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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,295,541
Total expenses
$8,037,528
Contributions and grants received
$8,234,614
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2
Investment income
$9,771
Other revenue
$51,154
Total assets, end of year
$3,842,864
Total liabilities, end of year
$727,957
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,114,907
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,594,041
Management and general expenses
$413,364
Fundraising expenses
$30,123
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,594,041

Program services were 94.5% 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)

    $8,006,092

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $228,522

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SEMINAR TRAINING

    total $2 · related or exempt $2

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,771 · excluded $9,771

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,500

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,500

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,500 · related or exempt $4,500

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $46,654 · related or exempt $46,654

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $46,654

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $411,180 · program services $254,188 · management and general $156,992

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,382,469 · program services $4,279,536 · management and general $87,732 · fundraising $15,201

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,795,219 · program services $1,741,209 · management and general $48,043 · fundraising $5,967

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $388,880 · program services $370,439 · management and general $17,278 · fundraising $1,163

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $188,342 · program services $160,341 · management and general $25,627 · fundraising $2,374

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,989 · program services $13,739 · fundraising $2,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $166,670 · program services $158,832 · management and general $7,410 · fundraising $428

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $217,196 · program services $206,957 · management and general $9,656 · fundraising $583

  • 17 · Travel

    total $54,674 · program services $52,886 · management and general $1,788

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $79,862 · program services $75,291 · management and general $4,404 · fundraising $167

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $48,290 · management and general $48,128 · fundraising $162

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $99,677 · program services $94,914 · management and general $4,428 · fundraising $335

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $68,621 · program services $68,621

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING & POSTAGE

    total $58,147 · program services $55,756 · management and general $898 · fundraising $1,493

  • 24d · Other expenses: LIBRARY UPKEEP

    total $45,986 · program services $45,986

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,326 · program services $15,346 · management and general $980

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $378,852 · end of year $805,777

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,382,365 · end of year $1,448,386

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $543,600 · end of year $1,103,877

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $200,675 · end of year $53,849

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

    $1,712,705

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

    $1,486,954

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $270,417 · end of year $225,751

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $147,706 · end of year $205,224

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,722 · end of year $63,447

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $839,387 · end of year $457,570

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $12,419 · end of year $20,526

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $167,193 · end of year $186,414

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,856,894 · end of year $3,039,907

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $75,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION STATEMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION IS TO MEET THE CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS OF THE POOR AND VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EFFECTIVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO MEET THE CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS OF THE POOR AND VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EFFECTIVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND EDUCATION

  • NLS HANDLED 10,565 CASES DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. PRO BONO ATTORNEYS HANDLED 1,122 CASES. APPROXIMATELY 6% OF THE TOTAL CASES INVOLVED CONSUMER ISSUES, 35% INVOLVED FAMILY ISSUES (75% OF THESE WERE PFAS), 44% INVOLVED HOUSING ISSUES, 6% INVOLVED INCOME MAINTENANCE ISSUES (SSI, FOOD STAMPS, TANF, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION), 5% INVOLVED EMPLOYMENT ISSUES, AND THE REMAINING 3% INVOLVED SUCH ISSUES AS HEALTH, DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS, PROPERTY TAXES, AND ADVANCED DIRECTIVES. OF THE CASES HANDLED, 73% WERE FOR INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN 18 AND 54, 27% FOR INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER, AND LESS THAN 1% FOR THOSE UNDER 18. MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE FEMALE (74%). FORTY-SIX PERCENT (46%) OF THE CLIENTS WERE WHITE, 46% WERE BLACK, AND 8% WERE OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS SUCH AS ASIAN, HISPANIC, AND NATIVE AMERICAN. NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS COMPRISED 1% OF OUR CLIENTS.

    Expenses $7,594,041 · Revenue $2

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Joshua S Stein Esq

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicholas W Kennedy Esq

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Mavero

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelby Ray

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kaitlin Dichiera Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rochelle Jackson

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie R Colton Esq

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sylvia Basich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kent Bey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David A Blaner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Abes Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenneth J Horoho Jr Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Uyi Enyenihi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan A Apel Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Varrenti Hernandez Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Kozich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamey C Belin Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cameron S Crowe Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Antoinette Chambers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy L Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adrienne Langer Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • June Burkey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly M Bennett Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kylee M Clark Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth A Parker Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristine A Grega Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher T Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark A Mazza Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Pollock Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joan Zangrilli Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret S Coleman Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessie Allen Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paula Weiner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MacKenzie A Baird Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Marie Ahmed

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chauntel Hardy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Grace Orssatti Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristine Bergstrom

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $168,439
    From this org
    $130,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,439
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,889
    Filer's total
    $168,439

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 · 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
24 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412989349300006

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