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← LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,655,310
Total expenses
$5,172,192
Contributions and grants received
$5,594,606
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,851
Investment income
$31,456
Other revenue
$25,397
Total assets, end of year
$6,356,783
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,230,865
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,125,918
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,731,568
Management and general expenses
$398,628
Fundraising expenses
$41,996
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,731,568

Program services were 91.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $181,388

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $144,838

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,499,060

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $769,320

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PUBLIC INTEREST JUSTICE PROJECT

    total $3,851 · related or exempt $3,851

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $35,768 · excluded $35,768

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,867

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

    securities $17,179

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$4,312

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,312 · excluded -$4,312

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $30,022

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

    $144,838

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $30,022

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $685

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $685 · excluded $685

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $24,712 · excluded $24,712

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $24,712

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $161,230 · program services $111,203 · management and general $34,216 · fundraising $15,811

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,117,815 · program services $2,864,885 · management and general $252,930

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $619,557 · program services $574,847 · management and general $42,551 · fundraising $2,159

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $250,045 · program services $228,069 · management and general $20,803 · fundraising $1,173

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,615 · program services $23,241 · management and general $374

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,869 · management and general $12,869

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $600,200 · program services $580,464 · management and general $9,513 · fundraising $10,223

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,196 · program services $1,122 · management and general $54 · fundraising $2,020

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $55,043 · program services $51,377 · management and general $2,809 · fundraising $857

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $50,353 · program services $49,555 · management and general $798

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $178,943 · program services $162,402 · management and general $15,726 · fundraising $815

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,134 · program services $1,027 · management and general $107

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,794 · program services $9,983 · management and general $1,811

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,724 · program services $5,051 · management and general $635 · fundraising $38

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $34,361 · program services $32,531 · management and general $1,777 · fundraising $53

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE A

    total $18,699 · program services $17,412 · management and general $1,222 · fundraising $65

  • 24c · Other expenses: COURT COSTS

    total $10,371 · program services $10,371

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,243 · program services $8,028 · management and general $433 · fundraising $8,782

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,392,526 · end of year $1,885,433

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $445,593 · end of year $1,232,117

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $62,924 · end of year $2,341

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

    $448,396

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

    $448,396

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,156,232 · end of year $1,883,331

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,139,046 · end of year $1,353,561

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $80,019 · end of year $794,652

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $25,928 · end of year $39,843

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $396,370

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,932,133 · end of year $4,062,689

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,158,241 · end of year $1,063,229

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME PERSONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE MILWAUKEE AREA WHO ARE FINANCIALLY UNABLE TO PAY FOR SUCH SERVICES.

  • CIVIL DIVISION - PROVIDES FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY MILWAUKEE FAMILIES HAVING SERIOUS CIVIL LEGAL PROBLEMS IN THE AREA OF FAMILY, CONSUMER, PUBLIC BENEFITS, HOUSING, AND CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.

    Expenses $2,520,349 · Revenue $3,851

  • GUARDIAN AD LITEM - PROVIDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO INDIGENT MINORS IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY.

    Expenses $2,211,219

  • EVICTION FREE MILWAUKEE (EFM) - PROVIDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO INDIVIDUALS FIGHTING EVICTION FROM THEIR HOMES.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Colleen Foley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $171,082
    From this org
    $168,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,394
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,000
    Bonus
    $2,500
    Other
    $1,188
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,394
    Filer's total
    $171,082
  • Peter J Stone

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacey C Gerber Ward

    VP - FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel D Blinka

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sunella Jones Ash

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean O Bosack

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louis B Butler

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Colin Looney

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristin Occhetti

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine A Phillips

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nora M Platt

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • S Edward Sarskas

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Guy R Temple

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy S Trecek

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan M Weisner

    MEMBER (THRU DEC 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • S Danielle White

    MEMBER

    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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(II) REPORTS DISCRETIONARY INCENTIVE AMOUNTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD BASED UPON PERFORMANCE.

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
2022
Filed
19 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333039349302203

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