Nonprofit · EIN 47-3260929
LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN
Tax-exempt · DENVER, CO 80246
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $220,214 | $179,776 | $40,438 | $264,934 | $240 | $264,694 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $235,137 | $198,224 | $36,913 | $224,496 | $240 | $224,256 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $220,214
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $94,333
- Other salaries and wages
- $56,546
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $155,134
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $1,000
- Depreciation
- $47
- Program services (functional)
- $85,396
- Management and general (functional)
- $94,380
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $224,496
- Total assets, end of year
- $264,934
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $240
- Net assets, end of year
- $264,694
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $264,694
- Gross receipts
- $255,241
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 416
- Year formed
- 2015
- State of legal domicile
- CO
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR KIMBERLE JACKSON-BUTLER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $94,333 |
| ELIZ ESPINOZA | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JASON MARQUEZ | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| MIKO BROWN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN TSENG | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMY WILDER BEATIE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DERMOT LYNCH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERICA GARTENBERG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HEIDI RUCKRIEGLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACKIE ROEDER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER JASKOLKA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER WEDDLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN BAKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JUDGE ROBERTO RAMIREZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MADELEINE ROSENGRANTS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICAH DAWSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYANN PEYTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR KIMBERLE JACKSON-BUTLER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $104,000 |
| JASON MARQUEZ | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| ELIZ PADILLA | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JOHN BAKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMY WILDER BEATIE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKO BROWN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICAH DAWSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERICA GARTENBERG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER JASKOLKA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DERMOT LYNCH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NEAL MCCONOMY | BOARD MEMBER(THRU 02/23) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PHILIP NICKERSON | BOARD MEMBER (THRU 02/23) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYANN PEYTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JUDGE ROBERTO RAMIREZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACKIE ROEDER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MADELEINE ROSENGRANTS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HEIDI RUCKRIEGLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN TSENG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER WEDDLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 950 S CHERRY ST STE 508, DENVER, CO 80246-2664
- In care of
- % THE ORGANIZATION
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Jason Marquez, 950 South Cherry Street Suite 508, Denver, CO 80246
- Signed the 990
- Jason Marquez, Treasurer
- Phone
- (303) 333-3363
- Website
- www.lawschoolyeswecan.org
- Return prepared by
- BDO USA
Mission
TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN COLORADO AND TO DEVELOP TOMORROW'S DIVERSE LEADERS IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN WORKED WITH OVER 300 CURRENT MENTORS, SUPPORTED OVER 100 LSYWC FELLOWS & CONNECTED WITH OVER 50 LSYWC ALUMNI FELLOWS.
Program accomplishments
- BACKGROUND-LSYWC WAS FOUNDED TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION. IT IS THE FIRST LAW SCHOOL DIVERSITY PIPELINE PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN COLORADO, A PROGRAM THAT TARGETS HARD WORKING COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS: 68% OF OUR FELLOWS ARE FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS AND 35% ARE FIRST-GENERATION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. EACH YEAR, LSYWC SELECTS UP TO 25 RISING COLLEGE STUDENTS AS FELLOWS. LSYWC MATCHES EACH FELLOW WITH THREE MENTORS: ONE SENIOR LEVEL JUDGE OR ATTORNEY, ONE MID-LEVEL ATTORNEY, AND ONE LAW STUDENT. THESE MENTORS MAKE A COMMITMENT TO GUIDE THEIR FELLOWS THROUGHOUT COLLEGE WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING THEM RECEIVE ADMISSION TO THE LAW SCHOOL OR GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE. LSYWC PROVIDES FELLOWS WITH VALUABLE SKILL-BUILDING WORKSHOPS AND FACILITATES EXPOSURE OPPORTUNITIES TO PREPARE FELLOWS FOR SUCCESS AS FUTURE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS LEADERS. WE PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR FELLOWS TO TAKE THE MEYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI) & EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS TO ASSIST IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. ALL FELLOWS ALSO ATTEND A MINI LAW SCHOOL PRESENTED BY CU LAW. WE ARRANGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FELLOWS TO TAKE BASELINE LSAT TESTS, LSAT PREPARATION COURSES, AND OTHER PRE-LAW WORKSHOPS, SOME OF WHICH ARE PRESENTED BY LSYWC BOARD MEMBERS, AND OTHERS, BY PROFESSORS FROM CU LAW AND DU LAW. OUR IMPACT IS CENTERED AROUND: (1) ACCESS TO EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR FELLOWS, (2) MENTORS WHO SHARE THEIR HURDLES AND SUCCESSES IN A SYSTEM NOT NECESSARILY DESIGNED FOR DIVERSITY, (3) THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON A SHARED MISSION, (4) OUTREACH THROUGH RECRUITMENT, PROGRAMMING, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND (5) SUPPORT FROM LSYWC SPONSORS AND THEIR NETWORKS. THIS MEANS THAT ACQUIRING A SINGLE NEW SPONSOR OR FELLOW (AND MENTOR TEAM) CAN HAVE A CASCADING EFFECT IN CREATING AWARENESS AND CHANGE WITHIN THE COLORADO COMMUNITY. DURING 2024, LSYWC AMASSED APPROXIMATELY 40,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS, DELIVERED OVER 20 LSYWC WORKSHOPS, SUPPORTED OVER 300 MENTORS, MENTORED OVER 100 FELLOWS & CONNECTED WITH OVER 30 JUDICIAL MENTORS ACROSS THE NATION, INCUDING FIVE OF THE SEVEN COLORADO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. LSYWC HELPED FACILITATE 17 INTERNSHIPS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF LAW SCHOOL WITH 5 ALUMNI FELLOWS GRADUATING FROM LAW SCHOOL. THERE IS AN 83% RETENTION RATE WITHIN THE PROGRAM AND A 97% COLLEGE GRADUATION RATE. THE CONTINUING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DENVER LAW FIRM COALITION FOR RACIAL EQUITY PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND IN-KIND SUPPORT TO OUR PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. MISSION: THE MISSION OF LSYWC IS TO DIVERSIFY THE COLORADO LEGAL PROFESSION BY FURTHERING THE LEGAL EDUCATION OF HARD WORKING, LOW INCOME, AND DIVERSE COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE LSYWC CURRICULUM PROMOTES THE PRE-LAW EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ITS FELLOWS. EACH LSYWC FELLOW HAS A MENTOR TEAM THAT HELPS GUIDE FELLOWS THROUGH COLLEGE AND THE PRE-LAW ADMISSIONS PROCESS. POPULATION SERVED: LSYWC SERVES A DIVERSE, LOW-INCOME GROUP OF STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FROM SINGLE PARENT, LOW INCOME, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THE LSYWC OVERALL FELLOW RACE/ETHNICITY IS 63% HISPANIC/LATINX, 19% BLACK, 10% WHITE, 5% ASIAN, AND 3% NATIVE AMERICAN/AMERICAN INDIAN. THE LSYWC OVERALL GENDER IS 20% MALE AND 80% FEMALE.Expenses $85,396
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 47-3260929
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2015
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B90)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $264,934
- Income (IRS master file)
- $255,241
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $220,214 | $179,776 | $264,934 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $235,137 | $198,224 | $224,496 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $239,782 | $208,075 | $187,583 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 47-3260929).
Questions about LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN
- What is the EIN of LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN is 47-3260929.
- Is LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2015.
- Are donations to LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Jason Marquez.
- Who are the officers and directors of LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 17 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $94,333 (DR KIMBERLE JACKSON-BUTLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $220,214, expenses of $179,776 and total assets of $264,934 at year end.
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