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← MOUNTAIN STATE JUSTICE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MOUNTAIN STATE JUSTICE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,870,031
Total expenses
$2,948,274
Contributions and grants received
$467,236
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,298,064
Investment income
$80,560
Other revenue
$24,171
Total assets, end of year
$8,833,938
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,130,698
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,703,240
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,644,932
Management and general expenses
$303,342
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,644,932

Program services were 89.7% 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

    $467,236

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY FEES

    total $1,298,064 · related or exempt $1,298,064

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $103,984 · excluded $103,984

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $77,074

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $100,498

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$23,424

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$23,424 · related or exempt -$23,424

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $24,171 · related or exempt $24,171

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $24,171

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $810,265 · program services $810,265

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,248,074 · program services $1,023,824 · management and general $224,250

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $116,140 · program services $116,140

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $219,585 · program services $165,236 · management and general $54,349

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $163,131 · program services $163,131

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,324 · program services $14,528 · management and general $1,796

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $46,218 · program services $46,218

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $132,120 · program services $117,587 · management and general $14,533

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,400 · program services $3,916 · management and general $484

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,894 · program services $15,036 · management and general $1,858

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,520 · program services $18,263 · management and general $2,257

  • 24a · Other expenses: LITIGATION EXPENSES

    total $82,199 · program services $82,199

  • 24b · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $37,723 · program services $37,723

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND UTILITIES

    total $34,681 · program services $30,866 · management and general $3,815

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $169,312 · end of year $106,754

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $474,607 · end of year $348,760

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $53,594 · end of year $25,441

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $769,871 · end of year $5,288,327

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,878 · end of year $19,998

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

    $719,728

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

    $95,788

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $643,682 · end of year $623,940

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,231,834 · end of year $2,420,718

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $142,441 · end of year $52,740

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $41,538

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $547,959 · end of year $5,036,420

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,655,378 · end of year $3,703,240

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MOUNTAIN STATE JUSTICE PROVIDES FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN WEST VIRGINIA AND ASSURES THAT LOW INCOME PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE COURT SYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF WV AND ASSURE THAT LOW INCOME PEOPLE HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE.

  • MOUNTAIN STATE JUSTICE PROVIDES CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND ASSURES THAT LOW INCOME PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN WEST VIRGINIA.

    Expenses $2,644,932 · Revenue $1,298,811

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ray Ratliff Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Crabtree

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Garten Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lida Shepherd

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Wehner

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Sheridan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Chittenden-Laird

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Brown

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,656
    From this org
    $180,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,056
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,600
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $156
    Filer's total
    $190,656
  • Nicole McConlogue

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Walker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Loretta Young

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mavery Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Hedges

    OF COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $134,089
    From this org
    $124,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,523
    Hours/week
    22.5
  • Lydia Milnes

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,448
    From this org
    $142,729
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,719
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,729
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,279
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,440
    Filer's total
    $151,448
  • Michael Nissim-Sabat

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $112,871
    From this org
    $106,362
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,509
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Bren Pomponio

    LITIGATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $221,201
    From this org
    $166,884
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,317
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,884
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,013
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,304
    Filer's total
    $221,201

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD APPROVES COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

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
24 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442719349300514

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