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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: September 2024 Expires: January 2027

Lawrence Hall

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(773) 769-3500
4833 North Francisco Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60625
https://lawrencehall.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Lawrence Hall meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
Empowering those who have experienced trauma by providing healing, stability and community connection.

Year, State Incorporated:
, IL

YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/ WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT/ COMMUNITY WELLNESS
Employment: (16- 24 years old In- School or Out-of-School): Job readiness training; Case Management; Subsidized employment (summer or year-round); Job placement; Career Exploration; Certification in industry recognized credentials/career pathway with partners

• HOPES- Job readiness, job placement and case management for returning citizens (18-77 years old) Mentoring
• (12-24 years old): Individual and group mentoring; Social/Emotional Learning; Cultural Outings; Community Service; Restorative Justice Therapy
• (12-24 years old) Individual and group therapy, Music Therapy, Canine Therapy Community Engagement:
• Violence prevention coalition building (South Shore)
• Tuesday Meal Distribution

FOSTER CARE
Our Foster Care Program provides safe, secure, and nurturing homes for children who have been removed from their birth families because of abuse or neglect. Foster care offers havens for children until they can safely return to their families, transition to guardianship, or become adopted. Children and families in the Foster Care program can receive clinical support internally. Lawrence Hall has Home of Relative Foster Care, Traditional Foster Care, Specialized Foster Care, and Adolescent Foster Care.

THERAPEUTIC DAY SCHOOL
Our Therapeutic Day School uses specialized education programming to improve the academic, vocational, and social-emotional behavior of youth with behavioral disorders, emotional challenges and learning disabilities that inhibit success in public school settings.

RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
The Child and Family Treatment Center Program provides care to adolescents traumatized by abuse and neglect. Youth and their families receive intensive therapeutic treatment that is strengths based, family-focused and outcomes-driven.

Transitional and Independent Living (17.5-21)
Two programs – the Transitional Living Program and Independent Living Program– help youth transition from residential or foster-care living, to dormitory-like settings and, eventually, to independent homes. With each program, young adults receive specialized care, support, supervision, and life skills services to ease their transition into adulthood.

Creative Therapies
Woven through each Lawrence Hall program are additional therapeutic and supportive services for youth to treat trauma, stabilize behavior, promote wellness, and teach self-management skills essential to living independent and successful lives: Canine Therapy, Youth Advisory Council, Music Therapy, Therapeutic Recreation and Expressive Therapies.

For the year ended June 30, 2023, Lawrence Hall's program expenses were:

Other programs $4,274,186
YV-Transitional Living $3,349,277
Institutional residential Care $3,279,499
Relative/Traditional $2,776,531
SST Institutional Care $2,449,468
Therapeutic Day School $2,174,206
Specialized Mental Health $927,809
Interim Care $876,385
YV-Independent Living $687,899
Transitional Living $212,043
Treatment Family Home $32,725
Independent Living $25,360
Total Program Expenses $21,065,388

Chief Executive
Kara Teeple, Chief Executive Officer

Chair of the Board
Rebecca Coke

Board Size
26

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Membership appeals

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Lawrence Hall's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
Fees and grants from government agencies $24,371,112
Contributions, grants and bequests $1,268,701
Realized and unrealized gains on investments $1,229,793
Increase in value of beneficial interest in irrevocable trusts $713,030
Distributions from beneficial interest in irrevocable trusts $553,721
Special events, net of $47,530 of expenses $291,595
Investment income, net $173,650
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago $42,955
Allocations from Episcopal Charities $21,676
Other $6,340
Total Income $28,672,573

Programs: 82% Fundraising: 2% Administrative: 16%

Total Income $28,672,573
Total expenses: $25,800,780
  Program expenses $21,065,388
  Fundraising expenses $583,575
  Administrative expenses $4,073,457
  Other expenses $78,360
Income in Excess of Expenses $2,871,793
Beginning Net Assets $25,973,751
Other Changes In Net Assets $785,216
Ending Net Assets $29,630,760
Total Liabilities $46,064,726
Total Assets $46,064,726

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Report completed by:
BBB of Chicago & Northern Illinois