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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW JERSEY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$117,795,789
Total expenses
$93,478,196
Contributions and grants received
$116,915,091
Grants paid
$57,498,534
Program service revenue
$164,857
Investment income
$715,841
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$89,932,408
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,236,804
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$64,695,604
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$88,514,136
Management and general expenses
$4,924,156
Fundraising expenses
$39,904
Program service expenses (Part III)
$88,514,136

Program services were 94.7% 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)

    $115,742,192

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,172,899

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME

    total $91,602 · related or exempt $91,602

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MANUALS AND NEWSLETTERS

    total $73,255 · related or exempt $73,255

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $715,841 · excluded $715,841

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $57,498,534 · program services $57,498,534

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $852,350 · program services $507,775 · management and general $344,499 · fundraising $76

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $21,134,807 · program services $18,175,800 · management and general $2,933,237 · fundraising $25,770

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,650,092 · program services $1,405,929 · management and general $242,137 · fundraising $2,026

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,973,333 · program services $4,288,514 · management and general $678,485 · fundraising $6,334

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,784,277 · program services $1,520,259 · management and general $261,827 · fundraising $2,191

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $448 · management and general $448

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $59,700 · management and general $59,700

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $30,000 · program services $30,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,737 · program services $15,737

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $299,577 · program services $269,525 · management and general $29,148 · fundraising $904

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,500,922 · program services $1,471,310 · management and general $29,375 · fundraising $237

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,197,123 · program services $1,918,474 · management and general $276,878 · fundraising $1,771

  • 17 · Travel

    total $76,873 · program services $76,663 · management and general $210

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $62,088 · program services $62,088

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $90,524 · program services $77,133 · management and general $13,284 · fundraising $107

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $213,101 · program services $193,727 · management and general $19,175 · fundraising $199

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRANSLATION SERVICES

    total $185,936 · program services $185,936

  • 24b · Other expenses: ONLINE RESEARCH SERVICE

    total $154,836 · program services $154,836

  • 24c · Other expenses: STATEWIDE EVENTS

    total $110,099 · program services $110,099

  • 24d · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT EXPENSES

    total $65,960 · program services $65,960

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $521,879 · program services $485,837 · management and general $35,753 · fundraising $289

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $60,304 · end of year $294,571

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $27,576,891 · end of year $7,370,470

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $19,670,573 · end of year $19,067,532

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $50,653 · end of year $17,716

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $228,297 · end of year $251,024

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

    $549,159

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

    $410,507

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $134,045 · end of year $138,652

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $8,373,266 · end of year $51,346,252

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $12,840,518 · end of year $11,446,191

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,922,492 · end of year $1,994,969

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $14,837,216 · end of year $11,159,612

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $721,461 · end of year $495,979

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $184,464 · end of year $140,053

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $12,840,518 · end of year $11,446,191

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,921,432 · end of year $50,481,273

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,506,964 · end of year $14,214,331

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE FREE AND AFFORDABLE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY AND JUSTICE FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN NEW JERSEY.

  • THE STATEWIDE LEGAL SERVICES SYSTEM COORDINATED BY LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW JERSEY (LSNJ) OPENS APPROXIMATELY 60,000 NEW LEGAL REPRESENTATION CASES ANNUALLY. IN ADDITION TO ITS DIRECT REPRESENTATION, AN ESTIMATED 1.5 MILLION MORE ARE ASSISTED THROUGH WEB AND OTHER LEGAL INFORMATION, CLINICS, AND OTHER LEGAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. LSNJ ALSO COORDINATES AND SUPPORTS THE STATEWIDE LEGAL SERVICES SYSTEM, AND ENGAGES IN RELATED RESEARCH, AMICUS WORK, ADVOCACY, PUBLIC INFORMATION, TRAINING, AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES TO FURTHER ITS LEGAL AID MISSION.

    Expenses $88,514,136 · Grants $57,498,534 · Revenue $164,857

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cynthia M Jacob

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Karol Corbin Walker

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Virginia A Long

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • John Kahn

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Carlos Bollar

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Jhanice Domingo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Douglas S Eakeley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Michael K Furey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Jaynee Lavecchia

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Ross A Lewin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Regina C Little

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edwin J McCreedy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Steven M Orlofsky

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Marjorie Perry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Lisa Rodriguez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Ramona Romero

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • John E Wallace Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Angelica Hernandez Valenza

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • James R Zazzali

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Paul R Marrino

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • Dawn K Miller

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $349,129
    From this org
    $265,211
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,918
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,079
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,132
    Deferred
    $70,562
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,098
    Filer's total
    $351,871

  • Josue Philistin

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $226,677
    From this org
    $178,235
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,442
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,492
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $743
    Deferred
    $9,258
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,150
    Filer's total
    $227,643

  • Claudine Langrin

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $269,226
    From this org
    $194,205
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,021
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,435
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $770
    Deferred
    $28,333
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,116
    Filer's total
    $271,654

