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← LEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,368,690
Total expenses
$3,762,404
Contributions and grants received
$3,358,298
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,693
Investment income
$2,207
Other revenue
$4,492
Total assets, end of year
$969,050
Total liabilities, end of year
$327,021
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$642,029
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,546,287
Management and general expenses
$216,117
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,546,287

Program services were 94.3% 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

    $7,750

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,203,068

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $147,480

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY AND OTHER FEES

    total $3,693 · related or exempt $3,693

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,207 · excluded $2,207

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $4,492

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

    $7,750

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $4,492 · excluded $4,492

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $219,913 · program services $66,692 · management and general $153,221

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,156,603 · program services $2,141,171 · management and general $15,432

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $116,774 · program services $116,598 · management and general $176

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $295,897 · program services $289,861 · management and general $6,036

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $174,004 · program services $163,106 · management and general $10,898

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,300 · management and general $14,300

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $109,126 · program services $103,008 · management and general $6,118

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $173,431 · program services $173,431

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $191,181 · program services $187,471 · management and general $3,710

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,243 · program services $18,243

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,811 · program services $20,811

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $27,564 · program services $24,808 · management and general $2,756

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,739 · program services $24,965 · management and general $2,774

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $123,585 · program services $123,585

  • 24b · Other expenses: JUDICARE

    total $40,520 · program services $40,520

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS AND PUB.

    total $24,255 · program services $24,255

  • 24d · Other expenses: ORGANIZATION DUES

    total $13,107 · program services $13,107

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,351 · program services $14,655 · management and general $696

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $128,836 · end of year $113,861

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $544,479 · end of year $291,681

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $544,712 · end of year $299,518

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $32,500 · end of year $46,104

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

    $390,682

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

    $226,597

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $121,812 · end of year $164,085

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $72,529 · end of year $53,801

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $249,387 · end of year $244,657

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $153,189 · end of year $12,237

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $70,127

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $803,870 · end of year $620,278

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $238,422 · end of year $21,751

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICE TO LOW-INCOME CLIENTS. OUR LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDE BASIC PROTECTION FOR OUR CLIENTS BY ENFORCING THE LAW WHEN THEIR RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED, PROMOTE THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION, AND EDUCATE AND INFORM OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS OF THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

  • LASNEM HAS FIVE OFFICES: DULUTH, PINE CITY, BRAINERD, GRAND RAPIDS AND VIRGINIA. OUR FIRM SERVICES THE NORTHEAST ELEVEN COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA, STRETCHING FROM PINE AND KANABEC COUNTIES, NORTH TO AITKIN, PART OF CASS, CROW WING, ITASCA, AND KOOCHICHING, AND EAST TO BORDER OF THE STATE THROUGH CARLTON, ST. LOUIS, LAKE, AND COOK COUNTIES. OUR FULL-TIME STAFF ATTORNEYS ARE FOCUSED ON THE GREATEST LEVEL OF NEED WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SYSTEMIC AND COMMUNITY IMPACT THROUGH FULL REPRESENTATION OF CLIENTS. OUR GUIDING PRIORITY PRINCIPLES ARE AS FOLLOWS: PROMOTING FAMILY SAFETY, STABILITY, AND WELL BEING; PRESERVATION OR ACQUISITION OF SHELTER AND RELATED SHELTER NEEDS; MAINTAINING, ENHANCING, AND PROTECTING INCOME AND ECONOMIC SECURITY; PROMOTING DIGNITY, SECURITY, AND INDEPENDENCE FOR THE OLDER ADULTS. IN 2022, THE LEGAL AID STAFF SERVED 8,152 PEOPLE IN DIRECT CASE LEGAL SERVICES. LEGAL SERVICES PERFORMED PROTECTED 189,383 IN ASSETS, AND RECOVERED 226,562 IN ASSETS FOR OUR CLIENTS. THE PAI(PRIVATE ATTORNEY INVOLVEMENT) PROGRAM OPENED 434 CASES IN 2022. OUR ATTORNEYS REGULARLY PERFORM OUTREACH AND CLINICS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS, AND WE ENGAGED WITH MORE THAN 1,300 INDIVIDUALS DURING THIS PROGRAMMING. IN 2022, NEARLY 34% OF OUR CASES CLOSED HELPED INDIVIDUALS WITH FAMILY LAW MATTERS, AND ANOTHER 50% OF OUR CASES CLOSED HELPED INDIVIDUALS WITH HOUSING MATTERS. LEGAL AID HAS PROJECT RESOURCES FOR HOUSING QUALITY, COORDINATED ENTRY FOR HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS FOR OLDER ADULTS AND NATIVE AMERICANS.

    Expenses $3,546,287 · Revenue $3,693

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • William Burns

    BOARD CHAIRP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fred Friedman

    VICE CHAIRPE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fred Holm

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cord Timo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peggy Price Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jane Poole

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marc Bellario

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rick Prebich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Flohaug

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Watkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Ten Eyck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Beyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin Stromberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deanna Richards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Ballie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dori Rapaport

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $138,563
    From this org
    $112,278
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,285
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tara Serck

    DIRECTOR OF

    Total calculated
    $93,397
    From this org
    $82,301
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,096
    Hours/week
    40

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
13 July 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312519349301806

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