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← NORTHEAST LEGAL AID INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NORTHEAST LEGAL AID INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,851,040
Total expenses
$11,702,005
Contributions and grants received
$12,285,721
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$175,114
Investment income
$390,205
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$13,836,381
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,696,766
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,139,615
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,271,935
Management and general expenses
$1,351,048
Fundraising expenses
$79,022
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,271,935

Program services were 87.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,285,721

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LITIGATION INCOME/ATTY FEES

    total $104,399 · related or exempt $104,399

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $70,715 · related or exempt $70,715

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $390,205 · excluded $390,205

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $935,169 · program services $504,870 · management and general $430,299

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,779,529 · program services $6,328,084 · management and general $396,722 · fundraising $54,723

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $136,456 · program services $120,860 · management and general $14,628 · fundraising $968

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,534,776 · program services $2,245,077 · management and general $271,728 · fundraising $17,971

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,500 · management and general $41,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $340,458 · program services $243,067 · management and general $97,391

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $76,525 · program services $67,779 · management and general $8,203 · fundraising $543

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $523,429 · program services $463,606 · management and general $56,112 · fundraising $3,711

  • 17 · Travel

    total $48,360 · program services $42,833 · management and general $5,184 · fundraising $343

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,550 · program services $26,172 · management and general $3,168 · fundraising $210

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,754 · management and general $17,754

  • 24a · Other expenses: LITIGATION EXPENSES

    total $120,650 · program services $120,650

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $53,046 · program services $46,983 · management and general $5,687 · fundraising $376

  • 24c · Other expenses: LIBRARY EXPENSE

    total $39,878 · program services $39,878

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

    total $24,925 · program services $22,076 · management and general $2,672 · fundraising $177

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $535,880 · end of year $2,909,466

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,902,208 · end of year $9,247,316

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,066,801 · end of year $523,607

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $141,909 · end of year $154,380

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

    $843,570

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

    $739,395

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $59,867 · end of year $104,175

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $782,584 · end of year $897,437

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $593,188 · end of year $696,990

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $71,690 · end of year $75,711

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $833,791 · end of year $924,065

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,797,685 · end of year $11,717,212

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $192,895 · end of year $422,403

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN NON CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN NOT AFFORD PRIVATE LEGAL SERVICES. IN ADDITION, DONATED SERVICES WERE USED FOR PROGRAM SERVICES.

  • PROVIDED ASSISTANCE IN NON CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS TO THOSE WHO CAN NOT AFFORD PRIVATE LEGAL SERVICES. IN ADDITION, DONATED SERVICES WERE USED FOR PROGRAM SERVICES.

    Expenses $10,271,935 · Revenue $12,851,040

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • James P Hall Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Krasnoo Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Murphy Barnes Esq

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Martin Hart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Collela Esq

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rayond Weicker Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sonya Brown Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Monahan Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Louise Fortune

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marta Romero

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mabel Pizarro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter J Parlow Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Vitali Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Shimer-McGuire Esq

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wanda Moya

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • George Weber

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $288,691
    From this org
    $279,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,142
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $279,549
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,310
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,832
    Filer's total
    $288,691
  • Ethan Horowitz

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $220,426
    From this org
    $176,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,776
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,650
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,701
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,075
    Filer's total
    $220,426
  • Norman Morris Jr

    FISCAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $185,222
    From this org
    $150,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,472
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,523
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,949
    Filer's total
    $185,222
  • Stefanie Balandis

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $201,560
    From this org
    $180,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,990
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,570
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,417
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,573
    Filer's total
    $201,560
  • Paul Collier

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $148,302
    From this org
    $147,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $652
    Hours/week
    35

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • NORTHEAST JUSTICE CENTER LLC

    LEGAL SERVICES · MA · income $1,475,783 · assets $254,299

    Directly controlled by NORTHEAST LEGAL AID INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523189349308927

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