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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ESSEX-NEWARK LEGAL SERVICE PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,670,733
Total expenses
$5,668,949
Contributions and grants received
$5,621,038
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,000
Investment income
$63,752
Other revenue
-$17,057
Total assets, end of year
$4,914,935
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,646,786
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,268,149
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,856,682
Management and general expenses
$812,267
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,856,682

Program services were 85.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,490,234

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $130,804

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY FEES

    total $3,000 · related or exempt $3,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $63,752 · excluded $63,752

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $109,773

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $126,830

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$17,057

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$17,057 · excluded -$17,057

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $376,390 · program services $322,312 · management and general $54,078

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,163,342 · program services $2,708,356 · management and general $454,986

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $176,351 · program services $151,078 · management and general $25,273

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $831,023 · program services $711,928 · management and general $119,095

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $286,309 · program services $245,278 · management and general $41,031

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,849 · program services $34,117 · management and general $5,732

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $101,602 · program services $87,016 · management and general $14,586

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $372,026 · program services $318,517 · management and general $53,509

  • 17 · Travel

    total $224 · program services $192 · management and general $32

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $85,948 · program services $73,586 · management and general $12,362

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,806 · program services $28,944 · management and general $4,862

  • 24a · Other expenses: SECURITY SERVICE

    total $120,132 · program services $102,853 · management and general $17,279

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $34,583 · program services $29,581 · management and general $5,002

  • 24c · Other expenses: LIBRARY UPKEEP

    total $12,491 · program services $10,695 · management and general $1,796

  • 24d · Other expenses: LITIGATION

    total $11,067 · program services $11,067

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $23,806 · program services $21,162 · management and general $2,644

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,875,107 · end of year $3,447,161

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $379,181 · end of year $508,920

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $2,313

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,229 · end of year $30,963

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

    $3,357,635

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

    $2,432,057

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $974,483 · end of year $925,578

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $708,973 · end of year $534,721

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $660,101 · end of year $2,880,110

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $320 · end of year $95

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $627,241 · end of year $231,860

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $291,882 · end of year $342,571

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $974,483 · end of year $925,578

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ENLS PROVIDES FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE ON CIVIL LAW MATTERS TO LOW INCOME ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS.

  • FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN NONCRIMINAL PROCEDURES TO VERY LOW INCOME PERSONS IN ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.

    Expenses $4,856,682 · Revenue $3,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Hockaday Esq

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Reynold Lambert Esq

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • John L Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Shari Lee Genser Esq

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Abdul Rehman Khan Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Plata Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eric Mark Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shoshana Schiff Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Felipe Chavana Esq

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $202,241
    From this org
    $140,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,241
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,441
    Filer's total
    $202,241
  • Jose Ortiz Esq

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $174,149
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,149
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,399
    Filer's total
    $174,149
  • Carlton Lewis

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $127,861
    From this org
    $115,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,861
    Hours/week
    35
  • Isabel Mangru

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $131,999
    From this org
    $115,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,999
    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

  • 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
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523169349305687

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