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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by VETERANS LEGAL INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,840,175
Total expenses
$1,467,828
Contributions and grants received
$1,653,946
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$451
Other revenue
$185,778
Total assets, end of year
$1,277,173
Total liabilities, end of year
$148,193
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,128,980
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,307,690
Management and general expenses
$160,138
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,307,690

Program services were 89.1% 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

    $1,653,946

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $256,843

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $451 · related or exempt $451

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Special Events

    total $185,778 · related or exempt $185,778

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $185,778

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $79,122 · program services $79,122

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $828,862 · program services $765,303 · management and general $63,559

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,724 · program services $6,253 · management and general $471

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,301 · program services $67,240 · management and general $5,061

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $404 · program services $404

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,344 · management and general $44,344

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $39,690 · management and general $39,690

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,050 · program services $4,050

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $58,634 · program services $58,634

  • 17 · Travel

    total $807 · program services $807

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,122 · program services $2,122

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,805 · program services $1,805

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,710 · program services $18,710

  • 24a · Other expenses: Donated good and services

    total $256,843 · program services $256,843

  • 24b · Other expenses: Other expenses

    total $20,559 · program services $13,546 · management and general $7,013

  • 24c · Other expenses: Telephone

    total $13,329 · program services $13,329

  • 24d · Other expenses: Books, subscriptions

    total $8,535 · program services $8,535

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,987 · program services $10,987

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $812,222 · end of year $1,205,169

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $109,103 · end of year $70,033

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $11,189

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

    $11,189

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,805 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,971 · end of year $1,971

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,055 · end of year $7,908

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $145,413 · end of year $140,285

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $756,633 · end of year $1,128,980

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Veterans Legal Institute continues to be one the few public interest law firms in the nation dedicated wholly to homeless, disabled, and low income veterans. Military service changes a life forever. Veterans use the power of free legal aid to change their lives, restore hope, and to heal. With the ongoing support of compassionate and courageous donors, VLI continues to add critical staff, to mentor and train dozens of law students, and to expand its pro bono attorney network. In pursuit of holistic care, VLI continues to be creative in delivering free legal aid through virtual clinics, proactive outreach, and carefully navigating in person support whenever health and safety allows. Free legal aid has continued without interruption, and veterans express their gratitude daily -- many with the sentiment that having access justice meant the world to them -- allowing them the chance to face another day and take the next steps to building a brighter future.

  • VLI had a record setting 2022. In our veterans benefits department, our team of attorneys secured $2.3 million in lump sum awards and $237,000 in monthly compensation for disabled veterans. Every dollar goes straight to the Veteran in need. In our housing department, VLI prevented evictions for 78% of veterans at risk of homelessness. Attorney advocacy is keeping veterans off street corners and safely housed. Our discharge upgrade team has an 80% success rate; compared to a 10% chance for an unrepresented Veteran. A successful discharge upgrade can connect a Veteran with access to healthcare and education?but also restores the honor and dignity of that Veteran?s service. VLI?s family law department continues to advocate for Veteran families and children, while the estate planning team sets those families up for long term stability. VLI looks forward to continuing to serve the Veteran community in 2023.

    Expenses $1,307,690

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Antoinette Balta

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $79,122
    From this org
    $79,122
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Pete Seitz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Sheila-Marie Finkelstein

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Jack Williams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Michael Kibbe

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Kathy Dawson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Andrea Bird-Steiner

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Marco Arcadia

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Sajindra Gunawardane

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Nathan Cazier

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Cindy Goss

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Lisa Gievers Davies

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Morgan McCombe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Bruce Braviroff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Eric Reynolds

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Jeff Roberts

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Jackie Smart

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Justin Goldberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Ron Brand

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Wendy Hooper-Ross

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

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
2022
Filed
15 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202301359349320255

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