Program areas at Legal Council for Health Justice
Children & Families Program: This program provided legal services to children with complex health conditions in medical-legal partnerships with ACCESS Community Health, Comer Children's Hospital, Lurie Children's Hospital, and Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Homeless Program: This program focused its legal advocacy on people who have serious mental or other health issues and are homeless. Working with social services agencies across Chicago including the AFC Center for Housing & Health, All Chicago SOAR Program, Franciscan Outreach, Matthew House, Safer Foundation, and Urban Breakthrough Ministries, program staff have worked with clients to help them gain access to disability income, health care, substance abuse treatment, and other benefits that empower clients to stabilize their lives and sustain housing.
HIV Program: This program, continuing work started 32 years ago at the height of the AIDS crisis, provided legal services to people living with or impacted by HIV and other chronic health conditions. The project has medical-legal partnerships with Christian Community Health Center, the Core Center of Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Howard Brown Health, the Michael Reese HIV Project at UIC, and TPAN.
Special Projects
Grants made by Legal Council for Health Justice
Who funds Legal Council for Health Justice
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Legal Council for Health Justice
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Liesl Pereira | Chief External Relations Officer | $113,271 | 2024-09-21 |
| Julie Justicz | Executive Director | $42,875 | 2024-11-19 |
| Daniel Washington | Finance Director | | 2024-09-21 |
| Carrie Chapman | Deputy Executive Director of Programs and Policy | | 2024-09-21 |
| Lisa Parsons | Legal Director | $108,983 | 2024-09-21 |
| ...and 6 more key personnel |
Financials for Legal Council for Health Justice
| Revenues | FYE 06/2024 | FYE 06/2023 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $4,876,145 | $2,757,029 | 76.9% |
| Program services | $529,781 | $769,941 | -31.2% |
| Investment income and dividends | $50,364 | $17,522 | 187.4% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $28,846 | -100% |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $5,456,290 | $3,573,338 | 52.7% |
Organizations like Legal Council for Health Justice
| Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
|---|
| American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation | 501(c)(3) | Raleigh, NC | $2,651,044 |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCR) | 501(c)(3) | San Francisco, CA | $4,895,964 |
| Boyer Children's Clinic | 501(c)(3) | Seattle, WA | $9,671,339 |
| Aids Resource Alliance | 501(c)(3) | Williamsport, PA | $3,578,052 |
| Aclu Foundation of Southern California | 501(c)(3) | Los Angeles, CA | $9,893,281 |
| Acr Health (ACR) | 501(c)(3) | Syracuse, NY | $10,675,507 |
| Fredericksburg Area Health and Support Services | 501(c)(3) | Fredericksburg, VA | $3,004,385 |
| Lawyers for Civil Rights | 501(c)(3) | Boston, MA | $3,038,812 |
| Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency | 501(c)(3) | Flowood, MS | $25,772,862 |
| Keystone Substance Abuse Services | 501(c)(3) | Rock Hill, SC | $6,313,310 |
Data update history
February 6, 2025
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
January 4, 2025
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2024
September 22, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Human rights organizationsCivil rights and social justice organizationsClinics
Issues
HealthHuman rightsDiseases and disordersHIV / AIDSLegal services
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsPeer-to-peer fundraisingState / local levelReceives government fundingFundraising races, competitions, and tournamentsTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 17 N State St 900
- Chicago, IL 60602
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
- County
- Cook County, IL
- Website URL
- legalcouncil.org/Â
- Phone
- (312) 427-8990
- Facebook page
- legalcouncilforhealthjusticeÂ
- Twitter profile
- @thelegalcouncilÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 36-3563802
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1987
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- R60: Civil Liberties Advocacy
- NAICS code, primary
- 621: Outpatient Health Care Practitioners and Facilities
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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