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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,513,708
Total expenses
$1,793,641
Contributions and grants received
$1,955,467
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$557,792
Investment income
$449
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,636,157
Total liabilities, end of year
$503,066
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,133,091
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,630,985
Management and general expenses
$158,056
Fundraising expenses
$4,600
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,630,985

Program services were 90.9% 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)

    $1,422,523

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $532,944

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COURT AWARDS

    total $557,792 · related or exempt $557,792

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $449 · excluded $449

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $128,425 · program services $124,341 · management and general $2,327 · fundraising $1,757

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,007,294 · program services $934,939 · management and general $72,355

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,640 · program services $8,282 · management and general $229 · fundraising $129

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,939 · program services $13,939 · management and general $396 · fundraising $604

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,825 · program services $8,209 · management and general $260 · fundraising $1,356

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $183,457 · program services $123,298 · management and general $59,978 · fundraising $181

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $144,578 · program services $131,750 · management and general $12,647 · fundraising $181

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $127,222 · program services $122,844 · management and general $4,035 · fundraising $343

  • 17 · Travel

    total $45,103 · program services $43,668 · management and general $1,435

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,801 · program services $11,684 · management and general $4,068 · fundraising $49

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES/COURT COSTS/TUITIO

    total $54,535 · program services $54,209 · management and general $326

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $53,822 · program services $53,822

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,334 · end of year $7,001

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,307,421 · end of year $1,991,911

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $206,701 · end of year $265,337

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,688 · end of year $16,067

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

    $38,963

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

    $38,963

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $242,028 · end of year $355,841

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $88,832 · end of year $86,395

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $115,353 · end of year $75,353

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $176,963 · end of year $341,318

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,298,163 · end of year $1,881,104

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $114,861 · end of year $251,987

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT (PILP) IS A LEGAL AID ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO ADVANCE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED AND DETAINED IN PENNSYLVANIA'S JAILS, PRISONS, STATE HOSPITALS, JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS. PILP IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT ALL INCARCERATED PEOPLE ARE TREATED HUMANELY BY PROVIDING FREE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY, AND REPRESENTATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT (PILP) IS A LEGAL AID ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO ADVANCE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED AND DETAINED IN PENNSYLVANIA BY PROVIDING FREE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY, AND REPRESENTATION.

  • THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT PROTECTS AND ADVANCES THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED IN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH LITIGATION, ADVOCACY, AND LEGAL ADVICE. THIS PAST YEAR, PILP PROVIDED LEGAL HELP TO THOUSANDS OF CLIENTS IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY PRISIONS AND JAILS, IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS, HALFWAY HOUSES, AND STATE HOSPITALS. PILP SOUGHT TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE KEPT IN HUMANE CONDITIONS, HAVE ACCESS TO PROPER MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE, ARE FREE FROM VIOLENCE AND SECUAL ABUSE, RECEIVE ACCOMODATIONS FOR THEIR DISABILITIES, AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO OBSERVE THEIR RELIGION. PILP WAS SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING JUSTICE AND RELIEF FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE THROUGH POSITIVE CHANGE AND MEANINGFUL SETTLEMENTS.

    Expenses $1,630,985 · Revenue $557,792

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Carroll

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Sam Silver

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Mary Walsh

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Rick Beaton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • David Rudovsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Eric Corson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Bill Babcock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Nicholas Pressley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Will Sachse

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Margaret Coleman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Shaheen Pasha

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Su Ming Yeh

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $159,815
    From this org
    $125,562
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,253
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,562
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,439
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,814
    Filer's total
    $159,815

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 · Written employment contract
  • 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542839349301859

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