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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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $21,082,644

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $161,205 · related or exempt $161,205

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,878

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

    securities $6,570

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $308

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $308 · related or exempt $308

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $16 · related or exempt $16

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $16

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $319,111 · management and general $319,111

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,884,165 · program services $10,615,567 · management and general $268,598

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $499,437 · program services $473,694 · management and general $25,743

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,059,728 · program services $1,927,660 · management and general $132,068

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,080,825 · program services $1,023,653 · management and general $57,172

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $327,579 · program services $110,028 · management and general $217,551

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $55,271 · management and general $55,271

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $184,034 · program services $113,921 · management and general $70,113

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $245,457 · program services $145,561 · management and general $99,896

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $84,969 · program services $5,412 · management and general $79,557

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $321,736 · program services $224,806 · management and general $96,930

  • 17 · Travel

    total $234,743 · program services $224,163 · management and general $10,580

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,737 · program services $1,750 · management and general $1,987

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $279,174 · program services $227,504 · management and general $51,670

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $80,407 · program services $17,238 · management and general $63,169

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $302,058 · program services $180,026 · management and general $122,032

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $185,636 · program services $155,365 · management and general $30,271

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $133,774 · program services $91,442 · management and general $42,332

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOOKS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $33,083 · program services $3,077 · management and general $30,006

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $30,975 · program services $12,189 · management and general $18,786

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $18,764,438 · end of year $21,549,393

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,420,832 · end of year $768,277

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $24,244 · end of year $42,698

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

    $5,735,360

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

    $4,578,574

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,146,983 · end of year $1,156,786

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $35,575 · end of year $34,160

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $384,872 · end of year $276,181

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,412,806 · end of year $2,345,099

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,090,882 · end of year $3,414,094

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $384,872 · end of year $276,181

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,391,902 · end of year $17,720,121

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Felix Velez Alejandro

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $144,830
    From this org
    $137,631
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,199
    Hours/week
    35
  • Hector A Diaz

    FINANCE DIRE

    Total calculated
    $88,105
    From this org
    $83,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,378
    Hours/week
    35
  • Victor R Maldonado Martinez

    HR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $55,959
    From this org
    $55,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • Jesus M Rivera Delgado

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Dra Alba J Brugueras Fabre

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Dra Isabel Feliciano Giboyeaux

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Alice Agosto Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jose A Rodriguez Jimenez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Carmen Chazule Rivera

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Luis 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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