Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by PUBLIC INTEREST LAW INITIATIVE.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,417,774
- Total expenses
- $1,385,251
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,331,539
- Grants paid
- $386,750
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $84,532
- Other revenue
- $1,703
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,749,492
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $311,605
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,437,887
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,166,440
- Management and general expenses
- $131,901
- Fundraising expenses
- $86,910
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,166,440
Program services were 84.2% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$314,786
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$136,639
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$880,114
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3 · Investment income
total $58,733 · excluded $58,733
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $222,914
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $197,115
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $25,799
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $25,799 · excluded $25,799
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$61,760
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$314,786
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$60,057
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $1,703 · excluded $1,703
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $386,750 · program services $386,750
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $158,235 · program services $128,170 · management and general $14,241 · fundraising $15,824
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $505,066 · program services $409,103 · management and general $45,456 · fundraising $50,507
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $24,630 · program services $19,950 · management and general $2,217 · fundraising $2,463
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $49,122 · program services $39,789 · management and general $4,421 · fundraising $4,912
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $50,250 · program services $40,703 · management and general $4,522 · fundraising $5,025
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $31,040 · management and general $31,040
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11g · Fees: other
total $9,970 · management and general $9,970
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $860 · management and general $860
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13 · Office expenses
total $8,614 · program services $6,977 · management and general $775 · fundraising $862
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14 · Information technology
total $10,090 · program services $8,173 · management and general $908 · fundraising $1,009
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16 · Occupancy
total $51,909 · program services $42,046 · management and general $4,672 · fundraising $5,191
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17 · Travel
total $27,558 · program services $24,802 · management and general $2,756
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $7,399 · program services $6,659 · management and general $740
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23 · Insurance
total $11,166 · program services $9,044 · management and general $1,005 · fundraising $1,117
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24a · Other expenses: Program expense
total $22,649 · program services $22,649
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24b · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions
total $19,398 · program services $19,398
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24c · Other expenses: Staff development
total $3,891 · management and general $3,891
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24d · Other expenses: Taxes, fees, & licenses
total $2,677 · management and general $2,677
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24e · All other expenses
total $3,977 · program services $2,227 · management and general $1,750
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $399,271 · end of year $328,568
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $525,941 · end of year $700,920
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $250,457 · end of year $204,920
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $13,649 · end of year $17,773
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$68,559
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$61,404
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $13,590 · end of year $7,155
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,233,449 · end of year $1,353,116
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $177,030 · end of year $137,040
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $51,227 · end of year $16,103
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $153,000 · end of year $151,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $144,502 · end of year $144,502
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $894,171 · end of year $906,057
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,370,487 · end of year $1,531,830
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
PILI engages, inspires and empowers those advancing equal access to justice.
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PILI operated the Law Student Internship & Graduate Fellowship, Alumni and Pro Bono Programs through which it connected law students, law school graduates and members of the Illinois legal community with public interest law and pro bono service opportunities to assist individuals, families and communities in need with their legal issues.
Expenses $1,166,440 · Grants $386,750
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Daniel Lange
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kyle Petersen
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Lisa McCraw
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mark O'Meara
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Michael Cramer
Officer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Bourke
Immediate Past President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Michael Bergmann
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $158,235
- From this org
- $145,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,235
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $145,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,750
- Nontaxable benefits
- $6,485
- Filer's total
- $158,235
-
Alison Conlon
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ann Pille
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Barry Taylor
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Benjamin Rhode
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brad Lane
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
C Vincent Maloney
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Charles Golbert
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Christopher Wells
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cuyler Robinson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dave Callahan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Erie
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Sudzus
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Elizabeth Lewis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Frederick Snow
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
J Damian Ortiz
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Janelle Ibeling
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Amberg
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jonathan Jennings
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joshua Vincent
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kevin A Thompson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kevin Fee
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kimball Anderson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kimberly Barton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kristen Rodriguez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lisa Wilson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Louis Fogel
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark Rotatori
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Matthew Furton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Maureen Kieffer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melissa Picciola
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael Lohnes
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Myles Berman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Patricia McCarthy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Patrick Spangler
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Paul Greenwalt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Perry Browder
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ronald Ohren
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sarah Bernstein
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sheila Frederick
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stephen Libowsky
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Susan Curry
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Susan Zielke
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Thomas Dutton
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Traci Braun
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tracy Hannan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Wendy Vaughn
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
William Essig
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
William Meyers
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 3
- The Board, having experience with similar organizations, has reviewed and approved the Executive Director's compensation.
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
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$32,500
Law Student Internships
-
$26,000
Law Student Internships
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National Immigrant Justice Center
$26,000
Law Student Internships
-
$26,000
Law Student Internships
-
$22,750
Law Student Internships
-
$19,500
Law Student Internships
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Legal Council for Health Justice
$19,500
Law Student Internships
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Law Student Internships
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Law Student Internships
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Law Student Internships
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 26 April 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202501169349300600
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