Ensuring the Economic and Personal Security of Women and Girls

2009 Annual Report MESSAGE from Dear Friends: LEGAL MOMENTUM’S For women, this is a pivotal moment in our nation’s history. The dramatic changes we LeadersHIP have seen in the political and economic landscape, along with several key pieces of l­egislation that have recently passed or are soon up for reauthorization, offer new Linda A. Willett ­opportunities to improve women’s economic and personal security in ways that have BOARD CHAIR not been possible in recent history.

Irasema Garza As millions of Americans continue to endure the effects of the recession, our work is PRESIDENT more important than ever before. More women are the primary breadwinners of their households, yet women still, on average, earn about twenty-five percent less than men. And many of these women work without the paid leave time necessary to fulfill their responsibilities at home. Furthermore, the effects of the recession have led to rising rates of violence against women at a time when communities face cutbacks in the resources needed to help women leave abusive situations.­ A sustainable economic recovery requires an ­investment in women and girls.

For nearly 40 years, economic and personal security for women has been integral to Legal Momentum’s work championing women’s equality in all spheres. To enhance our impact, and ensure that our work benefits poor and low-income women, Legal Momentum has identified four priority program areas:

• Better Jobs for Women • Workplace Rights • Women and Poverty • Women and Violence

The following pages describe how Legal Momentum is addressing these issues through 2 advocacy, litigation and education. But, today, the need for our work far exceeds our resources. More than ever before we are counting on your support to be able to advance and strengthen laws and policies that support women’s rights and opportunity. The work we do affects millions of women each year and this is truly a critical time. On behalf of the board and staff of Legal Momentum, thank you for your continued commitment to this organization—and its mission.

Sincerely,

Linda A. Willett Irasema Garza Chair, Board of Directors President

“Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg — ASSOCIATE JUSTICE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT www.legalmomentum.org

“Girls should have the same opportunities as boys to lead full and productive lives. . . . [R]esearch we’ve done has emphasized that this is also a question of smart economics. Studies show that investment in girls and women yield[s] very large economic and social returns. . . .”

— Robert B. Zoellick — President THE World Bank

FINANCIALS

INCOME BREAKDOWN fINANCIAL DATA

Year Ended Year Ended June 30, 2009 June 30, 2008 Income Major Gifts $ 554,687 $ 768,153 Corporations and Foundations 748,575 1,474,444 Government Grants 421,282 1,313,114 Direct Mail Income 95,008 131,693 3 Legacies and Bequests 414,288 274,149 Special Events* 1,826,085 1,981,612 Other Income 182,141 331,022 Donated Services 907,435 1,493,554

SOURCES OF FUNDS Total Public Support and Revenue $ 5,149,501 $7,767,741 FISCAL YEAR 2009 Expenses  SPECIAL EVENTS 32% Violence Against Women $ 790,282 $ 612,768  INDIVIDUALS 19% Public Information and Education 379,102 463,580  GOVERNMENT GRANTS 16% Equality Works 491,538 948,383  DONATED SERVICES 16%  FOUNDATIONS AND Family Initiative — 96,327 CORPORATIONS 14% Gender Fairness in the Courts 560,852 694,487  OTHER INCOME 3% Sexuality and Family Rights 309,750 856,900 Immigrant Women Program 1,587,084 1,425,303 Program Planning and Organizational Development 336,818 550,985 Communications 1,187,047 564,864 Management and General 471,788 417,625 Fundraising 568,026 771,236 Total Expenses $ 6,682,287 $7,402,458

Surplus (Deficit) $(1,532,786) $ 365,283 Temporarily Restricted Revenue 474,899 (664,237) www.legalmomentum.org Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets (1,057,887) (298,954) USES OF FUNDS FISCAL YEAR 2009 Net Assets Permanently Restricted 200,000 200,000  PROGRAM SERVICES 84% Temporarily Restricted 947,727 472,828  MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL 7% Unrestricted 1,205,063 2,737,849  FUNDRAISING 9% Total Net Assets $ 2,352,790 $3,410,677

Audited Financial Statements available upon request *Net of direct donor benefits BETTER JOBS FOR WOMEN Women continue to hold jobs with lower salaries and fewer benefits, and to face barriers to employment in job sectors from which they have long been excluded. Job training programs for both adults and students too often reinforce these trends, failing to provide women and girls with competitive skills and a path into non-traditional, well-compensated jobs. In its NYC Pipeline Project, and with federal government agencies, Legal Momentum works to enhance participation by women and girls in training for higher-wage jobs in the construction trades, and to increase compliance with laws barring discrimination in education and employment.

