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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WESTERN NEW YORK LAW CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,288,363
Total expenses
$3,968,069
Contributions and grants received
$4,072,280
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$87,171
Investment income
$11,162
Other revenue
$117,750
Total assets, end of year
$2,282,846
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,728,745
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$554,101
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,401,067
Management and general expenses
$567,002
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,401,067

Program services were 85.7% 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)

    $3,133,599

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $938,681

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY FEES

    total $87,171 · related or exempt $87,171

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,162 · related or exempt $11,162

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $117,750 · related or exempt $117,750

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $117,750

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,852,812 · program services $1,574,890 · management and general $277,922

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $105,096 · program services $89,332 · management and general $15,764

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $449,496 · program services $382,072 · management and general $67,424

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $155,480 · program services $132,158 · management and general $23,322

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $157,207 · program services $117,905 · management and general $39,302

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $698,028 · program services $677,696 · management and general $20,332

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,192 · program services $15,144 · management and general $5,048

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,580 · program services $11,685 · management and general $3,895

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $85,287 · program services $63,965 · management and general $21,322

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $158,787 · program services $119,090 · management and general $39,697

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,850 · program services $22,280 · management and general $5,570

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $13,496 · program services $13,496

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,547 · management and general $3,547

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $63,983 · program services $47,987 · management and general $15,996

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,815 · program services $14,861 · management and general $4,954

  • 24a · Other expenses: LAW LIBRARY

    total $35,771 · program services $35,771

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $30,206 · program services $24,165 · management and general $6,041

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $17,800 · program services $13,350 · management and general $4,450

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $17,034 · program services $12,777 · management and general $4,257

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $40,602 · program services $32,443 · management and general $8,159

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $254,861 · end of year $259,032

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $607,016 · end of year $752,812

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $540,056 · end of year $704,542

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,617 · end of year $28,788

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

    $534,140

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

    $391,218

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $143,899 · end of year $142,922

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $412,267 · end of year $394,750

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $605,684 · end of year $786,389

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $587,037 · end of year $393,308

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $11,760 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $540,428 · end of year $549,048

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $233,807 · end of year $554,101

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Western New York Law Center, Inc. (WNYLC) is a nonprofit legal services provider. Founded in 1996, WNYLC's mission is to promote human and civil rights guided by an overarching commitment to racial and economic justice. To further that mission, WNYLC provides legal services to low- and moderate-income individuals through a variety of programs aimed to ensure that community members have access to fair and equitable housing, credit, education, and community economic development, focusing on services that cannot or will not be provided by other legal services providers due to funder restrictions or capacity limitations. As an outgrowth of the individual legal services that it provides, WNYLC additionally provides "non-traditional" legal assistance in the form of policy advocacy, community legal education and consciousness-raising, and impact litigation, to address broader systemic issues that prevent access to fair and equitable housing, credit, education, and community economic

  • The Western New York Law Center, Inc. (WNYLC) is a nonprofit legal services provider. Founded in 1996, WNYLC's mission is to promote human and civil rights guided by an overarching commitment to racial and economic justice. To further that mission, WNYLC provides legal services to low- and moderate-income individuals through a variety of programs aimed to ensure that community members have access to fair and equitable housing, credit, education, and community economic development, focusing on services that cannot or will not be provided by other legal services providers due to funder restrictions or capacity limitations. As an outgrowth of the individual legal services that it provides, WNYLC additionally provides "non-traditional" legal assistance in the form of policy advocacy, community legal education and consciousness-raising, and impact litigation, to address broader systemic issues that prevent access to fair and equitable housing, credit, education, and community economic

    Expenses $3,401,067 · Revenue $216,083

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MELINDA R SARAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN WELCH

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHERINE CREIGHTON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH V MCCARTHY

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN LYNCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DENETRA ROBERTS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARSHALL BERTRAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEXANDER WRIGHT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Woods

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEISHA WILLIAMS

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $144,307
    From this org
    $144,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
2023
Filed
7 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413129349301521

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