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For more than 40 years, Legal Momentums work has touched and

improved the lives of our nations women and girls. Our efforts have

been essential to creating gender equity in the workplace and schools,

increasing public attention to the issues of women and poverty, and

improving the legal system for victims of sexual and domestic violence.

Furthermore, our successful advocacy has helped to improve laws, public

policy, the courts, and education.

With your support and generosity, we were able to accomplish a

tremendous amount during our 2013 scal year. Some highlights include:

Producing groundbreaking reports comparing single-parent families inthe United States and other countries and dispelling the myths about

single motherhood;

Helping to pass the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act inCongress and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in the New York

City Council;

Educating hundreds of court personnel across the U. S. about victimsof sexual violence by producing and presenting new curricula,

workshops, and webinars;

Working to increase participation by women and girls in registeredapprenticeships and Career and Technical Education;

Advocating to reduce the risk of rearms in domestic violence.

Our work is far from nished. Women still face gender bias at home, in

the workplace, in schools, and in courts. Legal Momentum is committed

to continuing to advance the rights of women and girls until all women

and girls can participate fully and fairly in all aspects of society, but

the need for our work far exceeds our resources. We cannot fulll

our mission without your support. On behalf of the board and staff of

Legal Momentum, thank you for your continued commitment to this

organization and our important work.

Sincerely,

Linda A. Willett

Chair

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July 23, 2012

New York Times Economix Blog

Discouraged Dads by Nancy Folbre

This argument, combined with the

widespread misperception that most single

mothers are black, helps explain why

policies in the United States are so much

less supportive of single parents than those

in other countries. It also helps explain whypoverty rates among children in the United

States are exceptionally high. (For detailed

statistics, see this compendium provided by

the advocacy group Legal Momentum).

July 27, 2012 TheNation.com

This Week in Poverty: TANF, VAWA,

and Playing Politics with the Lives of

Low-Income People by Gregg Kaufmann

The House leaderships Violence Against

Women Act (VAWA) agenda seems to be

much like its so-called economic agenda:

it harms those who are weakest and those

who need these programs the most. Thats

how Lisalyn Jacobs, vice president for

government relations at Legal Momentum

the nations oldest legal defense andeducation fund for women and girls

explains the awed House VAWA bill and

Speaker John Boehners refusal to reconcile

it with a stronger, bipartisan Senate version.

September 21, 2012 TheNation.com#TalkPoverty: Tim Casey and Lisalyn

Jacobss Questions for Obama and

Romney by Gregg Kaufmann

TheNation.com featured Legal Momentums

Tim Casey and Lisalyn Jacobs for its series,

#TalkPoverty, an effort to push a deeper

conversation about poverty into the mainstream

political debate. The series proled people

working on poverty-related issues and laid out

the questions they wanted President Obama

and Governor Romney to answer.

October 16, 2012 Truthout

Skilled Women Break Through Barriers

to Entry and Promotion in Trades Work

When we bring cases, we are not just

interested in getting justice for one woman,says Franoise Jacobsohn, project manager of

Equality Works, Legal Momentums program

for women in nontraditional occupations.

Were interested in getting policy changes

that will benet women more generally.

November 19, 2012

Womens Wear Daily:

Legal Momentum Honors Fashion Set by

Alexandra Steingrad

Women were front and center Thursday

night at Legal Momentums Equal

Opportunity Awards Dinner, and so, too,

were some of fashions biggest names.

Barneys New York chief executive ofcer

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magazines Andr Leon Talley were given awards

for their work in advancing women in the fashion

industry.

December 21, 2012 TheNation.com

This Week in Poverty: Single Mothers-The Worst

Off by Gregg Kaufmann

Id be hard pressed to come up with anyone who is

doing more to shatter the myths about single mothers

in the United States than Tim Casey, senior staff

attorney at Legal Momentum, the nations oldest

organization advocating on behalf of the legal rights of

women and girls.

February 5, 2013

Wisconsin Public Radio

The Kathleen Dunn Show

Legal Momentums Lisalyn Jacobs was a guest on the

Kathleen Dunn Show on Wisconsin Public Radio.

Lisalyn discussed the history of the Violence AgainstWomen Act, its provisions, and the Senate vote.

