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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MOUNTAIN STATE JUSTICE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,751,508
Total expenses
$2,950,487
Contributions and grants received
$171,617
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,462,738
Investment income
$110,384
Other revenue
$6,769
Total assets, end of year
$5,345,778
Total liabilities, end of year
$690,400
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,655,378
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,819,708
Management and general expenses
$130,779
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,819,708

Program services were 95.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $171,617

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY FEES

    total $1,462,738 · related or exempt $1,462,738

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $67,179 · excluded $67,179

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,961,217

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

    securities $3,918,012

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $43,205

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $43,205 · excluded $43,205

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $6,769 · related or exempt $6,769

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,769

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $900,276 · program services $855,262 · management and general $45,014

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,181,901 · program services $1,123,166 · management and general $58,735

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $246,883 · program services $226,929 · management and general $19,954

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $144,999 · program services $144,999

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total -$4,732 · management and general -$4,732

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,174 · program services $38,174

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $75,761 · program services $75,761

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $161,041 · program services $152,989 · management and general $8,052

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,600 · program services $3,420 · management and general $180

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,817 · program services $9,326 · management and general $491

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $21,363 · program services $20,295 · management and general $1,068

  • 24a · Other expenses: LITIGATION EXPENSES

    total $81,853 · program services $81,853

  • 24b · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $49,219 · program services $49,219

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND UTILITIES

    total $40,332 · program services $38,315 · management and general $2,017

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $43,709 · end of year $169,312

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $860,828 · end of year $474,607

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,500 · end of year $53,594

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,184,530 · end of year $769,871

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,542 · end of year $2,878

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

    $801,311

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

    $157,629

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $663,545 · end of year $643,682

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $4,543,233 · end of year $3,231,834

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $212,956 · end of year $142,441

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $36,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $860,543 · end of year $547,959

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,208,388 · end of year $4,655,378

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

MOUNTAIN STATE JUSTICE PROVIDES FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN WEST VIRGINIA AND ASSURES THAT LOW INCOME PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE COURT SYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF WV AND ASSURE THAT LOW INCOME PEOPLE HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE.

  • MOUNTAIN STATE JUSTICE PROVIDES CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND ASSURES THAT LOW INCOME PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN WEST VIRGINIA.

    Expenses $2,819,708 · Revenue $1,469,507

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Joseph Cohen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ray Ratliff Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Crabtree

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jena Martin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Garten Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lida Shepherd

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Wehner

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Sheridan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Chittenden-Laird

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Brown

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $176,559
    From this org
    $166,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,960
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,599
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,960
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $176,559
  • Nicole McConlogue

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Walker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Loretta Young

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Hedges

    OF COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $135,375
    From this org
    $124,565
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,810
    Hours/week
    22.5
  • Lydia Milnes

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $137,894
    From this org
    $128,543
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,351
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Michael Nissim-Sabat

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $113,794
    From this org
    $106,484
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,310
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Bren Pomponio

    LITIGATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $214,536
    From this org
    $163,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,620
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,916
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,835
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,785
    Filer's total
    $214,536
  • Jennifer Wagner

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,119
    From this org
    $101,768
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,351
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $101,768
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,351
    Filer's total
    $122,119

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 · 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD APPROVES COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
4 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323189349300732

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