159,633,475

$43,604,818

$72,413,652

$275,651,945

$18,471,808

$294,123,753

$289,509,624

Other Expenses

Occupancy costs

$17,958,484

$3,876,084

$9,208,161

$31,042,729

$2,160,520

$33,203,249

$21,629,227

Communications

$1,255,859

$322,137

$653,055

$2,231,051

$118,288

$2,349,339

$2,326,557

Office operating

$1,169,152

$267,766

$531,728

$1,968,646

$465,851

$2,434,497

$1,683,274

Purchases and leases of furniture and equipment

$3,401,051

$238,441

$624,971

$4,264,463

$714,469

$4,978,932

$4,268,081

Law books and reference materials

$565,379

$126,166

$631,465

$1,323,010

$8,381

$1,331,391

$1,267,514

Trial minutes

$289,664

$58,573

$7,788

$356,025

$147

$356,172

$166,700

Cost of investigations and expert witnesses

$1,292,001

$42,632

$728,490

$2,063,123

$41,863

$2,104,986

$1,434,420

Professional services

$347,124

$20,208

$3,751,677

$4,119,009

$1,391,323

$5,510,332

$5,287,311

Transportation

$518,583

$20,295

$36,335

$575,213

$19,365

$594,578

$362,304

Insurance

$464,073

$120,573

$227,588

$812,234

$54,384

$866,618

$838,220

Depreciation and amortization

$146,483

$30,767

$216,629

$393,879

$101,170

$495,049

$661,964

Other

385,230

62,080

1,448,902

1,896,212

3,876,176

5,772,388

4,663,817

Total other expenses

$27,793,083

$5,185,722

$18,066,789

$51,045,594

$8,951,937

$59,997,531

$44,589,389

Total expenses, excluding other than net periodic costs

$187,426,558

$48,790,540

$90,480,441

$326,697,539

$27,423,745

$354,121,284

$334,099,013

Criminal Defense Practice

Juvenile Rights Practice

Civil Practice

Admin & Fundraising

Program

Admin

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