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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUTH CAROLINA APPLESEED LEGAL JUSTICE CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$716,979
Total expenses
$1,593,028
Contributions and grants received
$491,555
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$171,396
Other revenue
$54,028
Total assets, end of year
$3,801,272
Total liabilities, end of year
$30,740
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,770,532
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,313,478
Management and general expenses
$186,926
Fundraising expenses
$92,624
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,313,478

Program services were 82.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $491,555

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $109,716 · excluded $109,716

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $368 · excluded $368

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,275,988

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,214,308

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $61,680

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $61,680 · excluded $61,680

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $63,440

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $10,035

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $53,405 · excluded $53,405

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $255 · related or exempt $255

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $255

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $104,308 · program services $73,017 · management and general $26,076 · fundraising $5,215

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $700,279 · program services $554,862 · management and general $74,144 · fundraising $71,273

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $37,131 · program services $28,976 · management and general $4,625 · fundraising $3,530

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $67,277 · program services $52,501 · management and general $8,380 · fundraising $6,396

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $59,463 · program services $46,403 · management and general $7,407 · fundraising $5,653

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,870 · program services $14,257 · management and general $1,379 · fundraising $234

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $27,441 · management and general $27,441

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $341,894 · program services $314,068 · management and general $27,503 · fundraising $323

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $28,949 · program services $26,633 · management and general $2,316

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,662 · program services $9,809 · management and general $853

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,632 · program services $10,702 · management and general $930

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,223 · program services $3,885 · management and general $338

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,941 · program services $10,986 · management and general $955

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,535 · program services $9,692 · management and general $843

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,522 · program services $10,600 · management and general $922

  • 24a · Other expenses: SC COUNTS PASS-THROUGH

    total $114,728 · program services $114,728

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $11,007 · program services $10,126 · management and general $881

  • 24c · Other expenses: LITIGATION EXPENSE

    total $10,059 · program services $9,254 · management and general $805

  • 24d · Other expenses: CUSTODIAL SERVICES

    total $4,180 · program services $3,846 · management and general $334

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,927 · program services $9,133 · management and general $794

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $458,823 · end of year $53,775

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $194,964 · end of year $85,917

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $30,323

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,915 · end of year $3,029

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,030 · end of year $6,119

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $582,071

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $196,725

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $394,132 · end of year $385,346

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,297,007 · end of year $3,267,086

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $31,979 · end of year $30,740

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,929,320 · end of year $2,981,774

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,428,895 · end of year $788,758

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SC APPLESEED LEGAL JUSTICE CENTER FIGHTS FOR LOW INCOME SOUTH CAROLINIANS TO OVERCOME SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND LEGAL INJUSTICE.

  • TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES. SUPPORT IS PROVIDED THROUGH CASE ASSISTANCE, CO-COUNSEL, LEGAL TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVOCACY.

    Expenses $1,313,478

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bridget Brown

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $104,303
    From this org
    $104,303
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joseph B Berry

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marty Miles Bluestein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cathy Cauthen

    IMMEDIATE PA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ethan Jackson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashley Wheeling Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Kassel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • G Donovan Malloy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa V Martin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Graham L Newman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Shadd III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pete Strom

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Overture Walker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles William Whetstone III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sue Berkowitz

    FORMER EXEC

    Total calculated
    $116,619
    From this org
    $116,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,619
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $116,619

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202521259349302442

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