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← MARYLAND LEGAL SERVICES CORP

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MARYLAND LEGAL SERVICES CORP.

Totals

Total revenue
$39,166,208
Total expenses
$32,774,569
Contributions and grants received
$39,157,686
Grants paid
$31,240,337
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8,522
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$34,416,882
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,703,154
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,713,728
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$32,458,789
Management and general expenses
$315,780
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$32,458,789

Program services were 99.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $39,109,291

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $48,395

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $362,941 · excluded $362,941

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,385,621

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $3,740,040

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$354,419

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$354,419 · excluded -$354,419

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $31,240,337 · program services $31,240,337

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $159,071 · program services $143,164 · management and general $15,907

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $493,343 · program services $355,994 · management and general $137,349

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $44,405 · program services $31,860 · management and general $12,545

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $93,522 · program services $68,469 · management and general $25,053

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,951 · program services $34,855 · management and general $11,096

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,800 · program services $3,828 · management and general $30,972

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $17,709 · management and general $17,709

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $69,211 · program services $51,908 · management and general $17,303

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,861 · program services $20,896 · management and general $6,965

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $51,835 · program services $38,876 · management and general $12,959

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $48,090 · program services $36,068 · management and general $12,022

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,938 · program services $4,454 · management and general $1,484

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,291 · program services $29,291

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $28,526 · program services $21,395 · management and general $7,131

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,162 · program services $10,622 · management and general $3,540

  • 24a · Other expenses: ACE ADMINISTRATIVE COST

    total $354,801 · program services $354,801

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,582 · program services $6,437 · management and general $2,145

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRANTEE TRAINING

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,134 · program services $534 · management and general $1,600

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,065 · end of year $1,515

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,738,211 · end of year $6,684,181

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $334,538 · end of year $7,632,210

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $443,983 · end of year $1,864,955

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,781 · end of year $17,212

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

    $363,124

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

    $327,971

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $45,346 · end of year $35,153

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,596,207 · end of year $17,285,186

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,452,198 · end of year $896,470

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $834,469 · end of year $2,324,173

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,982,449 · end of year $10,145,781

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $135,417 · end of year $103,700

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $154,981 · end of year $129,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,972,190 · end of year $20,144,905

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,568,823 · end of year $1,568,823

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO ENSURE LOW-INCOME MARYLANDERS HAVE ACCESS TO STABLE, EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO NONPROFIT LEGAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS.

  • IN FY23, MLSC MADE $31 MILLION IN OPERATING, JUDICARE AND SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS TO 40 NONPROFITS SERVING LOW-INCOME MARYLANDERS. MLSC GRANTEES CLOSED OVER 82,000 CASES BENEFITING 160,800 PEOPLE. TYPES OF CLOSED CASES INCLUDE: FAMILY, HOUSING, JUVENILE, IMMIGRATION, EMPLOYMENT, CONSUMER FINANCE AND WILLS/TRUSTS/POWERS OF ATTORNEY. MLSC GRANTEES CLOSED CASES IN ALL 24 MARYLAND JURISDICTIONS. OVER 2,600 ATTORNEYS DONATED MORE THAN 73,450 HOURS OF SERVICE. LEGAL AID PROVIDERS HELPED CLIENTS OBTAIN MORE THAN $16.2 MILLION IN ECONOMIC AWARDS AND AVOID OVER $18.8 MILLION IN COSTS THROUGH THEIR CASES, FOR ISSUES SUCH AS CHILD SUPPORT, CONSUMER JUDGMENTS AND DISCHARGED DEBTS.

    Expenses $32,458,789 · Grants $31,240,337

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hon Sidney A Butcher

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Allison Banks

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Catherine A Bledsoe Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Phyllis G Scalettar PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Violet M Apple

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Hon C Philip Nichols Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Hon Martha F Rasin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Debra A Thomas Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Terry Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Deborah Seltzer

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/ SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $154,400
    From this org
    $124,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,510
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,890
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,489
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,021
    Filer's total
    $154,400

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 committee
  • 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411319349302831

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