Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by PEGASUS LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,493,321
- Total expenses
- $1,648,005
- Contributions and grants received
- $314,058
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $1,158,580
- Investment income
- $20,683
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,543,199
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $268,024
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,275,175
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,311,718
- Management and general expenses
- $253,301
- Fundraising expenses
- $82,986
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,311,718
Program services were 79.6% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$314,058
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2a · Program service revenue: Program service fees
total $1,158,580 · related or exempt $1,158,580
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3 · Investment income
total $20,683 · excluded $20,683
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $205,365 · program services $73,121 · management and general $126,519 · fundraising $5,725
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $875,453 · program services $791,114 · management and general $22,623 · fundraising $61,716
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $22,187 · program services $20,098 · management and general $866 · fundraising $1,223
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $84,973 · program services $73,053 · management and general $7,265 · fundraising $4,655
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $81,765 · program services $65,955 · management and general $10,470 · fundraising $5,340
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $7,638 · program services $7,638
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $17,879 · management and general $17,879
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $164,342 · program services $164,342
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $380 · fundraising $380
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13 · Office expenses
total $15,570 · program services $3,542 · management and general $11,145 · fundraising $883
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14 · Information technology
total $54,317 · program services $12,862 · management and general $40,745 · fundraising $710
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $64,854 · program services $63,809 · management and general $1,045
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17 · Travel
total $2,806 · program services $2,784 · management and general $22
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $3,318 · program services $3,318
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $5,359 · management and general $5,359
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23 · Insurance
total $8,961 · program services $5,608 · management and general $3,353
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24a · Other expenses: Client expenses
total $7,926 · program services $7,926
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24b · Other expenses: Telephone
total $5,801 · program services $5,801
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24c · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping
total $4,262 · program services $4,262
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24d · Other expenses: Equipment
total $4,076 · management and general $4,076
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24e · All other expenses
total $10,773 · program services $6,485 · management and general $1,934 · fundraising $2,354
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $394,069 · end of year $297,230
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $827,767 · end of year $741,608
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $48,500 · end of year $212,500
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $374,375 · end of year $146,017
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $11,921 · end of year $20,747
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$67,669
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$60,093
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $11,747 · end of year $7,576
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $95,346 · end of year $117,521
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $42,516 · end of year $59,193
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $291,350 · end of year $208,831
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $987,558 · end of year $897,725
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $442,301 · end of year $377,450
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To promote and defend the rights of children and youth to safe, stable homes, quality education and healthcare, and a voice in decisions that affect their lives.
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This past year Pegasus continued its work as a legal resource for children, youth and their caregivers, and the community concerning the legal rights and needs of children and youth. In FY25, we served over 2,100 clients. Pegasus exclusively serves low-income New Mexicans who would not be able to afford an attorney, ensuring that the ability to afford an attorney is not a deciding factor in their life. Our clients are reflective of our state population, we serve individuals of all racial and ethnic identities, offer direct services in both Spanish and English, and translation services for other languages.Pegasus attorneys are specialists in childrens rights and family law including Kinship Guardianship, Adoption, Youth Law, Child Abuse & Neglect, Client Advocacy, and Systematic Advocacy. Our Kinship Guardianship Program (77.3% of cases in FY25) provides legal services to grandparents and other kinship caregivers taking care of children whose parents are unable or unwilling to provide them with proper care. Last year, our Kinship Guardianship cases had a 98% success rate indicating that Pegasus clients are awarded their Guardianship status by a judge and the legal protections that come with this status. As an extension of Our Kinship Guardianship Program, Pegasus is offering adoption services to kinship caregivers who have had a Kinship Guardianship Order for 24 months or longer, or who meet special circumstances such as when both parents of a child are deceased. In FY 25, adoption services accounted for 5.9% of cases.Our Youth Law Program (7.6% of cases in FY25) consists of two main tiers: Family law for young parents under 25 years old, and legal support for homeless, runaway, and/or incarcerated youth. Both tiers also support youth with mental health issues.Pegasus attorneys also represent children or youth who have experienced violence, abuse, neglect, or harm. Pegasus has a special focus on representation of Indian Children in the child welfare system and new services for undocumented youth. In FY25, we represented children on the Pueblos of Zuni, Santa Ana and Isleta. Abuse & Neglect services accounted for 9.2% of cases in FY25. We are currently training more Pegasus attorneys to take Abuse & Neglect cases as the need for such services is significant. Pegasus staffs a fully bilingual team of client advocates that provide free services to Pegasus clients. In FY25 our team connected clients to needed services including: - Social Security 21.2% - Documents & Identification 15.9% - Education Services 12.9% - Housing 9.1% - Counseling 8.3% - Food & Nutrition 7.6% - Healthcare 7.6% - Clothing & Diapers 2.3% - Other Services 15.1%Pegasus works to not only fulfill existing community needs but also takes action to redress systemic issues that produce the need for our services to begin with. In FY25, we partnered with policymakers to ensure that childrens needs and rights are taken into consideration in the development of state and local laws, policies, and regulations and we also litigated against service providers and public institutions who failed to provide adequate services to New Mexicos children and youth.
Expenses $1,311,718 · Revenue $1,158,580
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Bette Fleishman
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $122,191
- From this org
- $118,439
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,752
- Hours/week
- 32
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Rebecca N Pott
Controller
- Total calculated
- $40,802
- From this org
- $36,812
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,990
- Hours/week
- 32
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Robert Schwartz JD
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Darcy Bushnell
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Moses Winston
Past Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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David S Milton CPA
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Devin Mandell Kloster
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Elliot McCreary-Novak
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Dr Hadley Pope
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Lora Church MPA MS JD
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 20 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202600519349300105
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