February 28, 2013

National Public Radios All Things Considered:

House Passes Expansion of Violence Against

Women Act

Lisalyn Jacobs of Legal Momentum, a womens

advocacy group, says cases often go stale when state or

federal prosecutors have to drive hours to get to crime

scenes on remote Indian reservations.

February 28, 2013 In These Times

VAWA: A Victory for Women But Which

Women? by Rebecca Burns

There are three key areas where the new version

of the Violence Against Women Act represents a

big step forward: Its explicit about the fact that theVAWA addresses and covers all survivors of violence,

regardless of their sexual orientation; it makes

improvements in long-standing provisions having to do

with immigrant women and their access to services;

and it better addresses the needs of survivors of

domestic violence in Indian country.

March 13, 2013 The New York Times Opinion

Pages: Room for Debate

The New York Times invited Legal Momentum

to participate in a debate regarding how college

campuses should deal with sexual assault cases. The

question was whether the schools should directly

handle these crimes or leave the investigation to

police and prosecutors. Legal Momentums position

was that the strengths and weaknesses in both

possibilities should be considered. As we explained,higher education campuses are limited in their

ability to penalize a perpetrator. However, a victim

of sexual assault may not want law enforcement

involved in the case. We point out the serious

concern that both campus judiciary boards and

criminal courts may believe myths about rape.

We suggested that those involved in investigating

or adjudicating allegations of sexual assault on a

campuswhether the educational institution or

criminal justice systemshould obtain training and

assistance to ensure that they understand the issues

surrounding sexual assault.


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March 19, 2013 USA Today

More States Offer Job Protections for

Abuse Victims by Matthew Daneman

Michelle Caiola, senior counsel at Legal

Momentum, a Washington-based [sic]gender equity legal, education and advocacy

group, said states began putting such rules in

place close to a decade ago. Although most

states have statutes providing protections for

crime victims, laws specically carving out

protections for domestic violence victims

are especially needed, Caiola says. There

remains a bias against victims of domestic

violence, she says. A stereotype. Its an issue

people dont want to be involved with or take

very seriously.

April 13, 2013 PolicyMic

The Face of American Poverty Today

by Amanda L. Freeman

Second, the U.S. does not provide a

comprehensive safety net of public benets.Our social welfare programs are much less

generous than other high-income countries,

and low-wage work is much more common

in America, says Timothy Casey, a senior

attorney for Legal Momentum. In fact, all

other high-income countries offer some form

of child allowance, a monthly payment to

assist parents in caring for their children,

according to Casey.

May 23, 2013 EverydayFeminism.com

Sexual Harassment at Work Shouldnt

Be Your Reality by Danica Johnson

Legally, companies are not allowed to

take any adverse action against a person

complaining of discrimination, says

Michelle Caiola, Senior Staff Attorney and

Acting Litigation Director at the womens

legal defense and education fund Legal

Momentum.

Adverse action might include transferring

the person to a different department or

switching them to a less desirable shift.

Legal Momentums Worst Off report has

been featured in:

ThinkProgress.org: America ProvidesFar Less Support To Single Parents Than

Other Wealthy Countries (12/20/2012)

Truthout: On The News with Thom

Hartmann (12/22/2012)

The New York Times: Austerity for

Posterity (12/24/2012)

Forbes:

Bad Relationships Dont Standin Poor Womens Way. Bad Policies Do

(1/4/13)

About.com: Is the U.S. the Worst Place

to Be a Single Parent? (1/9/13)

CNN Opinion: Sandberg Left Single

Mothers Behind (3/3/13)

UCLA Luskin School of Public

Affairs: Ph.D. Student Aids inGroundbreaking Study (3/20/13)

New York Times Motherlode Blog:

Single Parents: Unsupported, and

Feeling the Blame (3/20/13)

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For more than 40 years, Legal Momentum has played a pivotal role in womens lives. In Fiscal Year 2013, Legal

Momentum has worked to bring about systemic change, dismantle barriers, and help ensure womens economic

and personal security through an effective combination of policy initiatives, judicial education, precedent-

setting litigation, grassroots outreach, and advocacy.

ADVOCATING FOR BETTER LAWS AND POLICIESLegal Momentum provides policy makers,

government ofcials, and thought leaders at all

levels with authoritative information on the status

of women in our society. As attorneys and human

rights advocates, we understand the numerous waysin which Americas laws and policies affect womens

lives and impact the public interest. Through our

advocacy, we work to improve federal, state, and

municipal laws and policies.

