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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,316,263
Total expenses
$15,335,011
Contributions and grants received
$12,533,903
Grants paid
$653,831
Program service revenue
$16,450
Investment income
$2,836,322
Other revenue
-$70,412
Total assets, end of year
$56,323,378
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,132,540
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$51,190,838
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,966,442
Management and general expenses
$1,919,171
Fundraising expenses
$449,398
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,966,442

Program services were 84.6% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $594,594

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $94,743

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,372,716

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,471,850

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL SERVICES

    total $16,450 · related or exempt $16,450

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,810,206 · excluded $1,810,206

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $53,808,147 · other assets $2,937,885

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

    securities $53,884,582 · other assets $1,835,334

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$76,435 · other assets $1,102,551

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,026,116 · excluded $1,026,116

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $26,652

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

    $94,743

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $97,064

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$70,412 · excluded -$70,412

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $653,831 · program services $653,831

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $351,700 · management and general $351,700

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,426,295 · program services $7,785,902 · management and general $376,974 · fundraising $263,419

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $474,622 · program services $425,225 · management and general $35,834 · fundraising $13,563

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,030,145 · program services $935,090 · management and general $73,768 · fundraising $21,287

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $653,429 · program services $568,522 · management and general $66,791 · fundraising $18,116

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $66,358 · program services $48,707 · management and general $17,651

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $71,000 · management and general $71,000

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

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

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $851,995 · program services $486,423 · management and general $343,954 · fundraising $21,618

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $62,546 · program services $15,341 · management and general $10,759 · fundraising $36,446

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $630,753 · program services $317,734 · management and general $299,127 · fundraising $13,892

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $29,546 · program services $27,513 · management and general $1,956 · fundraising $77

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,131,540 · program services $1,025,927 · management and general $70,187 · fundraising $35,426

  • 17 · Travel

    total $72,299 · program services $65,168 · management and general $6,604 · fundraising $527

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $185,591 · program services $158,662 · management and general $11,877 · fundraising $15,052

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,135 · management and general $3,135

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $165,189 · program services $138,917 · management and general $20,464 · fundraising $5,808

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $68,424 · program services $62,915 · management and general $4,001 · fundraising $1,508

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLIENT REP EXPENSES

    total $154,278 · program services $154,100 · management and general $174 · fundraising $4

  • 24b · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $64,381 · program services $64,340 · management and general $27 · fundraising $14

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $54,238 · program services $10,648 · management and general $42,388 · fundraising $1,202

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $121,439 · program services $21,477 · management and general $98,523 · fundraising $1,439

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $55,971 · end of year $41,362

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $47,166,027 · end of year $9,258,224

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,471,198 · end of year $1,998,294

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

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

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $285,125 · end of year $169,690

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

    $705,773

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

    $229,417

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,991,555 · end of year $476,356

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $41,161,220

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $48,610 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $309,562 · end of year $3,168,232

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,195,707 · end of year $1,542,136

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $4,069 · end of year $13,010

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $601,539 · end of year $3,577,394

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $48,329,577 · end of year $50,509,767

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,197,156 · end of year $681,071

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PARTNERING TO IMPROVE LIVES AND PROMOTE FAIRNESS WE ACHIEVED A 95% SUCCESS RATE HELPING THOSE IN LEGAL NEED, MOSTLY WOMEN WITH CHILDREN AND ABOUT 58% PERSONS OF COLOR, OVERCOME BARRIERS TO SAFETY AND STABILITY AND OBTAIN $11.9M IN 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 2023, WE PROVIDED LEGAL ASSISTANCE WHICH HELPED 1,657 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 1,448 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $2,385,043 · Revenue $1,524

  • 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 3,306 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 5,343 PEOPLE. BY ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC LEGAL PROBLEMS IMPACTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS' SAFETY WE HELP PREVENT FUTURE ABUSE.

    Expenses $2,971,525 · Revenue $2,779

  • 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 2,100 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 3,783 PEOPLE. WE HELP MEET BASIC NEEDS OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR SYSTEMIC LEGAL WORK.

    Expenses $4,614,208 · Grants $653,831 · Revenue $4,233

  • 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 633 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 1,664 PEOPLE. WE EXPAND THE RESULTS OF OUR LEGAL ADVOCACY BY ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC LEGAL PROBLEMS IMPACTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS RELATED TO EDUCATION.

    Expenses $1,039,671 · Revenue $6,654

  • 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 590 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 16,431 PEOPLE. OUR SYSTEMIC LEGAL ADVOCACY HELPS REMOVE BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC STABILITY.

    Expenses $1,955,995 · Revenue $1,260

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel K Glazier

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $207,068
    From this org
    $181,886
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,182
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,886
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,157
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,025
    Filer's total
    $207,068
  • Joel Ferber

    DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $168,031
    From this org
    $133,826
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,205
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,826
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,551
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,654
    Filer's total
    $168,031
  • Jeanne Philips-Roth

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $160,980
    From this org
    $141,185
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,795
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,185
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,532
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,263
    Filer's total
    $160,980
  • Karen Warren

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION & COMMUNITY E

    Total calculated
    $158,507
    From this org
    $127,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,216
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,291
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,299
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,917
    Filer's total
    $158,507
  • Susan Alverson

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $147,671
    From this org
    $128,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,766
    Hours/week
    40
  • Eric Keith

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $144,632
    From this org
    $136,098
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,534
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kate E Tucker

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $137,307
    From this org
    $111,155
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,152
    Hours/week
    40
  • 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
  • Karen R McCarthy

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Burger

    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
  • Michael Hickey

    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
  • Pamela Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lawrence Kettenbach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shana Lindsey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Lowe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Marty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James McConnell

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Munich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Perron

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Redmond

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brendan Roediger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer L Schwendemann

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vennie Sharp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mavis Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Simon

    DIRECTOR (THRU 6/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna Thorpe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Turnage

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rose Turner

    DIRECTOR

    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
  • Barbara Whiting

    DIRECTOR (THRU 1/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Evie Williamson-Moore

    DIRECTOR

    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 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
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403189349311840

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