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← PRO BONO RESOURCE CENTER OF MARYLAND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PRO BONO RESOURCE CENTER OF MARYLAND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,437,589
Total expenses
$3,195,770
Contributions and grants received
$3,422,429
Grants paid
$3,399
Program service revenue
$31,492
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$16,332
Total assets, end of year
$3,450,459
Total liabilities, end of year
$687,583
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,762,876
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,683,234
Management and general expenses
$267,449
Fundraising expenses
$245,087
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,683,234

Program services were 84.0% 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

    $70,746

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,801,937

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,549,746

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE AND TRAININ

    total $31,492 · related or exempt $31,492

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $70,746

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $29,347

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$29,347 · excluded -$29,347

  • 11a · Other revenue: REFUNDS AND MISC.

    total $13,015 · excluded $13,015

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,015

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,399 · program services $3,399

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $230,683 · program services $196,375 · management and general $16,058 · fundraising $18,250

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,061,442 · program services $1,759,209 · management and general $145,773 · fundraising $156,460

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $52,050 · program services $44,419 · management and general $3,681 · fundraising $3,950

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $159,437 · program services $134,083 · management and general $10,239 · fundraising $15,115

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $171,960 · program services $145,101 · management and general $11,297 · fundraising $15,562

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $47,595 · management and general $47,595

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $150 · management and general $150

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $244,529 · program services $206,334 · management and general $16,065 · fundraising $22,130

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $41,803 · program services $29,235 · management and general $6,465 · fundraising $6,103

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $32,775 · program services $27,656 · management and general $2,153 · fundraising $2,966

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $29,638 · program services $25,785 · management and general $1,777 · fundraising $2,076

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,058 · program services $10,058

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,351 · program services $9,153 · management and general $1,198

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,589 · program services $6,098 · management and general $837 · fundraising $654

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,882 · program services $12,041 · management and general $2,841

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $57,307 · program services $57,307

  • 24b · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT

    total $13,798 · program services $11,643 · management and general $907 · fundraising $1,248

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $6,324 · program services $5,338 · management and general $413 · fundraising $573

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,927,319 · end of year $2,622,696

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $276,809 · end of year $306,809

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $390,533 · end of year $407,881

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $169,884

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,561 · end of year $21,255

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

    $121,171

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

    $104,191

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $24,569 · end of year $16,980

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $4,394

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,830 · end of year $70,444

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $185,934 · end of year $443,760

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $85,000 · end of year $85,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $8,555 · end of year $84,861

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,308 · end of year $73,962

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,168,517 · end of year $2,662,010

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $351,191 · end of year $100,866

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROMOTE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN MARYLAND BY COORDINATING AND SUPPORTING VOLUNTEER CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES, PROVIDING RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR LEGAL ADVOCATES FOR THE POOR AND PROMOTING COOPERATION WITHIN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY. THE CENTER'S PURPOSE IS ALSO TO DEVELOP AND COORDINATE A SYSTEM TO MATCH ATTORNEYS WITH APPROPRIATE PRO BONO PROGRAMS IN MARYLAND.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO THE POOR AND UNDERREPRESENTED IN MARYLAND.

  • TRAINING, RECRUITMENT AND FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE - THE CENTER RECRUITS LAWYERS TO ENGAGE IN PRO BONO LEGAL WORK AND MATCHES THEIR EXPERTISE TO THE LEGAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT CAN USE THEIR SERVICES. THE CENTER ALSO EDUCATES THE BAR FOR BOTH VOLUNTEER AND STAFF LAWYERS BY OFFERING NUMEROUS COURSES COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING LANDLORD-TENANT, HOME PRESERVATION, FAMILY LAW, EMPLOYMENT, ELDER LAW, FORECLOSURE DEFENSE, IMMIGRATION, VETERANS' BENEFITS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION. FURTHERMORE, THE CENTER SERVES AS STAFF TO THE COURT'S STANDING COMMITTEE ON PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES, OFFERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO PRO BONO REFERRAL AGENCIES, MANAGES THE ATTORNEY LITIGATION FUND, COORDINATES PRO BONO MENTORS, OPERATES A PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ACADEMY, AND SUPPORTS THE LOCAL PRO BONO COMMITTEES IN EACH JURISDICTION. THE CENTER'S DIRECT SERVICE PROJECTS FOCUS ON LEGAL NEEDS IN PARTICULARLY UNDERSERVED AREAS, WITH LEGAL CLINICS IN COURTHOUSES AND IN AT-RISK COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $2,628,234 · Grants $3,399 · Revenue $5,387

  • CONFERENCE - THE ANNUAL PARTNERS FOR JUSTICE CONFERENCE HELD ITS HIGHEST-ATTENDED EVENT IN HISTORY ON MAY 25TH, 2023. THE ATTENDANCE TOTALED 310 AND COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS FROM WHICH ATTENDEES COULD CHOOSE, AS WELL AS SEVERAL HIGH-LEVEL SPEAKERS. THOSE NOT PARTICIPATING ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OR PANELS WERE CHARGED A FEE. THE CENTER ALSO CO-HOSTED A VETERANS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CONFERENCE & TRAINING ON JUNE 16, 2023.

    Expenses $55,000 · Revenue $26,105

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Victor Velazquez

    EXE. VICE PRES. UNTIL SEPT. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 50 related
  • Sharon Goldsmith

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $232,141
    From this org
    $187,324
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,817
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,914
    Bonus
    $14,410
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,643
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,174
    Filer's total
    $232,141
  • Anna Sholl

    EXE. VICE PRES. AS OF NOV. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 50 related
  • Sima Fried

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anika Jones

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josephine Bahn

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Scott Gray

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jordan I Bailowitz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leah H Ramirez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Indira Sharma

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian T Tucker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Ackerman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Greenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeremy Mitzel

    DIRECTOR AS OF OCT. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nikaela Jacko Redd

    DIRECTOR AS OF OCT. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adrienne Weld

    DIRECTOR AS OF MARCH 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • D Jill Green

    DIRECTOR AS OF MARCH 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren E Lake

    DIRECTOR AS OF JAN. 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Irv Walker

    DIRECTOR AS OF JAN. 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aidan Smith

    DIRECTOR UNTIL AUG. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David P Shapiro

    DIRECTOR UNTIL JAN 2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related
  • Jessica Gorsky

    DIRECTOR UNTIL SEPT. 2022

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.15 related

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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
IN JUNE 2022, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECEIVED A BONUS OF $14,000. BONUSES ARE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ARE BASED ON MERIT.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202421369349311842

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