In September 2012, the Ofce on Violence Against

Women of the U. S. Department of Justice invited

Legal Momentum to a meeting of federal agencies

that were beginning to implement workplace violence

policies. The policies are required by a Presidential

Memorandum that was signed in April 2012 at

Legal Momentums instigation. The memorandum

established policies on sexual and domestic violence

in the workplace. Legal Momentums vice president

for government relations, Lisalyn Jacobs, thanked the

administration at the meeting and provided technical

assistance to the agencies as they began their work.

The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act

2013 (VAWA), which Legal Momentum advocated for,

was signed in March. This time, the passage of VAWA

differed greatly from previous years. The process was

far more contentious than in the past due to political

differences over the inclusion of immigrant, Native

American, and LGBT survivors of violence. Legal

Momentum was at the helm of the National Task

Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against

Women, working with members of Congress to get

the bill passed as well as with members of the press to

help the public understand the need for the bill.

The National Task Force to End Sexual and

Domestic Violence Against Women, which Legal

Momentum founded in the 1990s, engaged in a letter

campaign regarding the Public Safety and Second

Amendment Rights Protection Act (known as the

Manchin-Toomey amendment), which was introduced

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INCRE ASING AWARENESS ABOUT

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENThanks in large part to Legal Momentums

work, our legal system has made signicant

improvements in addressing the needs

and circumstances of victims of sexual

assault and domestic violence. Since

1980, Legal Momentums award-winning

National Judicial Education Program

(NJEP) has worked to educate justicesystem professionals and the public about

the realities of sexual assault and domestic

violence through training curricula,

publications, and testimony that improve

understanding of and support for victims.

However, misconceptions, gender bias, and

myths about gender-based violent crimes

and victim behavior are still widespread.

Legal Momentum is committed to

continuing our work to

reduce gender bias and

ensure that victims of

violence nd justice in

courts of law.

With Violence Against

Women Act funding

awarded by the

Department of Justice

Ofce on Violence

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in the Senate in April, 2013. If passed, the act would

have expanded background checks to all commercial

and internet gun sales. The National Task Force is a

coalition of more than 1,300 state, local, national and

Tribal organizations serving millions of victims of

sexual and domestic violence. Its efforts emphasized

the intersection between gun violence and sexual anddomestic violence. As the letters explained, research

shows that access to rearms yields a more than ve-

fold increase in the risk of intimate partner homicide.

The letter campaign both thanked those senators

who voted in favor of the amendment and expressed

concern and disappointment to those who did not.

In June 2013, the U.S. Senate passed a Comprehensive

Immigration Reform bill that contained signicant

improvement in protections for immigrant survivors

of violence. The National Task Force to End Sexual

and Domestic Violence Against Women put signicant

effort into getting the bill passed.

Legal Momentums Lisalyn Jacobs examined

immigrant issues, women, and social justice

movements as a featured panelist at the South Asian

Summit 2013 conference hosted by South Asian

Americans Leading Together.

Legal Momentum also shared our expertise in

advocacy beyond the borders of the U.S. In August

2012, representatives of Legal Momentum were

invited to travel to Fiji as part of an American Bar

Association-sponsored delegation that met with

women leaders and faith-based, human rights, and

anti-violence advocates. With fellow advocates Break

the Cycle, Futures Without Violence, Aequitas, and

Jewish Women International, we delivered a two-day

training on grassroots and legislative advocacy and

met with activists and advocates, as well as the U.S.

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conference in June. In April, NJEP also

presented a webinar on how language shapes

our response to sexual assault.

Legal Momentum has been at the forefront

of the movement to change the way the

media, courts, and victim advocates speak

and write about sexual assault. NJEP

Project Attorney Bayliff brings to light how

frequently we use inappropriate language

when talking about sexual assault in a

program titled Raped or Seduced? How

Language Helps Shape Our Response to Sexual

Violence.For example, news articles that

describe the victim as having sex with

her rapist use the language of consensual

sex to describe an assault. Writing that a

rape occurred shifts attention from the

perpetrator and makes it seem like the rape

just happened. The presentation was

featured at the 2013 End Violence AgainstWomen Conference in Baltimore and

offered as a seminar at the New York County

Intimate Partner Sexual Assault Court.