From TRAINING TO OPPORTUNITY

• In 2009, more girls entered “non- • Following the passage of the traditional” programs such as plumbing, American Recovery and Reinvestment electrical and carpentry in several large Act (ARRA), Legal Momentum worked New York City high schools. Through tirelessly in an effort to ensure that its training, recruitment, and outreach women would benefit equally from activities, in partnership with seven New the jobs created. On February 25, York City Career and Technical Education 2009, Legal Momentum hosted a (CTE) schools, Legal Momentum has ­briefing in Washington, DC for 25 helped to double and triple the number members of Congress and their of girls entering “non-traditional” job staff addressing policies­ to advance skills training programs. If these girls women’s economic security in a time complete the program, they can expect of crisis. We also advocated for closer to earn on average $200 more per week oversight of federal­ policies, promoting than girls typically earn graduating equal opportunities for women in from traditionally female training non-traditional jobs. ­programs such as cosmetology. 4 WORKPLACE RIGHTS Nearly 50 years after Congress acted to prohibit sex discrimination in employment, women continue to be paid less, face sexual harassment, and confront barriers to hiring and promotion. Many low-income women work in jobs providing no paid leave. They are critical breadwinners and cannot afford to forfeit wages in order to take time off from work. Yet, they remain principal family caretakers; they become pregnant but need to work; and they have little access to back-up family or child care services. Legal Momentum advocates for workplace policies, rights, and benefits that account for the reality of women’s lives at home and enable low-wage working women to keep their jobs. We develop and test novel legal theories and offer technical assistance and training.

fROM Policewomen TO farmworkers

• In July 2009, Legal Momentum won a International Labor Management Corp. favorable jury verdict in Germain v. (North Carolina District Court), working County of Suffolk, et al., a case we with co-counsel Kaye Scholer LLP, the co-tried­ in the Eastern District of New Workers’ Rights Law Center of New York, York with co-counsel Janice Goodman. and the North Carolina Justice Center. We represented a Park Police Officer The case was a class action lawsuit on who was denied a “light duty” job behalf of female guest workers recruited assignment during pregnancy. The to work on U.S. farms. It challenged ­victory represents a step forward in defendants’ practice of ­discriminating the battle to ensure that women in against female workers by recruiting physically demanding jobs are not women into jobs carrying an “H-2B” forced to choose between unpaid visa ­classification, whichprovides ­ leave or job loss and staying healthy inferior pay and benefits, ­compared during pregnancy. to jobs with “H-2A” classifications. The settlement provides injunctive • In a victory for immigrant women relief to prevent future ­discrimination, ­farm­workers, Legal Momentum and a significantmonetary ­ settlement obtained an important settle­ment for our clients. agreement in Olvera-Morales v. www.legalmomentum.org WOMEN AND POVERTY The poverty rate for adult women has been substantially higher than for adult men in every year since the ­official poverty measurement began. Since 1996, the federal “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families” (TANF) program has been the principal federal safety net for poor families and 90% of adult benefit recipients are women. But the program is inadequate, flawed, and unfair. Benefits are insufficient, work requirements fail to account for childcare needs, and access barriers prevent even those who are eligible from receiving benefits. Legal Momentum brings a gender lens to the national anti-poverty agenda, engaging in research, analysis, advocacy and public education, with a focus on reducing barriers to TANF enrollment and receipt of benefits and on increasing federal oversight.

FROM RESEARCH TO REFORM % OF CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY RECEIVING TANF BENEFITS • This past year, Legal Momentum • Building upon its historic commitment 1995: issued several widely-acclaimed to anti-poverty programs that work for 6 2 % reports addressing topics such as: women, Legal Momentum revived and the dramatic drop in the numbers expanded its EndPovertyNow coalition. of families receiving TANF benefits, In just six months, listserve membership 2008: even after the financial collapse; grew to 700. Legal Momentum is increas- 2 2 % opportunities to improve the safety ing public awareness and building an net for women and children provided informal and growing constituency in by upcoming legislation; and the support of public benefits and pro- ­material hardship faced by poor grams that provide poor women and women and children perpetuated families with a safety net and pathways by inadequate public benefit levels. out of poverty. In 2009, we submitted congressional testimony, provided for- mal comments to several federal agencies, and published opinion pieces in print media and on the web. 5 WOMEN AND VIOLENCE Violence is a fact of life. Women face violence at home, on the street, and in the workplace. Notwithstanding one of Legal Momentum’s signature achievements—passage of the Violence Against Women Act—supportive services, rights, and protective measures for victims remain inadequate, while knowledge among law enforcement and judicial personnel regarding domestic violence and its victims remains uneven. Legal Momentum expands rights and their enforcement through advocacy, litigation,­ and training. In particular, our National Judicial Education Program educates judges and court personnel and our Immigrant Women Program trains advocates, service providers, and law enforcement personnel working with immigrant women on the rights of immigrant women victims, a singularly vulnerable group.

