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← BROOKLYN LEGAL SERVICES CORP A

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BROOKLYN LEGAL SERVICES CORP A.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,083,500
Total expenses
$14,046,454
Contributions and grants received
$14,511,632
Grants paid
$620,000
Program service revenue
$135,954
Investment income
$17,548
Other revenue
$418,366
Total assets, end of year
$9,424,620
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,158,362
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,266,258
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,141,115
Management and general expenses
$1,741,415
Fundraising expenses
$163,924
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,141,115

Program services were 86.4% 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

    $28,416

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $13,986,148

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $497,068

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $135,954 · related or exempt $135,954

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,548 · excluded $17,548

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $390,100

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $390,100

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $390,100 · unrelated business $302,500 · excluded $87,600

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $62,384

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

    $28,416

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $62,384

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $28,266 · excluded $28,266

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $28,266

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $620,000 · program services $620,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $986,753 · program services $464,100 · management and general $494,455 · fundraising $28,198

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $7,200,302 · program services $6,658,079 · management and general $462,773 · fundraising $79,450

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $156,889 · program services $151,260 · management and general $4,148 · fundraising $1,481

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,303,849 · program services $1,166,913 · management and general $121,230 · fundraising $15,706

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $720,399 · program services $630,239 · management and general $80,838 · fundraising $9,322

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $107,214 · management and general $107,214

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,200 · management and general $5,200

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,500 · management and general $39,500

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $65,645 · program services $65,645

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,921 · fundraising $1,921

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,028,225 · program services $868,348 · management and general $152,678 · fundraising $7,199

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $354,076 · program services $317,527 · management and general $32,770 · fundraising $3,779

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $100,077 · program services $87,553 · management and general $11,229 · fundraising $1,295

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $568,597 · program services $483,545 · management and general $77,900 · fundraising $7,152

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,688 · program services $8,474 · management and general $1,087 · fundraising $127

  • 20 · Interest

    total $107,656 · program services $94,182 · management and general $12,081 · fundraising $1,393

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $202,778 · program services $177,398 · management and general $22,756 · fundraising $2,624

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $99,535 · program services $97,297 · management and general $2,005 · fundraising $233

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $143,556 · program services $125,590 · management and general $16,108 · fundraising $1,858

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $88,261 · program services $60,372 · management and general $26,659 · fundraising $1,230

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $62,500 · management and general $62,500

  • 24d · Other expenses: OFFICE EQUIPMENT

    total $42,953 · program services $37,577 · management and general $4,820 · fundraising $556

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $30,880 · program services $27,016 · management and general $3,464 · fundraising $400

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,614,267 · end of year $1,608,597

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,122,856 · end of year $4,133,865

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $38,125 · end of year $12,850

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $96,275 · end of year $121,448

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

    $4,408,716

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

    $2,671,814

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,848,983 · end of year $1,736,902

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,086,786 · end of year $1,810,958

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,234,005 · end of year $1,145,982

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $168,662 · end of year $243,455

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $93,386 · end of year $93,386

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,026,110 · end of year $2,114,250

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $47,006 · end of year $21,507

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,008,911 · end of year $2,539,782

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,224,212 · end of year $3,173,861

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $92,397

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BROOKLYN LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION A (BROOKLYN A OR BKA) WIELDS COMMUNITY-FOCUSED CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO CONFRONT INJUSTICE. WE WORK TO ENSURE ALL NEW YORKERS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES TO SEEK JUSTICE, MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, AND OVERCOME SYSTEMIC RACISM AND OPPRESSION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BROOKLYN LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION A (BROOKLYN A OR BKA) WIELDS COMMUNITY-FOCUSED CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO CONFRONT INJUSTICE.

  • PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING - LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND DISPLACEMENT AND SUPPORT THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY REPRESENTING TENANTS INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.

    Expenses $6,370,382 · Revenue $135,954

  • COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (CED) - REPRESENTATION OF SMALL BUSINESS AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $4,101,610 · Grants $620,000

  • FORECLOSURE PREVENTION UNIT - LEGAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND LITIGATION SERVICES TO HOMEOWNERS FACING FORECLOSURE AND/OR VICTIMIZED BY PREDATORY LENDING PRACTICES

    Expenses $874,476

  • LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC - LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME TAXPAYERS WHO EXPERIENCE DISPUTES WITH THE IRS/NYS ON TAX MATTERS

    Expenses $456,230

  • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

    Expenses $338,417

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas Souther

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Valarie A Hing

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Pilsbury

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark McDermott

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harold Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jyotin Hamid

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Crotty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harvey Lawrence

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Lipofsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Begleiter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Saul Shapiro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James H R Windels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julia Kohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tiffanye Threadcraft

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yoselin Genao-Estrella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Kleban

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Rose

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $288,528
    From this org
    $253,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,264
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $253,264
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,260
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,004
    Filer's total
    $288,528

  • David Ruan

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $247,410
    From this org
    $223,601
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,809
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,601
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,012
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,797
    Filer's total
    $247,410

  • Ndukwe D Agwu

    CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $221,341
    From this org
    $191,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,661
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,680
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,090
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,571
    Filer's total
    $221,341

  • Julia Dilaura

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AN

    Total calculated
    $179,039
    From this org
    $158,164
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,875
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,164
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,398
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,477
    Filer's total
    $179,039

  • Tamara A Del Carmen

    DIRECTOR OF CEA

    Total calculated
    $190,806
    From this org
    $159,664
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,142
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,664
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,398
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,744
    Filer's total
    $190,806

  • Kristie E Ortiz-Lam

    DIRECTOR OF PAH

    Total calculated
    $176,647
    From this org
    $157,641
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,006
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,641
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,529
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,477
    Filer's total
    $176,647

  • Michael Haber

    DIRECTOR OF CED

    Total calculated
    $187,116
    From this org
    $156,046
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,070
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,046
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,348
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,722
    Filer's total
    $187,116

  • Luis E Peralta

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $170,749
    From this org
    $140,732
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,017
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,732
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,425
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,592
    Filer's total
    $170,749

  • Angelos Vasilios C

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR CED

    Total calculated
    $147,379
    From this org
    $133,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,331
    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 · 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

  • RHA KIM GROSSMAN & MCLLWAIN LLP

    $620,000

    COMMERCIAL LEASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540809349300724

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