Participants at all these events found the

information eye-opening and informative

many wrote in evaluations that it was the

best seminar they had attended, and that

they look forward to helping others become

more aware of this issue in the future.

This year, NJEP worked closely with the

Delaware Administrative Ofce of the

Courts on its innovative Victim Advocacy

and Safety Enhancement Project, known

as VASE. Funded through a grant

made available by the Violence AgainstWomen Act, the VASE Project seeks to

identify justice-involved

women who are also

victims of sexual assault

and domestic violence,

and provide them with

the trauma-informed

services they need to

heal, get their lives on

track, and not recidivate.

In April 2013, Ms.

Schafran and Ms. Bayliff

met with the VASE

staff in Wilmington,

Delaware to plan training

events, discuss program

implementation, andobserve the Mental

Health Court, one of the

two courts involved in the

Project. NJEP provided

the Delaware team with research on women

defendants with trauma histories, and on

appropriate tools for screening for trauma.

NJEP will continue to work with the VASE

Project in the coming year, and has been

promoting its approach with judges and

court systems across the country.

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Year after year, since the ofcial measure began, the poverty rate in the

U.S. has been signicantly higher for women than for men, with single

mothers at highest risk. In fact, 90% of the adult recipients of Temporary

Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the principal safety net for poor

families, are women. However, TANF as it exists now has serious failures,

inadequacies, and unfairness.

Legal Momentum has helped foster a national coalition in support of

TANF reform and has produced acclaimed brieng papers on TANF-

related policy issues. Through these efforts, we have fought to keep

policy discussions about alleviating poverty and the social safety net

focused on women and children, who make up the overwhelming majorityof poor Americans.

Legal Momentum issues numerous studies and reports documenting the

economic status of single parents and recommends policies to improve

the economic security of single parents and their children. In Fiscal Year

2013, Legal Momentum issued the following reports and statements that

brought attention to the complex problem of the disproportionate impact

of poverty on women:

July 2012: Low Wage Rates and

Low Income Very Common for

Employed Single Mothers

This report analyzed the results

of a study by University of

Massachusetts economists that

examined low-wage and low

income work in the United States

over a thirty-year period. The 34%

rate for employed single mothers

was almost triple the 12.5% rate for

all employed persons, and almost

double the 18% rate for employed

single fathers.

August 2012: Beyond the Myths

about Single Motherhood, No.

1: Out of Wedlock Birth Is Not

the Reason That the U.S. Has

an Exceptionally High Child

Poverty Rate

The report shows that common

myths about single motherhood

are false, based on a comparison

of statistics from 17 high-income

nations.

December 2012: Worst Off

Single-Parent Families in

the United States, a Cross-

National Comparison of Single

Parenthood in the U.S. and 16

Other High-Income Countries

This ground-breaking report is

an exhaustive, critical analysis of

data drawn from a broad range

of sources including government

agencies, social scientists, and

academic researchers worldwide.

With its impressive compilation

of statistics and incisive analysis,

Worst Off is a signicant addition

to the literature on social policies

and the current circumstances

and needs of single parents in the

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U.S.the overwhelming majority

of whom are single mothers.

February 2013: Statement

Submitted to the House

Committee on Ways and Means

Subcommittee on Human

Resources Hearing on Waiving

Work Requirements in the

TANF Program.

The statement supported the ideathat single-mother poverty could

be reduced if states were allowed

to apply work rules that would

foster educational opportunity

the surest pathway out of poverty

to a living wageinstead of the

existing work rst policies that

keep women stuck in unstable,

low-wage work that does not

provide benets.

March 2013: Still ExcludedThere Are Still Virtually No

Women in the Federally Created

and Supervised Apprenticeship

System for the Skilled

Construction Trades

This report provides an important

analysis of the problems in

the federally-created national

Registered Apprenticeship

system, including lack of federal

oversight and compliance reviews,

under-funding of the Women in

Apprenticeship and Nontraditional

Occupations Act, and

discrimination and harassment of

women who are in apprenticeships.

April 2013: TANF Receipt Falls

to Less Than One-Third of

Eligible Families

The report, based upon new

gures from the U.S. Department

of Health and Human Services,

highlights a troubling decline

in participation in the federal

block grant program Temporary

Assistance for Needy Families

(TANF).

