2023 Annual Report

Financial Summary

Statement of Financial Position

Assets

2022

2023

Cash and cash equivalents

$48,053,395

$41,820,067

Receivables from grants and governmental contracts, and other

$85,049,109

$108,226,123

Investments, at fair value

$10,320,823

$9,577,071

Deferred charges and other assets

$1,414,049

$1,938,189

Property and equipment, at cost, net

$8,250,370

$11,524,671

Pension assets

$1,818,774

Total assets

$153,087,746

$174,904,895

Liabilities and Net Asset Deficiency

2022

2023

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$15,996,597

$4,887,641

Accrued payroll and other employee expenses

$45,383,222

$51,760,911

Program advances

$19,790,379

$24,876,744

Line of credit

$8,487,478

Accrued postretirement health and benefits cost

$51,352,054

$48,153,628

Pension liability

$2,612,526

Deferred lease incentives and lease obligations

$21,261,891

Total liabilities

$156,396,669

$159,428,294

Commitments and Contingencies

2022

2023

Net Assets

Without donor restrictions

-$10,122,835

$6,645,277

With donor restrictions

Purpose and time restricted

$4,514,970

$6,725,301

Perpetual in nature

$2,298,942

$2,106,023

Total net assets with donor restrictions

$6,813,912

$8,831,324

Total net assets (deficiency)

-$3,308,923

$15,476,601

Total liabilities and net assets (deficiency)

$153,087,746

$174,904,895

Revenues

2022

2023

Criminal Defense Practice

$200,431,826

$216,039,379

Juvenile Rights Practice

$48,927,731

$51,201,886

Civil Practice

$85,560,364

$86,690,343

Contributions (net of direct expenses related to the benefit)

$15,481,400

$15,763,325

Return (loss) on investments, net

-$942,475

$1,551,525

Court awards

$42,592

$136,502

Other income

$490,030

$800,896

Total Revenue

$349,991,468

$372,183,856

Criminal Defense Practice

Juvenile Rights Practice

Civil Practice & Other

Employee Expenses

Criminal Defense

Juvenile Rights Practice

Civil Practice

Total Program Expenses

Total Admin/ Fundraising

2023 Total Expenses

2022 Total Expenses

Employee Expenses

Professional staff salaries

$90,602,631

$21,855,795

$37,850,598

$150,309,024

$7,646,827

$157,955,851

$150,466,599

Support staff salaries

$28,721,577

$6,630,392

$11,569,380

$46,921,349

$5,426,316

$52,347,665

$45,274,977

Fringe benefits and other employee costs

$57,766,922

$14,440,681

$25,054,855

$97,262,458

$6,754,252

$104,016,710

$98,382,177

Total employee expenses

$177,091,130

$42,926,868

$74,474,833

$294,492,831

$19,827,395

$314,320,226

$294,123,753

Other Expenses

Occupancy costs

$14,703,522

$3,472,989

$7,263,024

$25,439,535

$26,498

$25,466,033

$33,203,249

Communications

$1,438,258

$390,081

$672,551

$2,500,890

$135,496

$2,636,386

$2,349,339

Office operating

$866,916

$181,925

$258,758

$1,307,599

$428,643

$1,736,242

$2,434,497

Purchases and leases of furniture and equipment

$1,994,621

$247,779

$1,021,252

$3,263,652

$928,163

$4,191,815

$4,978,932

Law books and reference materials

$571,997

$121,440

$604,716

$1,298,153

$20,342

$1,318,495

$1,331,391

Trial minutes

$338,835

$83,449

$14,558

$436,842

$356,172

Cost of investigations and expert witnesses

$1,572,388

$81,874

$681,078

$2,335,340

$4,720

$2,340,060

$2,104,986

Professional services

$821,836

$48,092

$4,008,395

$4,878,323

$2,375,999

$7,254,322

$5,510,332

Transportation

$788,228

$46,718

$63,486

$898,432

$40,404

$938,836

$594,578

Insurance

$465,142

$121,511

$229,319

$815,972

$65,148

$881,120

$866,618

Depreciation and amortization

$212,008

$50,074

$96,264

$358,346

$27,375

$385,721

$495,049

Other

$1,839,914

$103,494

$2,651,150

$4,594,558

$2,184,320

$6,778,878

$5,772,388

Total other expenses

$25,613,665

$4,949,426

$17,564,551

$48,127,642

$6,237,108

$54,364,750

$59,997,531

Total expenses, excluding other than net periodic costs

$202,704,795

$47,876,294

$92,039,384

$342,620,473

$26,064,503

$368,684,976

$354,121,284

Criminal Defense Practice

Juvenile Rights Practice

Civil Practice

Admin & Fundraising

Program

Admin

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