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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ERIE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,812,508
Total expenses
$5,593,664
Contributions and grants received
$5,784,698
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$14,032
Other revenue
$13,778
Total assets, end of year
$3,487,321
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,999,681
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,487,640
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,382,159
Management and general expenses
$211,505
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,382,159

Program services were 96.2% 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)

    $2,524,803

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,259,895

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,032 · excluded $14,032

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $29,294

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $19,167

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $10,127 · excluded $10,127

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,651 · related or exempt $3,651

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,651

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $139,204 · program services $130,939 · management and general $8,265

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,414,352 · program services $3,393,726 · management and general $20,626

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $857,467 · program services $835,407 · management and general $22,060

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $312,579 · program services $304,538 · management and general $8,041

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,797 · program services $1,378 · management and general $7,419

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,281 · program services $18,453 · management and general $15,828

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $234,079 · program services $218,767 · management and general $15,312

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,621 · program services $7,521 · management and general $8,100

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,891 · management and general $14,891

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,156 · program services $10,858 · management and general $7,298

  • 24a · Other expenses: Subcontract

    total $331,409 · program services $311,128 · management and general $20,281

  • 24b · Other expenses: Utilities and Telephone

    total $35,538 · program services $26,761 · management and general $8,777

  • 24c · Other expenses: Software Licensing

    total $27,839 · program services $23,665 · management and general $4,174

  • 24d · Other expenses: Law Library

    total $26,380 · program services $24,590 · management and general $1,790

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $123,071 · program services $74,428 · management and general $48,643

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $150,486 · end of year $142,562

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,131,674 · end of year $75,681

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,336,039 · end of year $2,090,187

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,841 · end of year $12,646

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $48,245 · end of year $62,500

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

    $305,423

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

    $204,762

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $34,836 · end of year $100,661

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,035,523 · end of year $1,003,084

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $315,990 · end of year $423,239

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $811,708 · end of year $315,670

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $161,581 · end of year $92,792

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,183,527 · end of year $1,167,980

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,268,838 · end of year $1,487,640

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PROVIDE QUALITY FREE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND SMALLER NOT FOR PROFIT GROUPS AND TO EFFECTIVELY INVOLVE VOLUNTEERS IN THE DELIVERY OF THOSE SERVICES.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES LEGAL SERVICES FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. IN 2020, APPROXIMATELY 354 ATTORNEYS PROVIDED OVER 2,526 HRS IN VOLUNTEER TIME TO ASSIST CLIENTS IN CIVIL AND OTHER LEGAL MATTERS. TOTAL CLIENTS ASSISTED WAS ABOUT 3,767 AND 2,767 CASES WERE CLOSED BY STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS.

    Expenses $5,382,159 · Revenue $3,651

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brain R Welsh Esq

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katie Ireland

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kara Hanzlik

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Colleen Eniis Gough

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Conklin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gretchen Gonzalez

    Executive Director/CEO/Dep

    Total calculated
    $139,204
    From this org
    $139,204
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rev Charles D Fryer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary R Gaffney ESQ

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren R Mendolera ESQ

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bernice Phillips-Jackson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leonardo Sette-Camara ESQ

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John J Weinholtz ESQ

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ifalewa Popoola ESQ

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Siana J Mclean

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Hogan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aalok Karambelkar

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee Redeye

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anaiss Llonek

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Feinstein

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jody Briandi

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean O' Brien

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melinda R Saran ESQ

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ketherine J Bestine ESQ

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

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

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
2023
Filed
28 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432479349300308

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