April 2013: A TANF Misery Index

Not only is participation in TANF

falling, but the Misery Index of

TANF is going up. The Misery

Index combines the proportion

of poor families (or children)

not receiving TANF and the

percentage gap between TANF

benets and the ofcial povertylevel. It indicates how wellor

badlyTANF is performing in

alleviating family poverty.

May 2013: House SNAP

Proposal Threatens Grave Harm

to Poor Single Parent Families

The report called attention to the

fact that the Republican budget

plan passed by the House would

cut SNAP (Food Stamps) by $135

billion (almost 18%) over ten

years. SNAP now aids 48 million

low income persons in 23 million

households and reducing it could

harm millions of parents and

children.

June 2013: States Could

Reduce Extreme Child Poverty

Sharply by Enrolling in TANF

the Millions of TANF-Eligible

Children Who Are Enrolled in

SNAP but Not in TANF

An estimated 3.7 million families

with about 7 million children are

eligible for TANF but not receiving

it. SNAP, unlike TANF, enrolls

most eligible children.

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FIGHTING FOR WORKPLACE RIGHTS AND ANEND TO EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATIONIn spite of longstanding federal laws such

as the Pregnancy

Discrimination Act

(PDA) and Title VII,

discrimination and

harassment are still

a fact of life for too

many women. Legal

Momentum is working

to protect women from

workplace harassment

and discrimination andto ensure that employers

are held accountable

and that hiring goals

and workplace non-

discrimination rules are

enforced.

In March 2013, Legal

Momentum supported

Governor Cuomos

Womens Equality

Agenda. The ten-point

Womens Equality

Act addressed womens issuesincluding

pregnancy discrimination, domestic

violence, and equal pay. Legal Momentum

rallied in Albany with representatives ofother womens rights organizations. In New

York City, Legal Momentum joined other

organizations, current and former members

of congress, and New York City Council

members to celebrate the Womens Equality

Agenda and New York States leadership on

these issues.

Also in March, Legal Momentum presented

at the 17th Annual Fordham University

Forum on Domestic Violence. Our

presentation centered on the ways the

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

might apply to domestic violence victims.

No specic legislation currently exists

at the federal level protecting victims ofdomestic violence. In some circumstances

though, domestic violence victims might

be protected under Title VII or the ADA.

Specically, now that the ADA Amendments

Act has broadened the denition of a

disability, domestic violence, sexual assault,

or stalking victims who suffer from physical

or mental injuries may nd job protections

and accommodations easier to secure under

the ADA.

In June, the New York City Council

considered a bill that would implement

greater protections for working mothers.

Legal Momentums acting litigation director

and senior staff attorney Michelle Caiola

testied before the Council to explainthe importance of this legislation, called

the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.* The

Act would require that employers provide

reasonable accommodations in the workplace

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to those who suffer conditions related to

pregnancy and childbirth. Ms. Caiola made

the point that the problem of pregnancy

discrimination still exists and introduced

Angie Welfare, Legal Momentums client

who experienced pregnancy discrimination

by a major airline and suffered economic andemotional harm as a result. Ms. Welfare also

testied, describing her trying experience

of losing both her paycheck and her health

benets while pregnant.

Also in June, Ms. Caiola was invited by

the Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission to serve on a domestic violence

panel and training session for employers. At

the event, Ms. Caiola explained the various

laws at the state level that provide workplace

protections for victims of domestic and

sexual violence.

Legal Momentum is also working to shine

more light on the problem of abusers in

domestic violence cases having access torearms. The risk of death and serious

injury to victims increases dramatically in

such cases, but the problem has not received

the public attention it deserves. In June

2013, Legal Momentum presented a well-

received legal seminar for domestic violence

advocates, including the New York Legal

Assistance Group, and the New York City

Lawyers Committee against Domestic

Violence, on the federal, New York State,

and New York City laws relating to domestic

violence and rearms possession. Senior

Attorney Christina Brandt-Young explained

that under federal law, anyone who is subject

to an order of protection made on notice or

who has been convicted of a misdemeanor

crime of domestic violence cannot possess

a rearm. In New York State, family court

judges may declare a person subject to

a civil order of protection ineligible for a

state handgun license, and can order the

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ENCOURAGING GIRLS TO PURSUE HIGH-WAGECAREERS IN NON-TRADITIONAL FIELDS

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Legal Momentums Pipeline Project is

bringing the promise of Title IX to girls in

vocational schools. The Pipeline Project

reaches thousands of New York City high

school students, parents, teachers, and

administrators. The project informs them

about girls options to enter high-paying,

male-dominated elds and also trains

guidance counselors to reduce gender-relatedbias in career counseling. By educating

those who have the most inuence on young

womens choices, Legal Momentum helps

to advance gender equity under Title IX

in New York City Career and Technical

Education (CTE) high schools.

