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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MICHIGAN.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,610,992
Total expenses
$5,473,028
Contributions and grants received
$5,388,475
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$25,256
Investment income
$13,340
Other revenue
$183,921
Total assets, end of year
$2,856,614
Total liabilities, end of year
$789,002
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,067,612
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,672,992
Management and general expenses
$689,686
Fundraising expenses
$110,350
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,672,992

Program services were 85.4% 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)

    $3,797,090

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,591,385

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Accounting Services

    total $20,256 · related or exempt $20,256

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Training

    total $5,000 · related or exempt $5,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,340 · excluded $13,340

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $19,089

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $13,371

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $5,718

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $5,718 · related or exempt $5,718

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $178,203 · related or exempt $178,203

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $178,203

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $235,445 · program services $50,419 · management and general $179,572 · fundraising $5,454

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,912,976 · program services $2,514,890 · management and general $319,030 · fundraising $79,056

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $176,462 · program services $156,662 · management and general $18,958 · fundraising $842

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $589,444 · program services $489,972 · management and general $87,772 · fundraising $11,700

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $235,801 · program services $195,275 · management and general $35,857 · fundraising $4,669

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $634,654 · program services $629,837 · management and general $4,089 · fundraising $728

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $94,808 · program services $82,352 · management and general $10,575 · fundraising $1,881

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $308,444 · program services $279,564 · management and general $24,518 · fundraising $4,362

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,269 · program services $14,269

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $28,343 · program services $28,343

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $145,604 · program services $145,604

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,972 · program services $27,894 · management and general $3,462 · fundraising $616

  • 24a · Other expenses: Library and subscriptio

    total $27,936 · program services $23,827 · management and general $3,488 · fundraising $621

  • 24b · Other expenses: Equipment rental and ma

    total $18,940 · program services $16,154 · management and general $2,365 · fundraising $421

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues and fees

    total $16,266 · program services $16,266

  • 24d · Other expenses: Litigation

    total $1,664 · program services $1,664

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $817,517 · end of year $1,300,444

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $537,326 · end of year $527,730

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $6,750

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $81,710 · end of year $57,370

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

    $2,125,141

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

    $1,246,783

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $898,898 · end of year $878,358

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $179,027 · end of year $92,712

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $332,704 · end of year $406,376

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $3,258 · end of year $3,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $255,618 · end of year $379,626

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,889,955 · end of year $1,850,768

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $39,693 · end of year $216,844

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

To provide free civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and to use legal skills to address the causes and effect of poverty.

  • Provision of free civil legal assistance to low-income individuals.

    Expenses $4,672,992 · Revenue $25,256

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bill Cowdry

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Daniel Straka

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Eunice Ervin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Andrea Rossi

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Shantele Elmy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Eric Mead

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Valerie Kutz-Otway

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Laverne Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gary Shirely

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Thomas Fancher

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Pauline Mance

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jessica Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Erwin Meiers

    Past - President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jessica Riskey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jill Nylander

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,681
    From this org
    $121,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,962
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jody Blackburn

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $102,764
    From this org
    $93,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,995
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amy Meilink

    DIRECTING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $121,677
    From this org
    $111,156
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,521
    Hours/week
    40

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
2025
Filed
5 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611569349300606

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