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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FREESTATE LEGAL PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,291,558
Total expenses
$1,181,209
Contributions and grants received
$796,145
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$468,187
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$27,226
Total assets, end of year
$320,356
Total liabilities, end of year
$202,988
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$117,368
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$951,123
Management and general expenses
$229,380
Fundraising expenses
$706
Program service expenses (Part III)
$951,123

Program services were 80.5% 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)

    $347,147

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $448,998

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENU

    total $379,385 · related or exempt $379,385

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME: TRAINI

    total $88,643 · related or exempt $88,643

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MISC REVENUE

    total $159 · related or exempt $159

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $62,317

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $35,091

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $27,226 · excluded $27,226

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $120,192 · program services $96,154 · management and general $24,038

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $656,836 · program services $525,469 · management and general $131,367

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $81,992 · program services $68,053 · management and general $13,939

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $70,501 · program services $58,516 · management and general $11,985

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,700 · program services $27,144 · management and general $10,556

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,500 · program services $9,720 · management and general $3,780

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,091 · program services $16,578 · fundraising $513

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,013 · program services $17,149 · management and general $2,864

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $31,353 · program services $15,990 · management and general $15,363

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50,682 · program services $50,175 · management and general $507

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,517 · program services $31,517

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $782 · program services $782

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,137 · program services $3,498 · management and general $4,639

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $9,183 · program services $8,909 · management and general $274

  • 24b · Other expenses: LITIGATION COSTS

    total $7,477 · program services $7,477

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $7,321 · program services $4,246 · management and general $3,075

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $6,425 · program services $6,232 · fundraising $193

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,507 · program services $3,514 · management and general $6,993

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $29,554 · end of year $39,438

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $139,065 · end of year $223,293

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,637 · end of year $14,310

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

    $51,230

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

    $51,033

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $979 · end of year $197

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $83,777 · end of year $43,118

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $135,206 · end of year $109,076

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $79,451 · end of year $91,579

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $43,336 · end of year $2,333

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,043 · end of year $117,368

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,976 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FREESTATE JUSTICE, INC IS ORGANIZED TO ADVOCATE FOR, OFFER LEGAL ADVICE TO, AND REPRESENT MEMBERS OF THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER COMMUNITY IN LEGAL AND SOCIAL ENDEAVORS. WE ALSO OFFER EDUCATION, INTERNSHIP & EXTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

  • PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME LGBTQ COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CANNOT ACCESS THE EXISTING NETWORD FOR LAWYERS.

    Expenses $951,123 · Revenue $468,187

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Eric Thomas

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lee Westgate

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lindsey Young

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Riley Roshong

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Andrew Adelman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Evan Borodin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lee Carpenter

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brenda Dorsch

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brianna January

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jessica Landers Hopkins

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Angelica Newsome

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Amanda Peskin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jaye Yarbrough

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bonnie Smith

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Phillip Westry

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $109,679
    From this org
    $109,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
2023
Filed
29 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520379349301222

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