In July 2012, Legal Momentums programcoordinator Brigitte Watson partnered

with the youth development organization

Futures and Options to help provide 12-

week internship opportunities for Career and

Technical Education (CTE) students from

the Bronx during spring and summer 2013.

Ms. Watson presented a workshop on

Challenging The Gender Gap: Strategiesfor Recruiting Girls to STEM (Career)

Academies at the National Academy

Foundation Next 2012 Summer Professional

Development Conference for educators in

CTE Career Academies.

In September 2012, Legal Momentum

released our new presentation intended for

use during high school choice information

sessions, What Every Girl Should Know about

Non-Traditional Careers, and shared it with

650 educators, guidance counselors, and

CTE schools.

Legal Momentum recruited more than 50

girls from eight Queens middle schools

for Block Kids Day (sponsored by leadingconstruction rm Skanska USA). Block Kids

exposes girls to construction and engineering

activities and builds their condence in

a fun and creative way using Legos and

other building blocks and simple building

materials. Skanska and our co-host, the local

chapter of National Association of Women

in Construction, provided prizes includingtwo bicycles and other riding gear as well as

backpacks and school supplies for the new

school year.

Pipeline Project program coordinator

Brigitte Watson coordinated educational

presentations recruiting girls to CTE

programs throughout the year, including

at the Department of Educations annualCitywide High School Fairs in September

and October 2012. The fairs are where

prospective students are introduced to

city high school programs, including CTE

schools. Ms. Watson also conducted a

workshop on gender equity and high school


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Our 2013 Aiming High honorees

were (left to right): Suni Harford,

Regional Head of Markets, North

America, Citigroup; Kelly Tullier,

Senior Vice President and Deputy

General Counsel, PepsiCo; MalizBeams, Chief Executive Ofcer

of Retirement Solutions, ING

U.S.; Elizabeth Beshel Robinson,

Global Treasurer, Goldman Sachs;

and Ivy Thomas McKinney,

Corporate Vice President, Deputy

General Counsel and Chief Ethics

Ofcer, Xerox.

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$100,000 AND ABOVEThe Ford Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999The Diller-von Furstenberg

Family Foundation John and Kathryn

Greenberg

$25,000 - $49,999BNY MellonThe Boeing CompanyCasey G. Miller Charitable

Remainder UnitrustChevron CorporationCitiCleary Gottlieb Steen &

Hamilton LLPCravath, Swaine & Moore

LLPCummins Inc.Davis Polk & Wardwell

LLPGibson, Dunn & Crutcher

LLPING U.S.

Kaye Scholer LLPKnoll, NAMorrison & Foerster LLPNew York Community

TrustPaul, Weiss, Rifkind,

Wharton & GarrisonLLP

PepsiCoSimpson Thacher &

Bartlett LLPSullivan & Cromwell LLPMarissa C. Wesely

Estate of Barbara W. Westall

$15,000 - $24,999Barneys New YorkFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver

& Jacobson LLPIntellectual VenturesLillian E. KraemerRalph and Marjorie Fine

Knowles

Latham & Watkins LLP

Susan B. and ArthurLindenauer

The Neiman Marcus GroupPillsbury Winthrop Shaw

Pittman LLPLiz and Samuel RobinsonSheppard Mullin Richter &

Hampton LLPSilver LakeSkadden, Arps, Slate,

Meagher & Flom LLPWillkie Farr & Gallagher

LLP

$10,000 - $14,999Allen & Overy LLPAmerican International

Group, Inc.Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.Baker Botts L.L.P.Boies, Schiller & Flexner

