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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MASSACHUSETTS LAW REFORM INSTITUTE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,668,451
Total expenses
$6,065,183
Contributions and grants received
$7,982,020
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,193,455
Investment income
$231,520
Other revenue
$261,456
Total assets, end of year
$22,873,672
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,598,590
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,275,082
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,403,056
Management and general expenses
$1,485,542
Fundraising expenses
$176,585
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,403,056

Program services were 72.6% 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

    $7,982,020

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT SERVICES & HO

    total $1,193,455 · related or exempt $1,193,455

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $231,520 · excluded $231,520

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $261,456 · related or exempt $261,456

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $261,456

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,344,075 · program services $2,453,687 · management and general $792,122 · fundraising $98,266

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $595,259 · program services $436,997 · management and general $140,796 · fundraising $17,466

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $250,496 · program services $183,896 · management and general $59,250 · fundraising $7,350

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,078 · program services $2,812 · management and general $31,266

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,867 · management and general $4,867

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $125,600 · program services $83,672 · management and general $32,281 · fundraising $9,647

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $835,512 · program services $613,373 · management and general $197,623 · fundraising $24,516

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,764 · program services $9,109 · management and general $887 · fundraising $4,768

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $39,555 · program services $20,944 · management and general $10,359 · fundraising $8,252

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,984 · management and general $10,984

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,084 · program services $13,276 · management and general $4,277 · fundraising $531

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $710,129 · program services $533,994 · management and general $174,435 · fundraising $1,700

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

    total $32,318 · program services $23,726 · management and general $7,644 · fundraising $948

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $28,269 · program services $12,043 · management and general $13,738 · fundraising $2,488

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $10,776 · program services $7,895 · management and general $2,549 · fundraising $332

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,417 · program services $7,632 · management and general $2,464 · fundraising $321

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,578,640 · end of year $6,406,804

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,441,161 · end of year $4,330,529

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $207,101 · end of year $103,566

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

    $252,235

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

    $146,026

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $47,463 · end of year $106,209

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $5,189,293

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,328,957 · end of year $6,737,271

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $531,713 · end of year $430,202

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,399,795 · end of year $7,168,388

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,073,015 · end of year $10,610,423

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,598,799 · end of year $4,664,659

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LEGAL SERVICES TO BENEFIT THE POOR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

REFER TO SCHEDULE O, PAGE 37MASSACHUSETTS LAW REFORM INSTITUTE IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES STATEWIDE ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING LAWS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES TO SECURE ECONOMIC, RACIAL, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES.

  • LEGAL SERVICES TO BENEFIT THE POOR.

    Expenses $303,079 · Revenue $299,854

  • LEGAL SERVICES TO BENEFIT THE POOR - WEBSITE ADVOCATE

    Expenses $563,757 · Revenue $516,477

  • LEGAL SERVICES TO BENEFIT THE POOR FOR IMMIGRATION, HOMELESSNESS/HOUSING AND BENEFITS.

    Expenses $3,536,220 · Revenue $377,124

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hon Edward P Leibensperger

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7
  • Kenneth Berman Esq

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Martha Koster Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Tim Scalona

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Richard Allen Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John J Carroll Jr Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Donovan Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruth Ellen Fitch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronald G Marlow

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Montgomery

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $50
    From this org
    $50
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Ogburn Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dean Richlin Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Renee Spencer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $50
    From this org
    $50
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mildred Valentin-Torres

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gladys Vega

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles E Walker Jr Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Georgia Katsoulomitis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $251,861
    From this org
    $235,070
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,791
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,070
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,791
    Filer's total
    $251,861
  • Melba Abreu

    COO/CFO

    Total calculated
    $250,230
    From this org
    $221,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,834
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,396
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,834
    Filer's total
    $250,230
  • Annette Duke

    SENIOR HOUSING STAFF ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $163,470
    From this org
    $135,123
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,347
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,123
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,347
    Filer's total
    $163,470
  • Virginia Benzan

    DIR OF RACIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $159,207
    From this org
    $124,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,357
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,850
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,357
    Filer's total
    $159,207
  • Iris Gomez

    SENIOR IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $154,236
    From this org
    $126,178
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,058
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,178
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,058
    Filer's total
    $154,236

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
23 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423029349301082

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