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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MICHIGAN LEGAL SERVICES.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,075,286
Total expenses
$3,234,153
Contributions and grants received
$2,994,626
Grants paid
$35,833
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$80,660
Total assets, end of year
$2,412,863
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,734,821
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$678,042
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,005,288
Management and general expenses
$211,629
Fundraising expenses
$17,236
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,005,288

Program services were 92.9% 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)

    $1,338,938

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,655,688

  • 11a · Other revenue: DEBT FORGIVENESS

    total $63,975 · excluded $63,975

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $16,685 · excluded $16,685

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $80,660

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $35,833 · program services $35,833

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $132,075 · program services $112,264 · management and general $13,208 · fundraising $6,603

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,169,368 · program services $2,124,508 · management and general $37,884 · fundraising $6,976

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $257,383 · program services $250,150 · management and general $5,714 · fundraising $1,519

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $172,109 · program services $167,273 · management and general $3,821 · fundraising $1,015

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $38,917 · program services $38,917

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $146,774 · management and general $146,774

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,185 · program services $12,814 · management and general $293 · fundraising $78

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,151 · program services $8,894 · management and general $203 · fundraising $54

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $113,770 · program services $110,573 · management and general $2,526 · fundraising $671

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,979 · program services $15,530 · management and general $355 · fundraising $94

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $300 · program services $291 · management and general $7 · fundraising $2

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,658 · program services $13,274 · management and general $303 · fundraising $81

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,054 · program services $21,434 · management and general $490 · fundraising $130

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $91,292 · program services $91,292

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE CO

    total $1,405 · program services $1,366 · management and general $31 · fundraising $8

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $900 · program services $875 · management and general $20 · fundraising $5

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,352,036 · end of year $1,673,417

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $967,455 · end of year $688,889

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $25,735 · end of year $15,873

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

    $124,607

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

    $89,923

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $48,342 · end of year $34,684

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $111,964 · end of year $349,480

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $470,710 · end of year $23,033

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $973,985 · end of year $1,362,308

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $509,829 · end of year $269,174

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $327,080 · end of year $408,868

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROVIDE FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIGENT AND LOW INCOME PERSONS

  • LEGAL SERVICES TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME AND INDIGENT INDIVIDUALS (20,142) INDIVIDUALS SERVED.

    Expenses $3,005,288 · Grants $35,833

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARY BETH COBBS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • CURTIS BLESSING

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • ANGELA BROWN WILSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • CASSANDRA WALKER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • SARIDA SCOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • MALIKA RAMSEY HEATH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • ROSSLYN WALKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • EMIRENE MENDOZA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • BEVERLY LEMLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • MARILYN MULLANE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,075
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,075
    Hours/week
    55

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.

Grants on this return

  • UNITED COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION (UCHC)

    $30,000

    THE MICHIGAN STATE BAR FOUNDATION PROVIDES IOLTA AND CERA GRANTS TO WORTHY LEGAL PROGRAMS THAT ASSIST LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN MICHIGAN. MLS PROVIDES SUBGRANTS TO UCHC TO ASSIST LOW INCOME TENANTS AND HOMEOWNERS THREATENED WITH THE LOSS OF HOUSING IN DETROIT.

  • MICHIGAN COMMUNITY RESOURCES (MCR)

    $5,833

    THE MICHIGAN STATE BAR FOUNDATION FUNDS THE IOLTA GRANT TO WORTHY LEGAL PROGRAMS THAT ASSIST LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN MICHIGAN THROUGH AN IOLTA SUBGRANT PROVIDED BY MLS TO MCR.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543119349304174

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