fROM ADVOCACY TO ACTION

• On April 18, 2009, Legal Momentum implemented, and that women can ­commemorated the 15th Anniversary access these benefits. of the Violence Against Women Act • In 2009, Legal Momentum conducted (VAWA), sponsoring a symposium at nearly 200 trainings and presentations Georgetown University Law Center, for over 1,000 participants ranging from and an event attended by Vice President judges and court personnel to advo- Joseph Biden, an early champion­ of * cates, service providers, and attorneys. the law. We are educating a national consitu- • This past year, Legal Momentum ency about laws and policies related www.legalmomentum.org ­successfully spearheaded an effort to domestic and sexual violence, the to ensure that the modernized impact of gender bias on these cases, federal unemployment compensation and the unique issues facing immigrant program would extend eligibility for women. We also ­provided technical benefits to individuals who leave assistance to over 800 individuals, attor- or are fired from jobs because of neys, and advocates regarding violence domestic ­violence or sexual assault. and related areas of the law, including We are now doing trainings, technical employment, ­housing, family, public ­assistance, and state level advocacy benefits, and immigration issues. to ensure these changes are Donors

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PRO BONO SERVICES

We acknowledge with gratitude the firms, attorneys, and other businesses who generously provided pro bono assistance to Legal Momentum and its clients.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen &

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leADERSHIP

BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD OF LEGAL ADVISORS EXECUTIVE STAFF Irasema Garza, President Lauren Aguiar Beth L. Kaufman Irasema Garza Linda A. Willett, Chair Christine Beshar Meryl R. Kaynard President Ralph I. Knowles, Jr., First Vice Chair Renée Brissette Alison King Rachael N. Pine Deborah L. Rhode, Vice Chair Deborah M. Buell Gail Koff Executive Vice President and Harriet Newman Cohen Joan Friedman Krey Lynda Spence, Vice Chair Director, Program Division Ina R. Drew, Treasurer S. Jeanine Conley Patty Lipshutz Susan J. Kohlmann, Secretary Jan F. Constantine Carlyn S. McCaffrey Clevelette Austin Jay W. Waks, General Counsel Beth D. Diamond Lorraine S. McGowen Vice President for Finance and Administration Elizabeth J. Cabraser, At Large Felice Ekelman Alice McInerney Terry Satinover Fagen Sara E. Moss Lisalyn R. Jacobs Elena J. Adolphus Gwen L. Feder Rosemary Nelson Rebecca L. Eisenberg Vice President for Lynn Toby Fisher Ellen J. Odoner Government Relations Kim Gandy Dana Hartman Freyer Barbara Berger Opotowsky Stephanie George R. Peyton Gibson Kimberly S. Penner Leslye E. Orloff Bertha González Nieves Martha E. Gifford Bettina B. Plevan Vice President and Director, Robert M. Kaufman Rosalind M. Gordon Xan Raskin Immigrant Women Program Lillian E. Kraemer Ilene Knable Gotts Amanda Samuel Lynn Hecht Schafran Susan B. Lindenauer Holly J. Gregory Catherine Samuels Senior Vice President and Michele Coleman Mayes Antonia M. Grumbach Minna Schrag Director, National Judicial Stacy D. Phillips Zenola Harper Wendy Schwartz Education Program Harriet S. Posner Sherry Raphael Jacobs Susan P. Serota Sujatha A. Srinivasan Dona S. Kahn Meryl Lynn Unger Brande Stellings Karen Kaplowitz Karen E. Wagner Elsa Norris Vare Terry Kassel Dorothy P. Watson Marissa C. Wesely Amy L. Katz Janet M. Weiss G. Elaine Wood Beverly I. Katz G. Elaine Wood

HONORARY Directors Muriel Fox, Chair Barbara M. Cox Etta Froio Lisa Specht

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* Photo of Vice President Biden, Linda A. Willett, and Irasema Garza courtesy of Richard E. Willett