Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $23,752,745
- Total expenses
- $22,862,247
- Contributions and grants received
- $23,311,339
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $429,706
- Other revenue
- $11,700
- Total assets, end of year
- $24,458,121
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $6,105,292
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $18,352,829
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $18,463,502
- Management and general expenses
- $3,456,130
- Fundraising expenses
- $942,615
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $18,463,502
Program services were 80.8% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$503,991
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$15,176,827
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$7,630,521
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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3 · Investment income
total $357,042 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $357,042
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $670,867 · other assets $0
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $598,203 · other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $72,664 · other assets $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $72,664 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $72,664
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11a · Other revenue: Attorney Fees
total $11,600 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $11,600
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11b · Other revenue: Miscellaneous
total $100 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $100
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11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$11,700
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $425,297 · program services $17,805 · management and general $375,812 · fundraising $31,680
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $15,016,159 · program services $12,349,659 · management and general $2,084,323 · fundraising $582,177
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $1,198,282 · program services $1,047,436 · management and general $102,395 · fundraising $48,451
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,149,836 · program services $1,879,201 · management and general $183,709 · fundraising $86,926
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $1,139,610 · program services $941,135 · management and general $146,059 · fundraising $52,416
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $49,500 · management and general $49,500
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $36,779 · management and general $36,779
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11g · Fees: other
total $93,685 · program services $79,175 · management and general $14,510 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $47,331 · program services $10,473 · management and general $36,828 · fundraising $30
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13 · Office expenses
total $357,864 · program services $320,734 · management and general $21,151 · fundraising $15,979
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14 · Information technology
total $624,471 · program services $294,490 · management and general $262,219 · fundraising $67,762
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16 · Occupancy
total $1,099,355 · program services $1,006,406 · management and general $79,939 · fundraising $13,010
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17 · Travel
total $150,916 · program services $110,508 · management and general $27,332 · fundraising $13,076
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $129,537 · program services $129,537 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $8,331 · program services $8,226 · management and general $102 · fundraising $3
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23 · Insurance
total $57,715 · program services $44,759 · management and general $10,609 · fundraising $2,347
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24e · All other expenses
total $277,579 · program services $223,958 · management and general $24,863 · fundraising $28,758
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,800 · end of year $1,800
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $3,952,444 · end of year $3,956,759
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $7,783,437 · end of year $8,639,326
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $380,760 · end of year $401,871
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$370,279
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$315,146
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $15,156 · end of year $55,133
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $7,243,843 · end of year $7,978,463
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $4,049,652 · end of year $3,424,769
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $6,113,928 · end of year $5,521,895
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $341,461 · end of year $424,294
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $29,384 · end of year $159,103
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $10,829,484 · end of year $11,210,181
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,112,835 · end of year $7,142,648
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
To provide or coordinate the delivery of high quality free civil legal services to low-income individuals, families and groups
Activities or mission (Part I)
To educate and provide / coordinate the delivery of high quality free civil legal services to low-income individuals, senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable persons
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Provision of legal services to low-income clients in civil matters to eligible persons; 13,018 disposed cases in 2025
Expenses $18,463,502
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Denise Conklin
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $194,852
- From this org
- $180,528
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,324
- Hours/week
- 37.5
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,528
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $14,324
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $194,852
-
Gretchen Farwell
Managing Attorney
- Total calculated
- $162,282
- From this org
- $112,903
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $49,379
- Hours/week
- 37.5
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $112,903
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $12,993
- Nontaxable benefits
- $36,386
- Filer's total
- $162,282
-
Adrian Barr
Managing Attorney
- Total calculated
- $161,364
- From this org
- $112,603
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $48,761
- Hours/week
- 37.5
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $112,603
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $11,257
- Nontaxable benefits
- $37,504
- Filer's total
- $161,364
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Jean Ruthe
Finance Director
- Total calculated
- $157,260
- From this org
- $146,350
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,910
- Hours/week
- 37.5
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $146,350
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,910
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $157,260
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Jessica Hodierne
Director of Human Resources
- Total calculated
- $155,641
- From this org
- $118,479
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $37,162
- Hours/week
- 37.5
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $118,479
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,736
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,426
- Filer's total
- $155,641
-
Jerome Dombrowski
Director of Information Technology
- Total calculated
- $155,092
- From this org
- $107,589
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $47,503
- Hours/week
- 37.5
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $107,589
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,158
- Nontaxable benefits
- $37,345
- Filer's total
- $155,092
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Amber Moore
Managing Attorney
- Total calculated
- $152,404
- From this org
- $116,411
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $35,993
- Hours/week
- 37.5
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $116,411
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,067
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,926
- Filer's total
- $152,404
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William Beckman
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kenneth E Davies
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Rebecca Lee
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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C Garrett Bonsell
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Christi Alexander
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
J Michael Bean
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lisa Rae Corwin
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dean Davis
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adam M Fleming
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
April Foster
Client Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Deborah Goldberg
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ericka Hill
Client Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Louis Hobson
Client Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Deanna Hoyt
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carol Loughridge
Client Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ciera Munoz
Client Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Julie O'Rourke
General Board Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Randa Salinas
Client Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ambrea Samuels
Client Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leila Siena
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Scott J Smith
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. 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 committee
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
- Executive Director Committee conducts an annual performance evaluation and in setting salary they consider compensation survey data from LSC and MIE (and sometimes other sources if they are relevant and timely) and make a recommendation to the board; the full board then votes on the matter.
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 24 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202641759349300019
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