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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,459,802
Total expenses
$5,268,862
Contributions and grants received
$5,468,325
Grants paid
$33,400
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$44,366
Other revenue
-$52,889
Total assets, end of year
$4,620,564
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,397,897
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,222,667
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,941,247
Management and general expenses
$820,777
Fundraising expenses
$506,838
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,941,247

Program services were 74.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $6,018

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,350,571

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,111,736

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44,366 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $44,366

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $5,850

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $453,160

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $58,739

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$52,889 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$52,889

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $33,400 · program services $33,400

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,210,799 · program services $2,412,194 · management and general $513,728 · fundraising $284,877

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $357,012 · program services $264,595 · management and general $57,122 · fundraising $35,295

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $260,104 · program services $196,122 · management and general $41,617 · fundraising $22,365

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $171,544 · program services $129,970 · management and general $27,447 · fundraising $14,127

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $101,220 · fundraising $101,220

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $327,187 · program services $270,891 · management and general $52,270 · fundraising $4,026

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,056 · program services $3,800 · management and general $809 · fundraising $447

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $77,224 · program services $58,514 · management and general $12,044 · fundraising $6,666

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $108,280 · program services $84,535 · management and general $17,325 · fundraising $6,420

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $411,733 · program services $326,818 · management and general $65,877 · fundraising $19,038

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,372 · program services $5,270 · management and general $1,020 · fundraising $82

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,354 · program services $308 · management and general $66 · fundraising $1,980

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,096 · program services $846 · management and general $175 · fundraising $75

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $25,105 · program services $21,088 · management and general $4,017 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $62,487 · program services $48,783 · management and general $9,998 · fundraising $3,706

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues and conference fees

    total $32,231 · program services $26,037 · management and general $5,157 · fundraising $1,037

  • 24b · Other expenses: Library expense

    total $31,152 · program services $23,537 · management and general $4,984 · fundraising $2,631

  • 24c · Other expenses: Litigation expense

    total $13,433 · program services $10,543 · management and general $2,149 · fundraising $741

  • 24d · Other expenses: Staff training

    total $12,936 · program services $10,421 · management and general $2,070 · fundraising $445

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $18,137 · program services $13,575 · management and general $2,902 · fundraising $1,660

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,167,055 · end of year $1,503,049

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $82,560 · end of year $90,004

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $585,016 · end of year $437,178

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $35,939 · end of year $33,811

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

    $135,722

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

    $125,099

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $25,341 · end of year $10,623

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $1,270,485

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,602,082 · end of year $1,275,414

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $455,674 · end of year $476,657

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $269,112 · end of year $472,045

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,793,324 · end of year $1,449,195

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $560,247 · end of year $952,182

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,419,636 · end of year $1,270,485

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NLSP enables underserved DC residents to make their voices heard in the courts and other forums where their rights and protections are at stake, to secure fair and lasting solutions to their problems and to attain their individual, family, and community goals.

  • Neighborhood Legal Services Program (NLSP) provides free legal advice and representation on civil matters to low-income residents of the District of Columbia. Its areas of work include family law, housing, public benefits, consumer issues and barriers to employment. In 2023, NLSP handled cases benefiting adults and children. Individuals also benefited from educational sessions about their legal rights and responsibilitie, referrals, trainings, and one-on-one legal informational sessions.

    Expenses $3,941,247 · Grants $33,400

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Karen Newton Cole

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $151,617
    From this org
    $150,659
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $958
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,659
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $958
    Filer's total
    $151,617

  • Kathy Hollins Fields

    Director of Finance

    Total calculated
    $129,381
    From this org
    $104,954
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,427
    Hours/week
    55

  • Anne Ford

    Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Neuhardt

    Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cheryl Zeigler

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shankar Duraiswamy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Rearden

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Humes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dwight Ausbrooks

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allison Binney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lyzka DeLaCruz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Astor Heaven

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jimmie Jackson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gloria Jurado

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Malone

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wilson Mudge

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paula Scott

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • April Williams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tyra Matthews

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

None.

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422869349300317

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