Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,361,466

Total expenses

$1,474,522

Contributions and grants received

$1,337,469

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$46

Other revenue

$23,951

Total assets, end of year

$430,537

Total liabilities, end of year

$208,134

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$222,403

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,026,500

Management and general expenses

$442,086

Fundraising expenses

$5,936

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,026,500

Program services were 69.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: PIRC PROVIDES SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH TWO PROGRAMS: THE IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS PROJECT AND THE CITIZENSHIP PROJECT.IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS PROJECT (ISP): ISP IS A UNIQUE PROVIDER OF IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE IN PENNSYLVANIA. ISP PARTNERS WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AGENCIES AND PRO BONO AND LEGAL AID ATTORNEYS IN A UNIQUE MODEL OF SERVICE DELIVERY THAT PROVIDES IMMIGRATION AND FAMILY LAW LEGAL SERVICES, PUBLIC BENEFITS ADVOCACY, VICTIM SERVICES, AND EDUCATION TO IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.THIS SURVIVOR-CENTERED APPROACH PROFOUNDLY IMPACTS THE LIVES OF IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE AND THEIR CHILDREN AS THEY CREATE A NEW LIFE OF SAFETY, ECONOMIC WELL-BEING, AND STABILITY. THIS IN TURN CREATES A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY. THE 2014 YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION'S ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY FOUND THAT EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN PIRC'S LEGAL SERVICES YIELDS AN ESTIMATED NINE-FOLD ECONOMIC BENEFIT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE TIMELINE FOR MANY ISP CASES CONTINUES TO LENGTHEN. THE GOVERNMENT IS ISSUING REQUESTS FOR EVIDENCE IN MANY MORE CASES, OFTEN ASKING FOR DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED. PROCESSING SLOWDOWNS EXACERBATE AN ALREADY LENGTHY ADJUDICATION TIMELINE. CONSEQUENTLY, ISP SERVICES ARE MUCH NEEDED AMONG PENNSYLVANIA'S IMMIGRANT SURVIVOR POPULATION. IN 2022, ISP STAFF CLOSED ADVICE ONLY CASES FOR 47 SURVIVORS, BRIEF SERVICE CASES FOR 30 SURVIVORS, AND 113 EXTENDED REPRESENTATION CASES FOR IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS. AS OF MARCH 31, 2023, ISP HAD 368 OPEN CASES.MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIP WITH WELLSPAN: IN JANUARY 2022, PIRC AND WELLSPAN LAUNCHED A MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIP. THE MEDICAL LEGAL PARTNERSHIP IS A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM BETWEEN LEGAL & HEALTHCARE TEAMS TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS HEALTH HARMING LEGAL NEEDS IN PATIENTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OR AFFORD SUCH SERVICES. THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES NEEDS PROACTIVELY IN SUPPORT OF HEALTH. WELLSPAN HEALTH PARTNERS WITH PENNSYLVANIA IMMIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER (PIRC) AND MID PENN TO SUPPORT THEIR MEDICAL LEGAL PARTNERSHIP.IN 2022, PIRC STAFF RECEIVED 36 REFERRALS, OPENED 7 DIRECT REPRESENTATION CASES, AND CLOSE 2 ADVICE ONLY CASES.

  Expenses $642,189

• DIRECT REPRESENTATION: PIRC PROVIDES DIRECT REPRESENTATION AND PRO SE ASSISTANCE TO INDIGENT IMMIGRANTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM (NQRP), THE PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY UNITY PROJECT (PAIFUP), AND TO PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (PVP). NQRP PROVIDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR DETAINED IMMIGRANTS DETERMINED BY THE IMMIGRATION COURT TO BE INCOMPETENT TO REPRESENT THEMSELVES DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS OR OTHER CAPACITY LIMITATIONS. THESE CASES ARE COMPLEX DUE TO ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION AND COMPREHENSION BARRIERS AS WELL AS THE DEARTH OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THIS POPULATION. SECONDLY, PIRC PROVIDES DEFENSE AGAINST DEPORTATION THROUGH THE PAIFUP COLLABORATIVE PROJECT JOINTLY WITH THE NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.THIS PROGRAM SEEKS TO BRING UNIVERSAL REPRESENTATION TO DETAINED IMMIGRANTS IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS IN PENNSYLVANIA. CASES ARE SELECTED ON A MERITS-BLIND BASIS, SCREENED ONLY FOR INCOME-RELATED AND RESIDENCE ELIGIBILITY. THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO SCALE THE PROJECT UP USING THE DATA AND EFFICACY OF THE PROGRAM TO SHOW THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE THAT REPRESENTATION MAKES TO INDIVIDUALS FACING DEPORTATION WITHOUT COUNSEL. FINALLY, PIRC REPRESENTS OTHER SELECT CASES BASED ON PARTICULAR VULNERABILITIES SUCH AS ILLITERACY, LIMITED ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, AND TRAUMA FROM PAST PERSECUTION OR TORTURE. IN 2022, PIRC STAFF PROVIDED PRO SE ASSISTANCE OR REPRESENTATION BEFORE DHS OR EOIR TO INDIVIDUALS FACING DETENTION AND DEPORTATION ON OVER 73 CASES.

  Expenses $205,086

• LEGAL ORIENTATION PROGRAM (LOP): PIRC STAFF EMPOWERS DETAINED IMMIGRANTS THROUGH THE LEGAL ORIENTATION PROGRAM (LOP), PROVIDING CRITICAL INFORMATION FOR IMMIGRANTS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR LEGAL CASES. THE LOP EDUCATES DETAINED IMMIGRANTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GROUP LEGAL ORIENTATIONS, SELF-HELP WORKSHOPS, AND INDIVIDUAL ORIENTATIONS ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT IN IMMIGRATION COURT, THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS, AND POTENTIAL LEGAL REMEDIES. FOR APPROXIMATELY 86% OF DETAINED IMMIGRANTS IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, LOP SERVICES ARE THE ONLY LEGAL ASSISTANCE THEY WILL RECEIVE BEFORE APPEARING PRO SE. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.IN 2022, PIRC PROVIDED GENERAL LEGAL ORIENTATIONS IN A GROUP SETTING TO 627 INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT THREE SITES: MOSHANNON VALLEY PROCESSING CENTER, CLINTON COUNTY PRISON, AND BERKS COUNTY RESIDENTIAL CENTER. ADDITIONALLY, PIRC PROVIDED INDIVIDUALIZED LEGAL ORIENTATIONS TO 174 NON-CITIZENS. FINALLY, THROUGH THE LOP, PIRC STAFF ATTEMPTED 89 PRO BONO REFERRALS, AND MATCHED 27 INDIVIDUALS WITH FREE REPRESENTATION BEYOND PIRC'S CAPACITY FOR DIRECT REPRESENTATION. PRO BONO REPRESENTATION INCLUDED MATTERS RANGING FROM FEAR-INTERVIEW PREPARATION AND REVIEW HEARINGS, TO BOND OR PAROLE, TO FULL-SCOPE DEPORTATION DEFENSE OR APPEALS.

  Expenses $179,225

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

Listed in Part VII

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

4 May 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202311289349302691

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