2026-09-01T12:03:38-05:00 2025-12-31 411534805 CARPENTER EVERT & ASSOCIATES LTD 7760 FRANCE AVE S SUITE 940 BLOOMINGTON MN 55435 990 2025-01-01 411761589 CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA CHIL 6516444438 450 NORTH SYNDICATE STREET 340 ST PAUL MN 55104 NIKKI FARAGO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6516444438 2026-08-24 1 NEAL EVERT P00046853 9528310085 2026-08-24 2025 NIKKI FARAGO 450 NORTH SYNDICATE STREET 340 ST PAUL MN 55104 982417 0 X WWW.CLCMN.ORG X 1995 MN CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA PROMOTES AND PROTECTS THE LEGAL RIGHTS AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH THROUGH LEGAL ADVOCACY, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, AND POLICY REFORM. 26 26 13 162 1771 0 799337 669965 7100 7255 35106 38993 168377 236150 1009920 952363 0 0 0 0 846043 912810 0 0 102532 127348 128571 973391 1041381 36529 -89018 1329163 1229961 54093 43909 1275070 1186052 X CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA PROMOTES AND PROTECTS THE LEGAL RIGHTS AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH THROUGH LEGAL ADVOCACY, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, AND POLICY REFORM. 0 0 706798 7255 CLC SERVED 402 CLIENTS IN 2025 AND SAW 119 CASES TO COMPLETION. OF THESE YOUTH, 51% (204) ARE FEMALE, 49% (198) ARE MALE; 65% (263) OF THE CASES ARE WITHIN RAMSEY COUNTY, 34% (138) ARE IN HENNEPIN COUNTY; 1% IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. ALL CLC CLIENTS ARE YOUNG PEOPLE IN FOSTER CARE IN MN, MOSTLY BETWEEN AGES 10-21. CLC SERVES A HIGH MINORITY POPULATION, MANY OF WHOM IDENTIFY AS MORE THAN ONE RACE. SPECIFICALLY, 152 (38%) ARE BLACK/AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 130 (32%) ARE TWO OR MORE RACES, 30 (8%) ARE ASIAN, 8 (2%) ARE HISPANIC-LATINO, 7 (2%) ARE NATIVE AMERICAN BUT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR ICWA, 19 (5%) ARE ICWA ELIGIBLE, AND 56 (14%) ARE WHITE. 74% OF CLIENTS WERE MEMBERS OF A SIBLING GROUP. OF THE 402 CASES 55% CASES WERE ASSIGNED IN HOUSE TO STAFF ATTORNEYS AND 45% OF THE CASES WERE ASSIGNED TO VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS. 55% OF CLC CLIENTS WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEIR STUDIES ON TIME, WITH 7% OF THOSE STUDENTS PLANNING TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE THIS FALL. IN CONTRAST, 35% OF SENIOR CLIENTS WERE STILL STRIVING TO EARN THEIR DIPLOMA. WHILE THESE FIGURES REFLECT A DECREASE COMPARED TO OUR EARLIER GRADUATION RATES, THEY ALIGN WITH THE OVERALL DECLINE IN GRADUATION RATES OBSERVED STATEWIDE FOR FOSTER STUDENTS.IN 2025, CLC STAFF SERVED ON, OR PARTICIPATE IN, OVER 14 EXTERNAL COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE MN SUPREME COURT COUNCIL ON CHILD PROTECTION, CHILDREN'S JUSTICE INITIATIVE, STATEWIDE CJI ADVISORY COMMITTEE, STATEWIDE CJI MENTAL HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE, MIFPA PHASE II, CHILDREN'S JUSTICE ACT TASK FORCE, HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTY CHILDREN'S JUSTICE INITIATIVE GROUPS, MN RULES OF JUVENILE PROTECTION PROCEDURE COMMITTEE, STATE BOARD OF APPELLATE COUNSEL AND TRAINING, AND THE MSBA AND ABA CHILDREN AND LAW SECTIONS. 706798 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MN X X X NIKKI FARAGO 6516444438 450 NORTH SYNDICATE STREET 340 ST PAUL MN 55104 WENDY WATSON DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 CATHY WASSBERG DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLINE MOOS DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 JACK GRAVES DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL EWALD DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREW JACKSON DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER DUKART DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 DESIREE MCDOWELL DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM HEFNER VICE CHAIR 2.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 AMY CONWAY DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 LISA BAYLEY DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTINE JOHNSON DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE DEBOIS DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 NICOLE NAROTZKY DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 MELISSA RAPHAN DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC CHAD DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK SCHNEEBECK DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOSHUA NATZEL DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOE CASSIOPPI DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMIE KURTZ DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIN SINDBERG PORTER DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 DUSTIN SCHMIEG DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 HOLLEY HORRELL CHAIR 2.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 LAUREN POCKL TREASURER 2.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 RACHEL BARRETT DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 LEAH KIPPOLA-FRISKE DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREW BAESE DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEANDRA WALKER DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 BETHANY KINSELLA DIRECTOR 2.00 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN DIOURY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY 40.00 1.00 X 133750 0 4013 133750 0 4013 1 0 0 0 0 383511 286454 669965 PROGRAM SERVICE FEES 541100 7255 7255 7255 38993 38993 264433 30054 234379 234379 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 1771 1771 1771 952363 7255 1771 273372 640420 435466 141560 63394 198785 135074 44031 19680 15401 10573 3307 1521 58204 39570 12872 5762 42639 24645 14647 3347 2840 2043 520 277 17926 12895 3280 1751 15693 11289 2871 1533 6444 4636 1178 630 8680 6244 1588 848 23222 16704 4249 2269 FEES/CHARGES 7248 5214 1326 708 PRINTING AND COPYING 2537 1825 464 248 MISCELLANEOUS 480 480 POSTAGE AND MESSENGER 465 335 85 45 397 285 73 39 1041381 706798 232051 102532 25156 33374 1126399 1064805 103815 73333 22365 15521 95016 80981 8268 14035 43160 28893 1329163 1229961 9758 13875 44335 30034 54093 43909 X 1275070 1186052 1275070 1186052 1329163 1229961 -89018 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 900435 1177909 663537 799337 669965 4211183 900435 1177909 663537 799337 669965 4211183 611372 3599811 2606 4179 26520 35106 38993 107404 515 202 108 1705 1771 4301 4322888 723066 0.83270 0.82180 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 95016 80981 14035 14035 LEASE LIABILITY 30034 30034 X 952363 0 952363 0 952363 1041381 0 1041381 0 1041381 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION HAS A TAX-EXEMPT STATUS UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND HAS ADOPTED ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES, ASC 740-10. 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