California Lawyers for the Arts

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Financial Vulnerability Assessment (Tuckman-Chang)

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Financial Trends

Organization Details

Formation Year

1975

Legal Domicile

Principal Officer

Alma Robinson

Phone

4157757200

Tax Period

2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30

California Lawyers for the Arts, founded in 1975, is a community nonprofit in the Arts, Culture & Humanities sector that reported $2.6M in total revenue in fiscal year 2024.

Mission

Legal education and referrals. Mediation and arbitration services. Youth arts internship program. Arts in corrections program.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

Expenses: $1,115,176 Revenue: $1,122,628

Designing Creative Futures - Internship opportunities in arts-related business for formerly incarcerated inviduals, including trainings, workshops, and follow-up.

Program 2

Expenses: $958,103 Revenue: $841,372

Member Services - Services provided to artists include a legal referral program to provide legal aid to artists. Sponsorship of seminars and workshops relating to arts law and publication of arts law...

Program 3

Expenses: $208,302 Revenue: $358,451

Arbitration & Mediation - An arbitration and mediation service for disputes relating to the arts. The purpose of this program is to provide an inexpensive and informed service for alternative dispute...

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Trantor Score

Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $2,393,039

Program Service Revenue $65,462

Investment Income $118,029

Other Revenue $22,264

TOTAL REVENUE $2,598,794

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0

Salaries & Benefits $2,051,258

Fundraising Expenses $0

Program Expenses $2,444,750

Other Expenses $651,545

TOTAL EXPENSES $2,702,803

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2024	2023	Change
Revenue	$2,598,794	$2,545,995	+0.0%
Expenses	$2,702,803	$2,444,209	+0.1%
Net Income	$-104,009	$101,786	-2.0%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✗ Grants to Individuals ✓ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✗ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✓ Schedule B Required

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Financial Health Indicators

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Financial Distress Indicator

Liquidity & Cash Position

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Altman Z-Score • Liquidity Ratios • Solvency Analysis • Growth Indicators • Efficiency Metrics

Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

Volunteers

Governance Policies

✗ Conflict of Interest Policy

✗ Whistleblower Policy

✗ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✗ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

✗ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✓ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✗ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

Total Directors

$162,031

Key Employees

Highest Compensated

reported

Name	Title	Hours/Week	Role	Reportable Comp	Other Comp	Total
Alma Robinson	Executive Direc	40.00	Director	$162,031	$0	$162,031
Michael Parme	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
MJ Bogatin	Vice President	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
John Davis	Vice President	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Darren Presher	Treasurer	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Gerry Bryant	Vice President	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Grace Bergen	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Teresa Carey	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Stuart Carroll	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Aaron Rubin	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Peter Dickinson	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Keith Cooper	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Uduak Oduok	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Eric Chun	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Eugene Clark-Herrera	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Nicholas White	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Kimberley Hancock	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Eric Hayashi	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Edward Hearn	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Joseph Lewis	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Stephanie G Herrera	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Gary Goldberger	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Marisa Johnson	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Benjamin Kimes	Secretary	0.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
William Turner	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
John Wong	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Eric Metzger	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Michael Solomon	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Burke Sylva	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Andrew Turney	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Barbara Benish	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Maria Gomez Rodriguez	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Stephen Hirsch	President	0.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Christopher Marchese	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Corey Salsberg	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Hemal Parikh	Director	0.00	Director	$0	$0	$0

Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Net Income
2025	$2,598,794	$2,702,803	$1,606,754	$-104,009
2024	No data	No data	No data	No data
2023	$2,154,680	$1,888,676	$3,624,000	$266,004
2022	$1,459,709	$1,271,592	$1,047,411	$188,117
2021	$1,047,368	$1,171,738	$1,022,475	$-124,370
2020	$1,283,893	$1,101,527	$872,727	$182,366
2019	$1,306,698	$1,224,980	$968,325	$81,718
2018	$1,043,417	$1,023,332	$747,475	$20,085