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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,516,530
Total expenses
$1,384,162
Contributions and grants received
$1,392,797
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$115,559
Investment income
$374
Other revenue
$7,800
Total assets, end of year
$1,698,171
Total liabilities, end of year
$413,480
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,284,691
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,285,029
Management and general expenses
$96,379
Fundraising expenses
$2,754
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,285,029

Program services were 92.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,185,519

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $207,278

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COURT AWARDS

    total $115,559 · related or exempt $115,559

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $374 · related or exempt $374

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $7,800 · related or exempt $7,800

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,800

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $147,326 · program services $115,045 · management and general $30,144 · fundraising $2,137

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $638,447 · program services $623,367 · management and general $14,987 · fundraising $93

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $24,545 · program services $24,545

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $163,351 · program services $163,351

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $55,484 · program services $55,484

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,252 · management and general $14,212 · fundraising $40

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $72,843 · program services $47,045 · management and general $25,728 · fundraising $70

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $420 · program services $402 · management and general $18

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $73,322 · program services $70,325 · management and general $2,904 · fundraising $93

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $101,481 · program services $96,893 · management and general $4,311 · fundraising $277

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,383 · program services $10,898 · management and general $485

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,803 · program services $13,776 · management and general $1,983 · fundraising $44

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES/COURT COSTS/TUITIO

    total $37,473 · program services $37,059 · management and general $414

  • 24b · Other expenses: LIBRARY UPKEEP

    total $17,693 · program services $16,940 · management and general $753

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $10,339 · program services $9,899 · management and general $440

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,405 · end of year $4,010

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,237,452 · end of year $1,366,588

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $185,332 · end of year $66,962

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $27,354 · end of year $9,724

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

    $38,963

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

    $38,963

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $97,302 · end of year $250,887

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $106,559 · end of year $64,438

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $97,102 · end of year $29,055

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $193,861 · end of year $319,987

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,132,323 · end of year $1,264,691

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $20,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT (PILP) IS A LEGAL AID ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO ADVANCE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED AND DETAINED IN PENNSYLVANIA'S JAILS, PRISONS, STATE HOSPITALS, JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS. PILP IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT ALL INCARCERATED PEOPLE ARE TREATED HUMANELY BY PROVIDING FREE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY, AND REPRESENTATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT (PILP) IS A LEGAL AID ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO ADVANCE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED AND DETAINED IN PENNSYLVANIA BY PROVIDING FREE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY, AND REPRESENTATION.

  • THIS PAST YEAR, THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT (PILP) SOUGHT TO ENSURE THE HUMANE AND EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED AND DETAINED IN PENNSYLVANIA. AS THE COMMUNITY EMERGED FROM THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE WHO WERE INCARCERATED AND DETAINED CONTINUED TO SUFFER FROM THE COROLLARY EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC, INCLUDING PRISON AND JAIL CONDITIONS THAT CONTINUED TO RESTRICT OR DELAY ACCESS TO ACCESS NECESSARY SERVICES. PILP CONTINUES TO PROVIDE MULTI-LEVEL CLIENT-CENTERED LEGAL SERVICES THROUGH PROVIDING LEGAL REPRESENTATION, ADVOCACY, AND ASSISTANCE. THIS PAST YEAR, PILP WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING JUSTICE AND RELIEF FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE THROUGH MEANINGFUL SETTLEMENTS. THESE INCLUDED SETTLEMENTS FOR THREE INCARCERATED PEOPLE WHO SUFFERED FROM THE FAILURES IN TREATING THEIR DIABETES, WHERE ONE MAN WENT BLIND FROM YEARS OF DIABETES MISMANAGEMENT, A WOMAN FACED LONG-TERM EFFECTS DUE TO INADEQUACIES IN THE DIABETIC MEDICAL CARE, AND A MAN WHO WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS AFTER MULTIPLE ERRORS IN HIS TREATMENT.PILP ALSO OBTAINED A SETTLEMENT FOR: (1) AN INCARCERATED WOMAN WHO WAS SHACKLED WHILE GIVING BIRTH; (2) AN INCARCERATED MAN WHO SUFFERED FROM AN UNTREATED HERNIA; (3) A PERSON WHO WAS PLACED IN A "DRY" CELL THAT WAS BARE, INCLUDING A LACK OF WATER, FOR MULTIPLE DAYS; (4) A MAN SEEKING TO BE ABLE TO OBSERVE HIS RELIGION BY WEARING A FEZ AND HAVE CONGREGATE RELIGIOUS SERVICES; AND (5) AN INCARCERATED MAN WHO SUFFERED NUMEROUS ABUSES INCLUDING PROLONGED SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AND THE FORCED CUTTING OF HIS HAIR.IN REPRESENTING TRANSGENDER AND GENDER-NONCONFORMING PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED, PILP OBTAINED THE FIRST EVER GENDER-AFFIRMING SURGERY FOR A PERSON IN THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. PILP ALSO ENHANCED ITS WORK IN SEEKING TO EXPAND ACCESS TO MEDICATION FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER FOR PEOPLE IN JAILS AND PRISONS.PILP HAS ALSO CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE, SUE, AND LITIGATE ON BEHALF OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS, WHETHER THEY WERE ASSAULTED, SEXUALLY ABUSED, OR SUBJECTED TO THE LACK OF MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH CARE, PUNITIVE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT CONDITIONS, OR DENIED RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS.

    Expenses $1,285,029 · Revenue $123,733

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL CARROLL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • MARY WALSH

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • RICK BEATON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • DAVID RUDOVSKY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • ERIC CORSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • BILL BABCOCK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • WAYNE JACOBS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • SAM SILVER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • NICHOLAS PRESSLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • WILL SACHSE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • MARGARET COLEMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • SU MING YEH

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $141,243
    From this org
    $119,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,243
    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
2022
Filed
27 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333009349301023

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