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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DC BAR PRO BONO CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,388,636
Total expenses
$6,134,763
Contributions and grants received
$5,926,243
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$44,060
Investment income
$402,936
Other revenue
$15,397
Total assets, end of year
$10,168,030
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,786,087
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,381,943
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,010,956
Management and general expenses
$808,015
Fundraising expenses
$315,792
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,010,956

Program services were 81.7% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $13,145

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $958,854

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,954,244

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Other Fees & Services

    total $24,243 · related or exempt $24,243

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Admissions

    total $19,617 · related or exempt $19,617

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $200 · related or exempt $200 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $228,017 · excluded $228,017

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,859,872

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

    securities $1,684,953

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $174,919

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $174,919 · excluded $174,919

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $99,675

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

    $958,854

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $84,278

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $15,397 · excluded $15,397

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,259,693 · program services $1,109,737 · management and general $119,965 · fundraising $29,991

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,558,618 · program services $2,245,939 · management and general $207,909 · fundraising $104,770

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $232,571 · program services $205,580 · management and general $17,596 · fundraising $9,395

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $540,460 · program services $471,890 · management and general $46,749 · fundraising $21,821

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $340,891 · program services $299,447 · management and general $29,121 · fundraising $12,323

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $15,163 · program services $15,163

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · management and general $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $99,070 · program services $37,312 · management and general $10,032 · fundraising $51,726

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $40,617 · program services $40,617

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $319,478 · program services $277,681 · management and general $19,731 · fundraising $22,066

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,612 · program services $19,449 · management and general $11,182 · fundraising $981

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $35,690 · program services $14,045 · management and general $20,410 · fundraising $1,235

  • 24a · Other expenses: Food

    total $20,886 · program services $20,641 · management and general $245

  • 24b · Other expenses: Professional Fees

    total $126,456 · program services $23,316 · management and general $88,846 · fundraising $14,294

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other Fees, Admin Allocation

    total $407,229 · program services $201,111 · management and general $158,928 · fundraising $47,190

  • 24d · Other expenses: Design

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $106,329 · program services $29,028 · management and general $77,301

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $135,737 · end of year $135,737

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $152,790 · end of year $147,576

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,029,510 · end of year $1,207,478

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,572 · end of year $11,364

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,764,544 · end of year $8,665,875

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,216,596 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $496,287 · end of year $588,438

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $966,459 · end of year $1,197,649

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,258,897 · end of year $6,637,288

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,588,106 · end of year $1,744,655

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center provides free legal services through pro bono lawyers to low-income individuals, nonprofit organizations and small businesses primarily in the District of Columbia. The Pro Bono Center also recruits and trains lawyers and law firms to provide business and transactional legal services to community-based non-profit organizations and small, disadvantaged businesses.

  • Legal Assistance for Low-Income Individuals: The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center recruits, trains, and supports volunteer lawyers who provide legal information, advice, and/or representation in housing, family law, public benefits, personal injury defense, bankruptcy, employment, immigration, future planning and probate, and consumer law matters. In FY25, the Center provided ongoing full representation to 259 new clients on civil legal matters. The Center also provided legal advice and referrals at community-based clinics where 764 individuals received legal assistance on a range of civil legal issues and an additional 465 individuals received assistance on immigration matters. Through the Landlord Tenant Legal Assistance Network, the Center conducted 3,379 intakes to be routed to network partners; and through the Family Law Assistance Network, the Center assisted 474 individuals in Superior Court domestic relations proceedings. Finally, the Center maintains Superior Court-based resource centers to serve pro se litigants in landlord-tenant matters. In FY25, these centers served 1,269 people.

    Expenses $1,146,805 · Revenue $2,500

  • Nonprofit and Small Business (NPSB) Legal Assistance Programs: The NPSB Programs provide brief legal advice, legal training, and match nonprofit organizations and small business owners with pro bono counsel to meet their transactional and business law needs. In FY25, NPSB matched 35 nonprofits with ongoing pro bono counsel and provided 413 nonprofits with one-on-one brief advice via legal clinics and weekly Office Hours consultations. NPSB additionally served 658 small business owners throughout the year via its small business brief advice legal clinics. Finally, NPSB provided legal training to 2,356 nonprofit and small business representatives, and to the volunteer attorneys that assist them, on relevant business law topics.

    Expenses $668,390 · Revenue $13,800

  • Online and Other Projects: In FY25, the Pro Bono Center provided digital services that included LawHelp.org/DC, a website that provides legal and referral information to the general public; the Legal Information Help Line, which provides recorded legal information 24 hours a day in multiple languages; and Probono.net/dc, a free online resource for pro bono lawyers and legal services attorneys with more than 12,000 registered users. In FY25, there were over 650,000 page views on LawHelp.org/DC and the Help Line answered 15,000 calls and emails.

    Expenses $655,521 · Revenue $200

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Spagnoletti

    Executive Vice President

    Total calculated
    $737,859
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $657,747
    Other
    $80,112
    Hours/week
    3 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $654,975 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $2,772 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $44,555 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $35,557 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $737,859 related
  • Margarita Lorenzetti

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $390,582
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $313,218
    Other
    $77,364
    Hours/week
    3 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $310,446 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $2,272 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $38,436 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $38,928 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $390,082 related
  • Kelli Neptune

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $315,026
    From this org
    $252,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,641
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,419
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $966
    Deferred
    $28,173
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,468
    Filer's total
    $315,026
  • Darryl Maxwell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $240,650
    From this org
    $194,726
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,924
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,096
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $630
    Deferred
    $20,899
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,025
    Filer's total
    $240,650
  • Gabriella Lewis-White

    Director

    Total calculated
    $223,893
    From this org
    $169,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,968
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,547
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $378
    Deferred
    $16,312
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,656
    Filer's total
    $228,893
  • Adrian Gottshall

    Director

    Total calculated
    $234,328
    From this org
    $169,766
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,562
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,281
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $485
    Deferred
    $15,724
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,838
    Filer's total
    $239,328
  • Anitra Hill

    Managing Attorney

    Total calculated
    $163,768
    From this org
    $127,044
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,724
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,174
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $869
    Deferred
    $12,316
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,408
    Filer's total
    $163,767
  • Paul DiBlasi

    Managing Attorney

    Total calculated
    $163,778
    From this org
    $122,178
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,600
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,664
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $514
    Deferred
    $11,860
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,740
    Filer's total
    $163,778
  • Shaun Snyder

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 10 related
  • Sadina Montani

    President-Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 5 related
  • Mark Salzberg

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 1.5 related
  • Joshua Mogil

    Treasurer-Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 1.5 related
  • Rebecca Cady

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Leila Bham

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Lukman Azeez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Karen Newton Cole

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Natalie Koss

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Shirley Diaz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Patrick English

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Alicia Long

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Ramya Ravindran

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Charles Lowery Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Roger Lu Phillips

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Kathryn Rakozy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Andrea Mangones

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Steven Miller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Belinda Edwards Taylor

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Diane Seltzer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related
  • Courtney Weiner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.75 related

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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part 1, Line 3
Establishment of compensation: Compensation for the Executive Director of the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center is established by the District of Columbia Bar using several benchmarking methods. These include a compensation survey or study, guidance from an independent compensation consultant, and comparisons with Form 990 filings from similar organizations.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • District of Columbia Bar

    115 · Mandatory Bar · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202601289349302920

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