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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,004,689
Total expenses
$15,467,100
Contributions and grants received
$10,938,191
Grants paid
$384,636
Program service revenue
$27,585
Investment income
$3,063,860
Other revenue
-$24,947
Total assets, end of year
$54,929,828
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,160,778
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$50,769,050
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,821,367
Management and general expenses
$2,037,798
Fundraising expenses
$607,935
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,821,367

Program services were 82.9% 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

    $534,643

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $110,870

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,750,997

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,541,681

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $20,856

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL SERVICES

    total $27,585 · related or exempt $27,585

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,509,067 · excluded $1,509,067

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $34,464,659

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

    securities $32,909,866

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,554,793

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,554,793 · excluded $1,554,793

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $5,940

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

    $110,870

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $36,160

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$30,220 · excluded -$30,220

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $5,273 · excluded $5,273

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,273

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $384,636 · program services $384,636

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $368,016 · management and general $368,016

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,433,205 · program services $8,310,347 · management and general $697,426 · fundraising $425,432

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $532,559 · program services $476,971 · management and general $37,024 · fundraising $18,564

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,178,721 · program services $1,047,601 · management and general $93,715 · fundraising $37,405

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $773,731 · program services $668,840 · management and general $73,216 · fundraising $31,675

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $86,052 · program services $41,021 · management and general $45,031

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $90,500 · management and general $90,500

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $12,277 · management and general $12,277

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $459,903 · program services $168,733 · management and general $269,599 · fundraising $21,571

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,593 · program services $21,011 · management and general $1,693 · fundraising $2,889

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $415,885 · program services $226,865 · management and general $159,214 · fundraising $29,806

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $29,095 · program services $26,154 · management and general $2,771 · fundraising $170

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,020,757 · program services $953,902 · management and general $42,800 · fundraising $24,055

  • 17 · Travel

    total $46,274 · program services $36,687 · management and general $9,321 · fundraising $266

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $160,443 · program services $129,672 · management and general $26,164 · fundraising $4,607

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,103 · management and general $3,103

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $101,398 · program services $85,180 · management and general $12,282 · fundraising $3,936

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $54,106 · program services $49,232 · management and general $3,444 · fundraising $1,430

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLIENT REP EXPENSES

    total $107,324 · program services $106,520 · management and general $804

  • 24b · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $73,770 · program services $73,489 · management and general $266 · fundraising $15

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $59,946 · program services $8,785 · management and general $49,763 · fundraising $1,398

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $49,806 · program services $5,721 · management and general $39,369 · fundraising $4,716

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $41,362 · end of year $144,302

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,258,224 · end of year $2,059,649

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,998,294 · end of year $1,357,127

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $169,690 · end of year $102,114

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

    $696,602

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

    $274,897

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $476,356 · end of year $421,705

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $41,161,220 · end of year $48,344,242

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,168,232 · end of year $2,500,689

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,542,136 · end of year $1,457,750

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $13,010 · end of year $5,697

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,577,394 · end of year $2,697,331

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,509,767 · end of year $50,195,344

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $681,071 · end of year $573,706

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PARTNERING TO IMPROVE LIVES AND PROMOTE FAIRNESS WE ACHIEVED A 97% SUCCESS RATE HELPING THOSE IN LEGAL NEED, MOSTLY WOMEN WITH CHILDREN AND ABOUT 62% PERSONS OF COLOR, OVERCOME BARRIERS TO SAFETY AND STABILITY AND OBTAIN $20.5M IN MONETARY BENEFITS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE ADVANCE JUSTICE THROUGH LEGAL REPRESENTATION, EDUCATION AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

  • HEALTH: ENSURING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES RECEIVE THE HEALTH CARE THEY NEED, RESOURCES TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS, INCLUDING LEGAL NEEDS FOR PERSONS LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. IN 2024, WE PROVIDED LEGAL ASSISTANCE WHICH HELPED 2,392 CLIENTS AND THEIR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS. THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, OUTREACH, COLLABORATIONS, AND REFERRALS, PEOPLE LEARN THEIR RIGHTS AND PREVENT LOSS OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, WHICH HELPED ANOTHER 2,921 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $2,265,866

  • SAFETY: OUR FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION ASSISTS SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ESCAPE THEIR CRUEL ABUSERS. IT NOT ONLY SAVES THE VICTIMS LIVES BUT ALSO SAVES THEIR CHILDREN, AND STOPS A FUTURE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE. WE AIDED 2,116 VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS IN COMPLETED CASES COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF FAMILY LAW, INCLUDING PROTECTIVE ORDERS. OUR COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION, OUTREACH, COLLABORATIONS, AND REFERRALS FOR NEEDY PEOPLE AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS, HELPED ANOTHER 6,273 PEOPLE. BY ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC LEGAL PROBLEMS IMPACTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS' SAFETY WE HELP PREVENT FUTURE ABUSE.