LLPElizabeth J. CabraserCalvin Klein, IncClifford Chance US LLP

Colgate-PalmoliveCompanyCond NastCTPartnersEpstein Becker & Green,

P.C.The Este Lauder

Companies Inc.Michael EvansFulbright & Jaworski LLPThe Giorgio Armani

Corporation Jonathan Grayer

Horizon Blue Cross BlueShield of New Jersey J BrandKilpatrick Townsend &

Stockton LLPKramer Levin Naftalis &

Frankel LLPOgletree, Deakins, Nash,

Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Lisa and Richard PerryPolo Ralph Lauren

Corporation

ProskauerPrudential Financial, Inc.Deborah L. RhodeShearman & Sterling LLP

Jeffrey VerschleiserVOGUEWachtell, Lipton, Rosen &

KatzWeil, Gotshal & Manges

LLPWells Fargo CorporationXerox CorporationAnonymous

$5,000 - $9,999Carol Lavin BernickBrian BurryEstate of Casey Geddes

MillerThe Challenger FoundationNew York City District

Council of CarpentersThe Else Sackler

FoundationFarella Braun + Martel LLP

The Jones Group Inc.Karen KatenRobert M. KaufmanKeker & Van Nest LLPSusan J. Kohlmann

JoAnn Kukulus and FredWeiner

Lafayette 148Alison MassMacys and BloomingdalesEileen MurrayRopes & Gray LLPScott A. Romanoff

Sedgwick LLPStroock & Stroock & LavanLLP

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &Rosati Foundation

$2,500 - $4,999Barbara AbadiALEXANDER WANGAltshuler Berzon LLPCraig W. Broderick

CANALI

Day Pitney LLP Janice Reals ElligEstate of Elinor and Harry

EmletElizabeth Cogan FascitelliLynn Toby Fisher and John

Lee ComptonThe Funding ExchangeMartha E. GiffordGail Gorlitzz and Cris SmithSamuel and Grace Gorlitz

Foundation Joele Frank, Wilkinson

Brimmer KatcherAmy L. KatzKekst and CompanyKirkland & EllisBarbara G. LiftonMichele Coleman Mayes

Julie A. NorthMichael Paskin and

Danielle DeMaioPixarFrances G. and John E.

Pepper

Wendy H. SchwartzShook, Hardy & BaconL.L.P.

Sidney Stern MemorialTrust

Sujatha A. Srinivasan Jessie M. StoneViniar Family FoundationDaniella Vitale

Jay W. WaksCarolyn F. WebberSusan WebsterSusan and David Weil

Laura WilkinsonAnonymous (3)

$1,000 - $2,499Avy L. & Roberta L. Miller

FoundationKent P. BachNed H. BassenLynn BayardMekayla Beaver and Greg

Brown


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Jaryn BloomBrunswick Group LLCSabine ChalmersCHANEL, Inc.Simona and Jerome A.

ChazenGail ChesterRuth B. CowanNancy L. DavenportAmy DeMarcoChristophe DesmaisonDirections For Rural ActionPaul M. and Delight Dodyk

Julie Domonkos and DanielLeffell

Donna KaranDina DublonFelice B. EkelmanEnivar Charitable FundEtro USA, Inc./ETROFross Zelnick Lehrman &

Zissu, P.C.Maryann GallagherGolden Gate University

School of LawLouise and Stephen GrayerGuidepost Solutions LLCNancy HamiltonZenola Harper and Allen

Green

Todd M. Joseph Judy M. JuddKCD Inc.Meredith J. KaneElaine KantBeth L. KaufmanBinny KuriakoseEileen and Paul LeFortBen Littauer and Kathy

KerbyKroll Advisory SolutionsMary Shannon LittleStewart Macaulay

Emily MasonKathryn Matschullat andAllan Arffa

Ruth M. McKaySusan Altman MillerNarciso RodriguezCatherine R. NathanBrooke Garber Neidich and

Daniel NeidichOutten & Golden LLPSilda Palerm

Kelley D. ParkerPaul Hastings LLPAdria Perez DouglasDrucilla RameyToni Rembe & Arthur Rock

Jennifer RodgersCatherine Samuels and

Jeremy HendersonMarlene SandersSharon Khazzam Inc.Susan P. SerotaRose ShabetSusan SlaughterSMF Foundation/TAM Inc.Lynda SpenceStaff USA, Inc.Spencer StuartDail St. ClaireAidan SynnottThe Theo T. & Hilda Rose