  • Rosendo Socarras

    CHIEF COUNSEL/CHIEF ATTY

    Total calculated
    $241,931
    From this org
    $186,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,895
    Hours/week
    41

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,827
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,209
    Deferred
    $24,637
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,936
    Filer's total
    $244,609

  • Maura Sanders

    CHIEF COUNSEL/CHIEF ATTY

    Total calculated
    $231,271
    From this org
    $185,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,263
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,799
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,209
    Deferred
    $26,359
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,931
    Filer's total
    $234,298

  • James Borg

    CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $271,063
    From this org
    $192,945
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78,118
    Hours/week
    48

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,175
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $770
    Deferred
    $26,435
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,649
    Filer's total
    $272,029

  • Rajesh Ashar

    TECHNOLOGY STAFF

    Total calculated
    $225,222
    From this org
    $180,016
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,206
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,246
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $770
    Deferred
    $20,389
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,772
    Filer's total
    $226,177

  • Richard Eodice

    TECHNOLOGY STAFF

    Total calculated
    $239,765
    From this org
    $179,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,038
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,260
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $467
    Deferred
    $16,849
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,153
    Filer's total
    $240,729

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

  • SOUTH JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES

    $18,205,523

    GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:IOLTA BASIC GRANT $2,727,628IOLTA EATC $1,300,836STATE OF NJ SUBGRANT $10,622,503HUD $74,055STATE OF NJ - FILING FEES $2,486,786IOLTA STUDENT LEGAL INTERN PROGRAM $8,075AOC - HOUSING STABILITY INITIATIVE $102,200STATE OF NJ FISCAL RELIEF FUND $553,083STATE OF NJ FUNDING DROP TO PROGRAM $330,357

  • NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES

    $13,409,726

    GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:IOLTA BASIC GRANT $1,993,312IOLTA EATC $950,634STATE OF NJ SUBGRANT $7,745,916HUD $116,705STATE OF NJ - FILING FEES $1,813,222IOLTA STUDENT LEGAL INTERN PROGRAM $27,075AOC - HOUSING STABILITY INITIATIVE $102,200STATE OF NJ FISCAL RELIEF FUND $402,370STATE OF NJ FUNDING DROP TO PROGRAM $258,292

  • CENTRAL JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES

    $10,141,759

    GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:IOLTA BASIC GRANT $1,502,862IOLTA EATC $716,734STATE OF NJ SUBGRANT $5,884,840HUD $81,813STATE OF NJ - FILING FEES $1,377,937IOLTA STUDENT LEGAL INTERN PROGRAM $17,224AOC - HOUSING STABILITY INITIATIVE $102,200STATE FISCAL RELIEF FUND $308,187STATE FUNDING DROP TO PROGRAM $149,962

  • ESSEX-NEWARK LEGAL SERVICES

    $5,127,942

    GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:IOLTA BASIC GRANT $993,336IOLTA EATC $473,731STATE OF NJ SUBGRANT $2,035,819HUD $191,862STATE OF NJ - FILING FEES $873,481IOLTA STUDENT LEGAL INTERN PROGRAM $17,439AOC - HOUSING STABILITY INITIATIVE $102,200STATE OF NJ FISCAL RELIEF FUND $187,143STATE OF NJ FUNDING DROP TO PROGRAM $252,931

  • LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTHWEST JERSEY

    $4,433,356

    GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:IOLTA BASIC GRANT $645,958IOLTA EATC $308,065STATE OF NJ SUBGRANT $2,406,334HUD $75,966STATE OF NJ - FILING FEES $562,436AOC - HOUSING STABILITY INITIATIVE $102,200IOLTA STUDENT LEGAL INTERN PROGRAM $25,650STATE OF NJ FISCAL RELIEF FUND $119,217STATE OF NJ FUNDING DROP TO PRORGAM $187,530

  • AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE

    $3,840,448

    GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS FACING DETENTION OR DEPORTATION $3,382,449IOLTA STUDENT LEGAL INTERN PROGRAM $7,430STATE OF NJ IRP FELLOWSHIP GRANT PROGRAM $450,569

  • RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY

    $1,062,646

    GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS FACING DETENTION OR DEPORTATION $242,646STATE OF NJ IRP SUBGRANT $820,000

  • SETON HALL

    $934,876

    GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS FACING DETENTION OR DEPORTATION $125,516STATE OF NJ IRP SUBGRANT $809,360

  • COMMUNITY HEALTH LAW PROJECT

    $335,798

    GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:IOLTA BASIC GRANT $165,296STATE OF NJ SUBGRANT $161,192IOLTA STUDENT LEGAL INTERN PROGRAM $9,310

  • ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN OF NEW JERSEY

    $6,460

    GRANTS WERE AWARDED FOR IOLTA STUDENT INTERN PROGRAM $6,460

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543159349300339

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