Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by SOCIEDAD PARA ASISTENCIA LEGAL DE PUERTO RICO INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $21,244,173
- Total expenses
- $17,345,899
- Contributions and grants received
- $21,082,644
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $161,513
- Other revenue
- $16
- Total assets, end of year
- $23,827,495
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,035,374
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $17,792,121
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $15,553,056
- Management and general expenses
- $1,792,843
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $15,553,056
Program services were 89.7% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$21,082,644
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3 · Investment income
total $161,205 · related or exempt $161,205
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $6,878
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $6,570
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $308
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $308 · related or exempt $308
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $16 · related or exempt $16
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11e · Other revenue, total
$16
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $319,111 · management and general $319,111
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $10,884,165 · program services $10,615,567 · management and general $268,598
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $499,437 · program services $473,694 · management and general $25,743
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,059,728 · program services $1,927,660 · management and general $132,068
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $1,080,825 · program services $1,023,653 · management and general $57,172
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11b · Fees: legal
total $327,579 · program services $110,028 · management and general $217,551
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $55,271 · management and general $55,271
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11g · Fees: other
total $184,034 · program services $113,921 · management and general $70,113
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13 · Office expenses
total $245,457 · program services $145,561 · management and general $99,896
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14 · Information technology
total $84,969 · program services $5,412 · management and general $79,557
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16 · Occupancy
total $321,736 · program services $224,806 · management and general $96,930
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17 · Travel
total $234,743 · program services $224,163 · management and general $10,580
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $3,737 · program services $1,750 · management and general $1,987
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $279,174 · program services $227,504 · management and general $51,670
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23 · Insurance
total $80,407 · program services $17,238 · management and general $63,169
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24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE
total $302,058 · program services $180,026 · management and general $122,032
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24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
total $185,636 · program services $155,365 · management and general $30,271
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24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES
total $133,774 · program services $91,442 · management and general $42,332
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24d · Other expenses: BOOKS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $33,083 · program services $3,077 · management and general $30,006
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24e · All other expenses
total $30,975 · program services $12,189 · management and general $18,786
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $18,764,438 · end of year $21,549,393
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,420,832 · end of year $768,277
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $24,244 · end of year $42,698
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$5,735,360
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$4,578,574
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,146,983 · end of year $1,156,786
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $35,575 · end of year $34,160
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $384,872 · end of year $276,181
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $2,412,806 · end of year $2,345,099
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $5,090,882 · end of year $3,414,094
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $384,872 · end of year $276,181
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $13,391,902 · end of year $17,720,121
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $496,482 · end of year $72,000
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO INDIGENT PERSONS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL OFFENSE, IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THEIR RIGHTS.
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DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR, SOCIEDAD PARA ASISTENCIA LEGAL OFFERED FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO CITIZENS ACCUSED OF CRIMES, GUARANTEEING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO LEGAL COUNSEL.IF IT INVOLVED A SERIOUS FELONY, CITIZENS WERE REPRESENTED FROM THE PRELIMINARY HEARING STAGE UP UNTIL THE CRIMINAL PROCESS CONCLUSION, AND THE APPEALS PROCESS WHEN NECESSARY. IN THE PRELIMINARY HEARING STAGE, 3,111 CLIENTS WERE REPRESENTED FOR A TOTAL OF 5,705 CASES CONCLUDED. IN THE TRIAL STAGE, 5,944 CASES WERE CONCLUDED. DURING THIS PERIOD, SOCIEDAD PARA ASISTENCIA LEGAL ALSO REPRESENTED MINORS ACCUSED OF OFFENSES BEFORE THE JUVENILE COURT DURING EVERY STEP OF THE PROCEEDINGS. A TOTAL OF 166 MINORS WERE COUNSELED. IT WAS A TOTAL OF 133 JUVENILE APPREHENSION HEARINGS, 595 PROBABLE CAUSE HEARINGS AND 480 ADJUDICATORY HEARINGS IN THE JUVENILE COURT. FOR DRUG COURT CASES, 205 CLIENTS WERE REPRESENTED FOR AN ADDED 511 CASES. SAL PARTICIPATED IN 1980 REPORT BACK COURT APPEARANCES IN DRUG COURT REPRESENTING ITS CLIENTS. IN THE SPECIAL MATTERS DIVISION, LEGAL COUNSEL WAS OFFERED IN VARIOUS MATTERS BUT WAS OFFERED PRIMARILY TO THOSE CLIENTS IN JAIL FOR PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND COURTS IN SEVERAL POST-CONVICTION RELIEF ISSUES. IN ADDITION, DURING THIS PERIOD WE ATTENDED 2,444 CASES ON MENTAL HEALTH LAW UNDER THE PROGRAM FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN MENTAL HEALTH PROCESSES (PALPSM) IN ALL JUDICIAL REGIONS. INCLUDING REPORT BACK COURT, WE ATTENDED 8,916 INSTANCES
Expenses $15,553,056 · Revenue $21,082,644
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Felix Velez AlejandroFELIX VELEZ ALEJANDRO
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $144,830
- From this org
- $137,631
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,199
- Hours/week
- 35
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Hector A DiazHECTOR A DIAZ
FINANCE DIRE
- Total calculated
- $88,105
- From this org
- $83,727
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,378
- Hours/week
- 35
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Victor R Maldonado MartinezVICTOR R MALDONADO MARTINEZ
HR DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $55,959
- From this org
- $55,959
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 35
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Jesus M Rivera DelgadoJESUS M RIVERA DELGADO
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
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Dra Alba J Brugueras FabreDRA ALBA J BRUGUERAS FABRE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
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Dra Isabel Feliciano GiboyeauxDRA ISABEL FELICIANO GIBOYEAUX
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
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Alice Agosto HernandezALICE AGOSTO HERNANDEZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Jose A Rodriguez JimenezJOSE A RODRIGUEZ JIMENEZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Carmen Chazule RiveraCARMEN CHAZULE RIVERA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
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Luis R Santiago RiveraLUIS R SANTIAGO RIVERA
VICE-PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
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
- 15 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202511339349302591
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