Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by VIRGINIA POVERTY LAW CENTER INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $6,516,246
- Total expenses
- $6,783,673
- Contributions and grants received
- $6,415,761
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $100,485
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,581,618
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,209,258
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,372,360
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $5,763,619
- Management and general expenses
- $775,557
- Fundraising expenses
- $244,497
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $5,763,619
Program services were 85.0% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$2,665,135
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$3,750,626
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3 · Investment income
total $94,118 · excluded $94,118
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $299,946
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $293,579
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $6,367
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $6,367 · related or exempt $6,367
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $3,094,265 · program services $2,475,411 · management and general $464,140 · fundraising $154,714
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $173,206 · program services $138,565 · management and general $25,981 · fundraising $8,660
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $642,493 · program services $513,994 · management and general $96,374 · fundraising $32,125
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $226,120 · program services $180,896 · management and general $33,918 · fundraising $11,306
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13 · Office expenses
total $61,025 · program services $51,871 · management and general $9,154
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16 · Occupancy
total $220,368 · program services $176,295 · management and general $33,055 · fundraising $11,018
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17 · Travel
total $79,803 · program services $67,833 · management and general $11,970
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $178,856 · program services $178,856
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $22,766 · program services $20,489 · management and general $2,277
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24a · Other expenses: SUB GRANT EXPENSE
total $1,417,013 · program services $1,417,013
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24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
total $382,096 · program services $324,782 · management and general $57,314
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24c · Other expenses: OTHER DIRECT COSTS
total $177,826 · program services $124,478 · management and general $26,674 · fundraising $26,674
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24d · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPME
total $98,002 · program services $83,302 · management and general $14,700
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24e · All other expenses
total $9,834 · program services $9,834
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $42,211 · end of year $5,335
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $381,201 · end of year $413,803
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $103,356 · end of year $67,182
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$249,584
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$158,916
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $58,182 · end of year $90,668
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $2,345,968 · end of year $2,236,355
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $901,006 · end of year $768,275
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $239,285 · end of year $292,338
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $150,647 · end of year $137,041
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $908,676 · end of year $779,879
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,533,316 · end of year $2,372,360
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
VIRGINIA POVERTY LAW CENTER USES ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND LITIGATION TO BREAK DOWN SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT KEEP LOW-INCOME VIRGINIANS IN THE CYCLE OF POVERTY.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE VIRGINIA POVERTY LAW CENTER (VPLC) PROVIDES LEADERSHIP, SUPPORT, TRAINING, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY TO ADDRESS THE CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS OF VIRGINIA'S LOW-INCOME POPULATION. OUR LEGAL STAFF SPECIALIZES IN AREAS OF LAW THAT AFFECT LOW-INCOME VIRGINIANS. THROUGH TRAINING AND COMMUNICATIONS, WE EDUCATE OTHERS ABOUT THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE POOR AND IDENTIFY SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS AND ISSUES. WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH VIRGINIA'S LEGAL AID COMMUNITY, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND STAKEHOLDERS TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF LOW-INCOME VIRGINIANS IN THE COURTS, EXECUTIVE AGENCIES, AND LEGISLATIVE BODIES.
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SINCE 1978, WE'VE BEEN A SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON POVERTY LAW ISSUES. FROM NEW LAWYER TRAINING TO EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH TO LEADERSHIP ON ADVOCACY ISSUES, WE ENSURE THAT LOW-INCOME VIRGINIANS' VOICES ARE HEARD BY OUR LEGAL SYSTEM. THROUGH OUR TEAM AND OUR LEGAL AID PROGRAM PARTNERS WE HELP VIRGINIANS UNDERSTAND AND EXPRESS THEIR RIGHTS IN AREAS SUCH AS DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE LAW, ELDER LAW, HOUSING LAW, FAMILY LAW, PUBLIC BENEFITS AND CONSUMER LAW.
Expenses $5,763,619
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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BRIANA GREEN
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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EMILY CONNOR KENNEDY ESQ
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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DREW SARRETT ESQ
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
L CHARDE REID
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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TORI ANDREA BABINGTON ESQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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WANDA HARRY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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BRENDA CASTANEDA
SECRETARY TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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STEVE DICKINSON
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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VALERIE SLATER ESQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
W CLARK WILLIAMS JR ESQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JOANNA SUYES ESQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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STEPHEN TEAGUEESQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KARL DOSS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SUJA SARAH MATHEW
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LAUREN DAVIS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
LAFONDA PAGE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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BARY HAUSRATH ESQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRODY REID ESQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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PASTOR RODNEY HUNTER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ESTHER AYALA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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AMY ROMA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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KATHY WRIGHT ESQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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PAT MCNICHOL ESQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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KRISTI KELLY ESQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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GOBIND SETHI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CYNTHIA BAILEY ESQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JAY SPEER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $150,341
- From this org
- $150,341
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $150,341
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $150,341
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 6 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202620659349301432
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