Public Charity

CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA

CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA is a Public Charity headquartered in MONTEREY PARK, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $82.0M revenue, $79.6M expenses, $53.0M total assets. 77 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $6.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 954252143 MONTEREY PARK, CA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$82.0M
Total Expenses$79.6M
Total Assets$53.0M
Grant Records77
Funding Total$6.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA (CLC) PROVIDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IMPACTED BY ABUSE AND NEGLECT. WE ADVOCATE FOR OUR CLIENTS BY SUPPORTING FAMILIES; FIGHTING FOR REUNIFICATION, PERMANENCE, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, HEALTH, AND MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS; AND EMPOWERING AND STRENGTHENING CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. OUR INFORMED APPROACH TO ADVOCACY MAKES US A POWERFUL VOICE IN A LOCAL, STATEWIDE, AND NATIONAL CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM REFORM.

Where $100 goes at Children's Law Center of California

How Children's Law Center of California divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$88 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $88 for programs

$88
Children'S Law Center of California's (clc) mission is to provide legal and related services to qualified persons who are parties to or at risk of becoming parties to…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

SUPERVISING ATTORNEY Barbara Duey
DIRECTOR (UNTIL 12/2024) Barbara Johnson
DIRECTOR Carol Lifland
DIRECTOR Dara Barker
DIRECTOR Dario Frommer
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL DIR. David Estep

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$3,846,846 33 grants
Human & Social Services
$779,073 13 grants
Health & Medicine
$524,750 4 grants
Youth Development
$396,500 9 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$310,034 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $82.0M $79.6M $53.0M
2024 $81.4M $82.9M $51.9M
2023 $82.1M $78.9M $54.0M
2022 $73.3M $62.3M $41.8M
2021 $68.4M $60.7M $30.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $68.4M to $82.0M (+20%), with total assets most recently reported at $53.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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