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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 10 April 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$4,479,354 changed to $4,993,245
Total expenses
$4,268,005 changed to $4,269,357
Contributions and grants received
$4,442,570 changed to $4,956,461
Total assets, end of year
$5,227,185 changed to $5,743,766
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,450,357 changed to $2,450,324
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,776,828 changed to $3,293,442
Management and general expenses
$480,210 changed to $481,562

Totals

Total revenue
$4,993,245
Total expenses
$4,269,357
Contributions and grants received
$4,956,461
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$36,782
Other revenue
$2
Total assets, end of year
$5,743,766
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,450,324
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,293,442
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,787,795
Management and general expenses
$481,562
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,787,795

Program services were 88.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,956,461

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36,782 · excluded $36,782

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $18,436

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $18,434

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2 · excluded $2

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $163,140 · program services $32,628 · management and general $130,512

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,738,250 · program services $2,540,509 · management and general $197,741

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $105,207 · program services $93,304 · management and general $11,903

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $634,803 · program services $562,984 · management and general $71,819

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $207,027 · program services $183,605 · management and general $23,422

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,911 · program services $40,717 · management and general $5,194

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,925 · program services $3,481 · management and general $444

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $37,314 · program services $33,092 · management and general $4,222

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $65,203 · program services $57,826 · management and general $7,377

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,676 · program services $10,043 · management and general $3,633

  • 17 · Travel

    total $125,133 · program services $112,620 · management and general $12,513

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,868 · program services $16,733 · management and general $2,135

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,844 · program services $11,391 · management and general $1,453

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $53,241 · program services $46,016 · management and general $7,225

  • 24b · Other expenses: LITIGATION COSTS

    total $23,717 · program services $23,717

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTION AND DUES

    total $17,403 · program services $15,434 · management and general $1,969

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $3,695 · program services $3,695

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,626 · end of year $29

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,203,733 · end of year $3,644,098

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $711,360 · end of year $1,258,443

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,845 · end of year $0

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

    $774,228

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

    $294,451

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $498,645 · end of year $479,777

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $365,019 · end of year $361,419

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $305,065 · end of year $441,857

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $361,419 · end of year $361,419

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $553,190 · end of year $1,647,048

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,569,554 · end of year $3,293,442

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE AND SERVE AS A LEADER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, TO ENCOURAGE THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE POOR AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO ALL PROVIDERS OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

  • PROVIDE SUBSTANTIVE LAW AND SKILLS TRAINING FOR STAFF OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR PROVIDERS, LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF FLORIDA, PRO BONO ATTORNEYS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PERSONS ADVOCATING FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF FLORIDA. PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE AND ADMIN ADVOCACY ON PRIORITY ISSUES IMPACTING THE LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF FLORIDA. PROVIDE REPRESENTATION TO LOW-INCOME CLIENTS IN COURT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS ON MATTERS THAT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE WELLBEING OF THE CLIENTS AND OTHER LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF FLORIDA.

    Expenses $3,787,795

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ANTHONY MUSTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIDGETTE MICHELLE DOMINGOS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRISTOPHER JONES

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,140
    From this org
    $163,140
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,140
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $163,140

  • EDRICK E BARNES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FARAH L NERETTE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • J SAMANTHA VACCIANA

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES TUCKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JESSICA M VANVALKENBURGH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHRYN PUGH

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KRISTEN ALLMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MEREDITH PELTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL TEIN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT MEYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT WESLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAYLA N WALDON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVEN DUPRE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIMOTHY ARCARO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM MANIKAS

    HISTORIAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREA COSTELLO

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $114,763
    From this org
    $114,763
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROBERT K DWYER

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $115,934
    From this org
    $115,934
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • EDMUNDS SUZANNE

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $112,293
    From this org
    $112,293
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • GUINAN LIEM AMY K

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $101,652
    From this org
    $101,652
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. 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

None.

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
2 February 2026
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202620619349300517

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