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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MISSISSIPPI VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$532,246
Total expenses
$504,539
Contributions and grants received
$519,383
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$12,863
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$636,425
Total liabilities, end of year
$69,553
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$566,872
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$417,160
Management and general expenses
$62,670
Fundraising expenses
$24,709
Program service expenses (Part III)
$417,160

Program services were 82.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $9,277

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $199,196

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $310,910

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,254 · excluded $13,254

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $66,813

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $67,204

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$391

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$391 · excluded -$391

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $9,310

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $9,277

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $9,310

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $121,707 · program services $106,891 · management and general $7,412 · fundraising $7,404

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $176,434 · program services $154,955 · management and general $10,745 · fundraising $10,734

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $25,390 · program services $22,299 · management and general $1,546 · fundraising $1,545

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,345 · program services $18,747 · management and general $1,300 · fundraising $1,298

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,050 · management and general $32,050

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $21,895 · program services $21,895

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,928 · program services $2,928

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,442 · program services $20,466 · management and general $989 · fundraising $987

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $40,186 · program services $35,296 · management and general $2,447 · fundraising $2,443

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,011 · program services $12,011

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,264 · program services $2,127 · fundraising $137

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,200 · program services $1,749 · management and general $3,451

  • 24a · Other expenses: LITIGATION COSTS

    total $11,937 · program services $11,937

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS AND SUBSCR

    total $7,779 · program services $4,988 · management and general $2,630 · fundraising $161

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND MA

    total $871 · program services $871

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $100 · management and general $100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $273,946 · end of year $272,499

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $61,713 · end of year $65,928

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,178 · end of year $5,639

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

    $41,460

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

    $31,888

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,453 · end of year $9,572

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $224,996 · end of year $235,776

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $87,143 · end of year $47,011

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $67,713 · end of year $60,274

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $47,012 · end of year $9,279

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $539,704 · end of year $566,872

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MISSISSIPPI VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT ENABLES VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR MISSISSIPPIANS OF LOW INCOME AND LIMITED MEANS THROUGH HIGH QUALITY PRO BONO LEGAL ASSISTANCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENABLES ATTORNEYS TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME/LIMITED MISSISSIPPIANS.

  • HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT (MVLP) DURING 2024: - SECURED MAJOR FUNDING: SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED GRANTS TOTALING $205,000, INCLUDING $125,000 AND $80,000, TO SUPPORT OUR MISSION AND INITIATIVES. - ENHANCED OPERATIONS: MOVED INTO A NEW SPACE, PROVIDING A STRONGER FOUNDATION FOR GROWTH AND IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY. - COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT: HOSTED A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PARTY TO PROMOTE INVOLVEMENT WITH MVLP, WHILE ALIGNING ALL EFFORTS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO SET THE STAGE FOR AN IMPACTFUL 2025. - LEGAL SERVICES: HOSTED 28 CLINICS, SERVING 321 INDIVIDUALS. SERVED 502 INDIVIDUALS WITH FINAL RESOLUTION OF THEIR MATTERS.

    Expenses $417,160

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ahmad Smith

    PARLIAMENTARIAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alicia Hall

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna K Rush

    PARLIAMENTARIAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Cole

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bobby J Morrow

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carnelia Fondren

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Colleen Welch

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle E Ashley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Shontell Haymer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Tom

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josie Mayfield Hudson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Bennett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mildred Lesure

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neshondria Ellerby

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randall Saxton

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ratoya Gilmer

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sam Buchanan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Seth Shannon

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valera Vollor

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gayla Carpenter-Sanders

    EXEC DIRECTOR/GENERAL COUN

    Total calculated
    $127,315
    From this org
    $121,707
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,608
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513189349314141

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