    Expenses $3,629,304

  • BASIC NEEDS: WE REDUCE HOMELESSNESS THROUGH EVICTION DEFENSE AND HELP THE MARGINALIZED OBTAIN SERVICES TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS. SERVICES PROVIDED TO VETERANS, ELDERLY, UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, AND IMMIGRANTS, AMONG OTHERS, HELPED 2,214 PEOPLE AND THEIR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS IN COMPLETED CIVIL LEGAL CASES (NOTE: THIS INCLUDES CLIENTS, HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS UNDER 18, AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 18 AND OLDER). EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON THEIR RIGHTS TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS THROUGH LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, OUTREACH, COLLABORATION, AND REFERRALS TO OTHER RESOURCES HELPED ANOTHER 4,674 PEOPLE. WE HELP MEET BASIC NEEDS OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR SYSTEMIC LEGAL WORK.

    Expenses $4,144,055 · Grants $384,636

  • EDUCATION: CHILDREN'S FUTURE SELF-SUFFICIENCY DEPENDS ON MEETING THEIR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS. WE FOCUS ON PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OR FACING UNFAIR DISCIPLINE. UTILIZING A RACIAL EQUITY LENS TO HELP STOP THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE, WE HELPED 574 CHILDREN/YOUTH AND THEIR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS IN COMPLETED CASES. OUR COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION PROVIDES KNOWLEDGE OF EDUCATIONAL LAW, THE FIRST STEP TO SEEKING HELP. THESE EDUCATION PROGRAMS ALONG WITH OUTREACH, COLLABORATIONS, AND REFERRALS TO OTHER RESOURCES, HELPED ANOTHER 3,105 PEOPLE. WE EXPAND THE RESULTS OF OUR LEGAL ADVOCACY BY ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC LEGAL PROBLEMS IMPACTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS RELATED TO EDUCATION.

    Expenses $888,829 · Revenue $5,000

  • ECONOMIC STABILITY: ENFORCING FAIR CONSUMER PROTECTIONS AND COMBATTING CONSUMER SCAMS, HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES FORM AND GROW, AND HELPING NEIGHBORHOODS FIX AND PREVENT VACANT PROPERTY PROBLEMS ALL CREATE ECONOMIC STABILITY. THIS LEGAL WORK HELPED 886 PEOPLE AND THEIR HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS IN COMPLETED CASES FOR CLIENTS. PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT LEGAL REMEDIES THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION ON THESE ECONOMIC STABILITY ISSUES, OUTREACH, COLLABORATIONS, AND REFERRALS TO OTHER RESOURCES, HELPING ANOTHER 15,969 PEOPLE. OUR SYSTEMIC LEGAL ADVOCACY HELPS REMOVE BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC STABILITY.

    Expenses $1,893,313 · Revenue $22,585

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

Listed in Part VII

  • T Bennett Burkemper

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerome Dobson

    DIRECTOR/CO-VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paula Finlay

    DIRECTOR/CO-VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dorothy Rush

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sandra Keys

    DIRECTOR/ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Hickey

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen R McCarthy

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER (THRU 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Burger

    DIRECTOR/ASST TREASURER (THRU 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Turnage

    DIRECTOR/ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christina Fletcher

    DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Candy O'Connell

    DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vanessa Allen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Cherba

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Dodson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Elam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Hayes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Agnes Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Holliday

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alexandra Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pamela Johnson

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lawrence Kettenbach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Lenivy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shana Lindsey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Lowe

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andy Marty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Munich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Nepple

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Perron

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacqueline Redmond

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brendan Roediger

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vennie Sharp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mavis Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anna Thorpe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rose Turner

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Delores Verner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victor Washington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thayer Weaver Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Evie Williamson-Moore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel K Glazier

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $212,223
    From this org
    $189,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,309
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,914
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,674
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,635
    Filer's total
    $212,223

  • Eric Keith

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $155,793
    From this org
    $146,568
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,225
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,568
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,857
    Nontaxable benefits
    $368
    Filer's total
    $155,793

  • Joel Ferber

    DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $165,478
    From this org
    $139,086
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,392
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,086
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,942
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,450
    Filer's total
    $165,478

  • Jeanne Philips-Roth

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICE

    Total calculated
    $171,889
    From this org
    $147,682
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,207
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,682
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,072
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,135
    Filer's total
    $171,889

  • Karen Warren

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $158,756
    From this org
    $132,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,866
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,890
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,693
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,173
    Filer's total
    $158,756

  • Susan Alverson

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $153,236
    From this org
    $134,448
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,788
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,448
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,153
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,635
    Filer's total
    $153,236

  • Colleen Daum

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $149,086
    From this org
    $140,189
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,897
    Hours/week
    40

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 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513179349300601

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