Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $21,910,998
Total expenses: $19,561,216
Contributions and grants received: $21,767,807
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $136,691
Other revenue: $6,500
Total assets, end of year: $22,585,406
Total liabilities, end of year: $7,328,659
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $15,256,747
Program services expenses (Part IX): $16,253,336
Management and general expenses: $2,583,600
Fundraising expenses: $724,280
Program service expenses (Part III): $16,253,336

Program services were 83.1% 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

$380,702
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$15,903,478
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$5,483,627
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
3 · Investment income

total $131,672 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $131,672
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $730,019 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $725,000 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $5,019 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total $5,019 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,019
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
11a · Other revenue: Attorney Fees

total $6,000 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $6,000
11b · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

total $500 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $500
11d · All other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$6,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $354,911 · program services $20,104 · management and general $305,076 · fundraising $29,731
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $13,021,280 · program services $11,010,149 · management and general $1,546,901 · fundraising $464,230
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $1,002,074 · program services $885,965 · management and general $79,543 · fundraising $36,566
9 · Other employee benefits

total $1,535,579 · program services $1,357,418 · management and general $122,114 · fundraising $56,047
10 · Payroll taxes

total $991,936 · program services $840,272 · management and general $113,128 · fundraising $38,536
11c · Fees: accounting

total $50,825 · management and general $50,825
11g · Fees: other

total $92,772 · program services $89,392 · management and general $3,050 · fundraising $330
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $57,301 · program services $45,711 · management and general $10,140 · fundraising $1,450
13 · Office expenses

total $308,707 · program services $283,079 · management and general $12,060 · fundraising $13,568
14 · Information technology

total $576,771 · program services $335,224 · management and general $196,343 · fundraising $45,204
16 · Occupancy

total $1,035,583 · program services $929,432 · management and general $93,988 · fundraising $12,163
17 · Travel

total $103,777 · program services $84,984 · management and general $14,458 · fundraising $4,335
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $58,918 · program services $55,926 · management and general $2,992 · fundraising $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $12,568 · program services $8,563 · management and general $3,518 · fundraising $487
23 · Insurance

total $56,959 · program services $43,248 · management and general $11,630 · fundraising $2,081
24a · Other expenses: Consultant and professional services

total $158,071 · program services $158,071 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
24b · Other expenses: Dues

total $87,165 · program services $81,393 · management and general $4,240 · fundraising $1,532
24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

total $56,019 · program services $24,405 · management and general $13,594 · fundraising $18,020

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $1,950 · end of year $1,950
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $7,379,320 · end of year $3,276,516
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $6,156,105 · end of year $7,214,364
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $295,349 · end of year $369,160
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$336,260
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$312,853
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $35,975 · end of year $23,407
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $314,188 · end of year $6,641,159
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $4,400,059 · end of year $5,058,850
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $6,069,624 · end of year $6,535,347
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $47,064 · end of year $466,080
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $5,078 · end of year $327,232
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $8,899,911 · end of year $10,368,668
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $3,561,269 · end of year $4,888,079

Mission and programs · 2023

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

Provision of legal services to low-income clients in civil matters to eligible persons; 15,777 disposed cases in 2023

Expenses $16,253,336

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Denise Conklin

Executive Director

Total calculated

$176,951

From this org

$162,750

From related orgs

$0

Other

$14,201

Hours/week

37.5

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$162,750

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$14,201

Nontaxable benefits

$0

Filer's total

$176,951
Adrian Barr

Managing Attorney

Total calculated

$148,791

From this org

$106,036

From related orgs

$0

Other

$42,755

Hours/week

37.5
Gretchen Farwell

Managing Attorney

Total calculated

$145,362

From this org

$101,848

From related orgs

$0

Other

$43,514

Hours/week

37.5
Amber Moore

Managing Attorney

Total calculated

$138,736

From this org

$109,251

From related orgs

$0

Other

$29,485

Hours/week

37.5
Kathy Bettcher

Director of Family and Survivor Advocacy

Total calculated

$135,228

From this org

$104,764

From related orgs

$0

Other

$30,464

Hours/week

37.5
Paul Zukowski

Managing Attorney

Total calculated

$135,062

From this org

$103,947

From related orgs

$0

Other

$31,115

Hours/week

37.5
Jean Ruthe

Finance Director

Total calculated

$125,479

From this org

$114,827

From related orgs

$0

Other

$10,652

Hours/week

37.5
Adam M Fleming

President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
J Michael Bean

Vice President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
C Garrett Bonsell

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
John Kim

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
William Beckman

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Maria Best

Client Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kenneth E Davies

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
Louis Hobson

Client Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jasper Jones

Community Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Karlene Jones

Client Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rebecca Lee

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Carol Loughridge

Client Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joseph Lovelace

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Aga Mikolajczyk

Client Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rolonda Mitchell

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jim Rowe

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Scott J Smith

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Chasmine Thornton

Client Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sonni Choi Williams

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: 2023
Filed: 10 June 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.0
Source object: 202421639349300702

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