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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BENEFITS LAW CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$505,757
Total expenses
$1,124,619
Contributions and grants received
$434,603
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$63,473
Investment income
$7,681
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,643,343
Total liabilities, end of year
$523,751
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,119,592
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$816,592
Management and general expenses
$140,859
Fundraising expenses
$167,168
Program service expenses (Part III)
$816,592

Program services were 72.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $39,721

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $195,103

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $199,779

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,813

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL SERVICE FEES

    total $63,473 · related or exempt $63,473

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,681 · excluded $7,681

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $28,122

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $39,721

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $28,122

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $133,095 · program services $26,619 · management and general $81,192 · fundraising $25,284

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $641,834 · program services $544,277 · fundraising $97,557

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,085 · program services $6,592 · management and general $201 · fundraising $1,292

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $59,920 · program services $47,691 · management and general $2,674 · fundraising $9,555

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $70,794 · program services $52,506 · management and general $7,060 · fundraising $11,228

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,101 · management and general $10,101

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,298 · program services $6,210 · management and general $24,260 · fundraising $828

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,626 · program services $1,349 · management and general $65 · fundraising $212

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,751 · program services $1,453 · management and general $70 · fundraising $228

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $118,633 · program services $99,974 · management and general $4,390 · fundraising $14,269

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,822 · program services $4,948 · management and general $874

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,619 · management and general $8,619

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,604 · program services $7,142 · management and general $344 · fundraising $1,118

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS

    total $10,967 · program services $8,883 · management and general $658 · fundraising $1,426

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE & EQUIPMENT

    total $5,937 · program services $4,927 · management and general $237 · fundraising $773

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,823 · program services $1,771 · management and general $6 · fundraising $3,046

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES, FEES, & LICENSES

    total $2,710 · program services $2,250 · management and general $108 · fundraising $352

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $51,831 · end of year $51,714

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $564,019 · end of year $522,979

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $665,683 · end of year $559,068

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,200 · end of year $2,200

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

    $123,804

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

    $56,444

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,301 · end of year $67,360

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $513,359 · end of year $440,022

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $36,651 · end of year $44,440

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $543,777 · end of year $479,311

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,223,620 · end of year $579,592

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,345 · end of year $540,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BENEFITS LAW CENTER PROVIDES ACCESSIBLE LEGAL ADVOCACY TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES SO THAT THEY MAY OBTAIN THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO FINANCIAL AND MEDICAL STABILITY. WE FURTHER OUR MISSION THROUGH TARGETED ADVOCACY PROJECTS THAT HELP PEOPLE WITH SOCIAL DISABILITY PROGRAMS.

  • THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADVOCACY PROJECT (SSAP): HELPING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO ALREADY RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS BY PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE WITH PROBLEMS THAT ARISE WITH THEIR BENEFITS. IN 2024, THE CENTER SERVED 314 CLIENTS IN THE SSAP.

    Expenses $599,765 · Revenue $46,335

  • THE DISABLED HOMELESS ADVOCACY PROJECT (DHAP): HELPING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING LEGAL AID RELATED TO SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. IN 2024, THE CENTER SERVED 120 CLIENTS IN DHAP.

    Expenses $216,827 · Revenue $17,138

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Will Livesley-O'Neill

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shari Marion

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Corey Guilmette

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Tsai

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thaddaeus Gregory

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hien-Huy Nguyen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,095
    From this org
    $125,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,100
    Hours/week
    40

  • Peter Grieser

    DIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $107,132
    From this org
    $105,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,983
    Hours/week
    35

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533189349314948

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