2025-04-18T13:38:13-07:00 2024-12-31 460796445 Shining Star Consulting LLC 1831 Solano Ave Unit 8058 Berkeley CA 94707 990 2024-01-01 202573758 HOUSING AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS ADVOCATES HOUS 5102718443 610 16th Street Suite 420 Oakland CA 94612 Maeve Brown Executive Director 2025-04-18 true true Suzanne Pon P03097587 5109996712 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Justin Berger 610 16th Street Suite 420 Oakland CA 94612 3684634 false X www.heraca.org X 2005 CA HERA is a California statewide, not-for-profit legal service and advocacy organization dedicated to helping Californians - particularly those most vulnerable - build a safe, sound financial future, free of discrimination and economic abuses, in all aspects of household financial concerns. We provide free legal services, consumer workshops, training for professionals and community organizing support, create innovative solutions and engage in policy work locally, statewide and nationally. 9 9 34 0 2878212 3336539 183069 322687 23974 25327 81 3085255 3684634 0 0 2981587 2843681 0 227494 571943 477219 3553530 3320900 -468275 363734 1587378 1829616 729377 584399 858001 1245217 HERA is a California statewide, not-for-profit legal service and advocacy organization dedicated to helping Californians - particularly those most vulnerable - build a safe, sound financial future, free of discrimination and economic abuses, in all aspects of household financial concerns. We provide free legal services, consumer workshops, training for professionals and community organizing support, create innovative solutions and engage in policy work locally, statewide and nationally. false false 2970775 322687 HERA is the only California statewide nonprofit law office dedicated to addressing mortgage lending, servicing, foreclosure, collections and credit problems in California, with most of our services provided in the Greater Northern California area, Central Valley area, with growing services in Southern California and with our office located in Oakland. We have a broad asset building/preservation and anti-discrimination mission. We are unusual in our combination of service strategies, engaging in 1 education of individual consumers and communities of vulnerable residents targeted for a wide variety of predatory practices not just housing related 2 legal services for individuals as well as class actions benefiting many hundreds, sometimes thousands of people at a time 3 trainings for attorneys, government staff, housing counselors, adult protective services and other professionals on how to identify and handle abuses directed towards consumers 4 research on the scope and impact of such abusive practices 5 technical assistance and support to professionals on their cases 6 community organizing on consumer issues and 7 policy work. HERA also addresses almost all other forms of household debt and credit problems including medical debt, credit card debt, student loans, and homeowner association collections activity, as well as expanding our work on wrongful credit reporting. These kinds of practices can result in residents being denied credit, paying much higher interest rates on loans, higher insurance rates, and possibly being locked out of certain kinds of jobs. 2970775 true true false true false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 34 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X Maeve Brown 5102718443 610 16th Street Suite 420 Oakland CA 94612 X Maeve Brown Executive Director 0.00 0.00 194922 0 30000 Justin Berger Chairman 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Sandra Price Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Scott Chang Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Todd Espinosa Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Brian Gee Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Amyn Jivani Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 James Zhang Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Darci Burrell Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 194922 30000 1 false true false 0 2590210 746329 3336539 Attorney fees 813319 192928 192928 Contract services 129759 129759 322687 25327 25327 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Income 81 81 81 3684634 322687 25408 0 0 0 0 224922 224922 0 2334725 2107057 25296 202372 77047 70112 771 6164 8237 4796 382 3059 198750 180863 1988 15899 0 10728 10728 27657 27657 53000 53000 0 0 72009 72009 65404 65404 90409 68389 22020 5108 5108 0 82267 82267 24166 24166 0 1954 1954 0 0 3444 3444 41073 41073 0 3320900 2970775 122631 227494 409357 751126 349377 137272 234249 493739 0 0 0 0 0 32724 39896 44990 37377 11057 7613 323934 251786 0 0 0 226680 148184 1587378 1829616 498346 435997 231031 148402 729377 584399 X 858001 670217 575000 858001 1245217 1587378 1829616 363734 23482 X false true X false false X 1714247 1900562 3462477 2878212 3336539 13292037 0 0 1714247 1900562 3462477 2878212 3336539 13292037 766124 12525913 926 3291 590 23974 25327 54108 0 231 454 81 766 13346911 899128 0.93850 0.95250 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 53000 53000 3267900 3320900 316045 79011 false 327677 316045 643722 965583 14000 53000 67000 81919 79011 160930 241395 14000 53000 67000 44990 37377 7613 7613 Deposits 7200 Right of Use Assets - current portion Right of Use Assets - long-term portion 140984 148184 Operating Lease Liability - current 81636 Operating Lease Liability - long-term 66766 148402 X 3708116 23482 23482 3684634 3684634 3320900 3320900 3320900 Part X : FIN48 Footnote HERA is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from California franchise taxes under Section 23701d of the Revenue and Taxation Code. It is the opinion of management that all income earned has been related to the HERA's tax-exempt status and there has been no unrelated business income in 2024 and 2023. The accounting standard requires that a tax position be recognized or derecognized based on a "more-likely-than-not" threshold. Based on the management's analysis of HERA's tax positions, the accounting for any uncertainty in HERA's tax positions is not expected to have a material impact on the financial statements. false false false false false false false false false Maeve Brown Executive Director 194922 30000 224922 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b HERA hired a paid preparer to draft the 990. The 990 was reviewed by HERA's Executive Director, and a final draft was sent to all members of the Board of Directors prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The conflict of interest policy states that each board member will annually complete a disclosure form identifying any relationships, positions, or circumstances in which the board member is involved that he or she could contribute to an arising conflict of interest. Also, each new board member is required to review a copy of the policy and acknowledge in writing that he or she has done so. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Board of Directors considers the following factors in determining compensation. 1 Expertise of staff person or proposed hire, including years of relevant work experience and training 2 rate of pay and benefits for comparable positions in at least three comparable organizations, benchmarking in the geographic region. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 HERA makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon reasonable request.