FoundationDaena Title

John VanderstarElsa VareRichard D. and Madeleine

WachterLi-Hsia Wang and Henry

AbronsMarcia D. WeberElisha Wiesel

David D. WildermuthBeth A. WilkinsonPaul K. YoungAnonymous (5)

$500 - $999Susan Rose AckermanDean Attaway and Timothy

HaasSteven and Beth BangertColleen C. Barrett

Julia B. BatesBecker, Glynn, Mufy,

Chassin & Hosinski LLPBonnie YoungBrioniThomas R. and Mimi

BromeBrooks BrothersAlice C. BrownVadim BrusserSamuel C. and Sally ButlerCamberview PartnersSusan N. Clark

Dayl A. CohenNaomi W. CohenElizabeth L. ColtonRaymond CoppedeKarin A. DeMasi

Catherine J. DouglassLaurel and Gene EisnerErin ElkoSarah G. FlanaganKathie FlorsheimAaron FrankelMary K. GaillardLoraine GardnerPaul and Debora GaspariPatricia GeogheganThe Gibson Law FirmBruce GoldbergGood Works FoundationDavid GruenAnne L. HarperKathy and Kris HeinzelmanMary W. HelmsYvette HollingsworthAlan J. HruskaRichard JanveySusan Marie JohnsonMatthew S. Kahn

Joyce L. KramerRM Krelitz CharitableBarbara Lawrence

Sheri LeonardDebra LightnerMorton and Sophia Macht

FoundationMargaret E. Mack and John

L. PowellPatricia Yancey Martin

Janet C. McCaaLinda Puls McGuireElitza M. Meyer

Jean-Victor Meyers Judith L. MogulMosaic Financial Partners,

Inc.Carol NorbergMary B. NortonBettina B. PlevanStephen A. PloscowePaul and Stephanie Riehle

Jennifer RochonRonald S. Rolfe and Sara

DarehshoriWanda RootGail Rosen

Lewis RosenbloomA Safe Haven LLCLynn Hecht SchafranMichael Schler and Joan

McClure

Derek Lam and Jan-Hendrik Schlottmann

Terry Schwakopf Lorie A. SlutskyAndrew StrubleRoselyne Chroman Swig

Jo Ann TredennickIlene WachsBrian D. WengerFrank B. WilkinsonBlisse WilkinsonHelen and Oliver Wolcott

Jacqueline WrightBarbara YanniLoria B. YeadonKelley Drye & Warren LLPLittler Mendelson, P.C.RR DonnelleySchoeman Updike Kaufman

Stern & Ascher LLPUnited Way of New York

CityViolet G. Young Charitable

TrustAnonymous (5)

All listings represent cash giftsmade from July 1, 2012 to

June 30, 2013.

LEGACIES/INMEMORIAMPLANNED GIVING

Legal Momentum wouldlike to recognize thegenerous legacy gift madeby the Estate of Victoria J.

Mastrobuono. In honor ofthis gift, Legal Momentumhas established a WomensRights Champion Societyto honor major benefactorswhose lifetime or legacygifts make a sustainingcontribution to LegalMomentums mission andwork.


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THANKS TO LEGAL MOMENTUM VOLUNTEERS

Legal Momentums mission of advancing the rights of women and girls could not be

accomplished without the help of our amazing volunteer team. These enthusiastic,

committed individuals have assisted signicantly in all our departments. The volunteers

range from high school and college students making the most of internship opportunities to

considerate professionals who want to lend a hand to a cause in which they believe.

Their time and effort are true gifts that undeniably help Legal Momentum to fulll its

mission. Without such persons acting on their ideals, Legal Momentum would not be as

successful as it is. We owe them a debt of gratitude, and extend our deepest thanks and

appreciation.

PRO BONO SERVICES

Each year, Legal Momentum leverages its resources with many hours of pro bono assistance

from outstanding private rms and highly talented attorneys and other professionals.

Our programs involve a range of civil legal matters and the generous support we receivefrom outside professionals and rms is deeply appreciated. In 2013, we received valuable

assistance from the following rms:

Bridgewater Advisors Inc.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Fox Rothschild LLP

Irell & Manella LLP

Jenner & Block LLP

Karen M. Suber, Esq. and Erin A.

Simmons, Esq.

Kaye Scholer LLP

Mayer Brown LLP

Morrison Foerster LLP

New York Legal Assistance Group

Paul Hastings LLP

Polsinelli Shughart PC

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP


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