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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LAKESHORE LEGAL AID.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,024,576
Total expenses
$21,321,018
Contributions and grants received
$18,884,128
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,550
Investment income
$128,482
Other revenue
$9,416
Total assets, end of year
$5,698,776
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,104,829
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,593,947
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,807,199
Management and general expenses
$3,078,443
Fundraising expenses
$435,376
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,807,199

Program services were 83.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,233,481

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,650,647

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Attorney Fees

    total $2,550 · related or exempt $2,550

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $128,482 · excluded $128,482

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income

    total $9,416 · related or exempt $9,416

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,416

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $971,995 · program services $104,708 · management and general $867,287

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $13,791,435 · program services $12,211,267 · management and general $1,342,901 · fundraising $237,267

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $192,260 · program services $179,141 · management and general $9,286 · fundraising $3,833

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,711,103 · program services $2,413,684 · management and general $245,974 · fundraising $51,445

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,120,140 · program services $969,284 · management and general $127,891 · fundraising $22,965

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $58,852 · management and general $58,852

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $429,946 · program services $229,713 · management and general $111,444 · fundraising $88,789

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $670,729 · program services $529,958 · management and general $124,220 · fundraising $16,551

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $773,902 · program services $711,107 · management and general $62,771 · fundraising $24

  • 17 · Travel

    total $87,976 · program services $67,904 · management and general $18,135 · fundraising $1,937

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $40,221 · program services $40,221

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $72,724 · program services $69,071 · management and general $3,039 · fundraising $614

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues and fees

    total $111,939 · program services $88,154 · management and general $21,149 · fundraising $2,636

  • 24b · Other expenses: Staff training

    total $109,189 · program services $23,639 · management and general $77,451 · fundraising $8,099

  • 24c · Other expenses: Library

    total $98,074 · program services $89,777 · management and general $7,089 · fundraising $1,208

  • 24d · Other expenses: Litigation

    total $59,022 · program services $58,974 · management and general $40 · fundraising $8

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $21,511 · program services $20,597 · management and general $914

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,234,194 · end of year $1,832,925

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,794,892 · end of year $1,871,395

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,752 · end of year $15,090

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $331,563 · end of year $345,758

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

    $436,071

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

    $285,277

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $81,015 · end of year $150,794

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,456,357 · end of year $1,482,814

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,294,935 · end of year $1,252,318

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,718,449 · end of year $1,852,511

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,225,359 · end of year $2,447,897

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $665,030 · end of year $146,050

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.

  • - Provided, without charge, legal and other advocacy services for qualifying low income persons, or persons otherwise without adequate personal resources to obtain private assistance, and who reside in, or who have legal matters in, the State of Michigan. - Exercised all methods of advocacy and representation to: - Empower low income persons in addressing their legal rights and concerns; - Provide access to the legal system and all community resources; and - Preserve the dignity of clients. - Provided services in connection with counseling, advisement, advocacy, and legal representation.

    Expenses $17,807,199 · Revenue $2,550

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas Linn

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Stotz

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Gregory

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Khalilah Spencer

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Grieco

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bianca McQueen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Mossel

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anita Posey

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mika Clay

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ashley Lowe

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $228,903
    From this org
    $197,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,501
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,402
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,883
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,618
    Filer's total
    $228,903
  • Terrie Fiehn

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $184,431
    From this org
    $154,247
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,184
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,247
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,568
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,616
    Filer's total
    $184,431
  • Emily Calabrese

    Chief Advocacy Officer

    Total calculated
    $180,267
    From this org
    $150,151
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,116
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,151
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,505
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,611
    Filer's total
    $180,267
  • Katie Strickfaden

    COO

    Total calculated
    $167,690
    From this org
    $143,106
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,584
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,106
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,281
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,303
    Filer's total
    $167,690
  • Justin Williams

    Chief Culture Officer

    Total calculated
    $175,586
    From this org
    $150,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,286
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,300
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,286
    Filer's total
    $175,586
  • Joon Sung

    Litigation Director

    Total calculated
    $149,832
    From this org
    $120,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,121
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Hartke

    Director - CALL

    Total calculated
    $149,160
    From this org
    $119,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,160
    Hours/week
    40
  • MaryAnn Clemens

    Senior Attorney

    Total calculated
    $132,299
    From this org
    $104,426
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,873
    Hours/week
    40
  • Beth Richardson

    Director of Resource Development

    Total calculated
    $119,056
    From this org
    $107,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,042
    Hours/week
    40
  • Akisha Johnson

    Litigation Director

    Total calculated
    $129,429
    From this org
    $116,785
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,644
    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. 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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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
2024
Filed
5 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511709349301201

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