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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LEGAL SERVICES NYC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,526,036
Total expenses
$12,050,099
Contributions and grants received
$5,017,828
Grants paid
$1,432,477
Program service revenue
$7,280,018
Investment income
$14,563
Other revenue
$213,627
Total assets, end of year
$39,413,448
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,316,962
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,096,486
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,461,872
Management and general expenses
$1,537,913
Fundraising expenses
$50,314
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,461,872

Program services were 86.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $970,125

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,069,777

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $977,926

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GOV'T & PRIVATE CONTRACTS

    total $7,276,268 · related or exempt $7,276,268

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY FEES

    total $3,750 · related or exempt $3,750

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,563 · excluded $14,563

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $323,375

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

    $970,125

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $109,748

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $213,627 · excluded $213,627

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,432,477 · program services $1,432,477

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $264,212 · management and general $264,212

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,335,300 · program services $9,908,359 · management and general $1,371,465 · fundraising $55,476

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $729,716 · program services $637,856 · management and general $88,289 · fundraising $3,571

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,773,770 · program services $2,424,595 · management and general $335,600 · fundraising $13,575

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $911,547 · program services $796,797 · management and general $110,289 · fundraising $4,461

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $902,032 · program services $788,480 · management and general $109,137 · fundraising $4,415

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $74,041 · program services $64,720 · management and general $8,958 · fundraising $363

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $267,824 · program services $234,109 · management and general $32,404 · fundraising $1,311

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $29,854 · management and general $29,854

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,204,094 · program services $1,052,517 · management and general $145,684 · fundraising $5,893

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,147 · program services $9,744 · management and general $1,348 · fundraising $55

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $373,623 · program services $326,589 · management and general $45,205 · fundraising $1,829

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,131,540 · program services $989,096 · management and general $136,906 · fundraising $5,538

  • 17 · Travel

    total $39,052 · program services $34,136 · management and general $4,725 · fundraising $191

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $54,842 · program services $47,938 · management and general $6,635 · fundraising $269

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $407,069 · program services $355,825 · management and general $49,252 · fundraising $1,992

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $287,410 · program services $251,230 · management and general $34,773 · fundraising $1,407

  • 24a · Other expenses: CAPITAL PURCHASES

    total $634,557 · program services $554,676 · management and general $76,775 · fundraising $3,106

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND MA

    total $238,958 · program services $208,877 · management and general $28,912 · fundraising $1,169

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $43,025 · program services $43,025

  • 24d · Other expenses: INTERCOMPANY TRANSFER

    total -$11,358,802 · program services -$9,928,903 · management and general -$1,374,308 · fundraising -$55,591

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $262,811 · program services $229,729 · management and general $31,798 · fundraising $1,284

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

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

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,679,692 · end of year $6,377,911

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $641,248 · end of year $422,175

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,743,523 · end of year $3,190,766

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $246,035 · end of year $395,331

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

    $10,131,733

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

    $5,260,885

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,669,723 · end of year $4,870,848

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,998,974 · end of year $24,153,417

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,293,871 · end of year $7,287,946

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $3,911 · end of year $3,911

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $3,500,000 · end of year $2,507,712

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,563,864 · end of year $15,517,393

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,406,970 · end of year $14,043,122

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $213,579 · end of year $53,364

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

LEGAL SERVICES NYC IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES FREE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY. A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION SERVING MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY, LSNYC IS THE NATION'S LARGEST ORGANIZATION EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED TO PROVIDING FREE CIVIL SERVICES TO THE POOR, WITH PROGRAMS LOCATED IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY.

  • HOUSING ASSISTANCE - WE FIGHT TENANT HARASSMENT AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, DEFEND CLIENTS IN NONPAYMENT AND OTHER EVICTION PROCEEDINGS, AS WELL AS ASSISTING THEM IN APPLYING FOR ASYLUM. WE ALSO HELP THEM PURSUE RENT OVERCHARGE CLAIMS AND ACTIONS TO IMPROVE HOUSING CONDITIONS; ALL OF WHICH KEEP THEM FROM BECOMING HOMELESS.

    Expenses $6,377,840 · Grants $1,432,477 · Revenue $4,438,096

  • OTHER - WE REPRESENT PEOPLE IN OTHER CIVIL LEGAL MATTERS, SUCH AS CONSUMER, IMMIGRATION AND EMPLOYMENT MATTERS. IN THE CONSUMER AREA, WE DEFEND INDIVIDUALS BEING SUED IN DEBT COLLECTION CASES AND ENFORCE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO FAIR DEBT COLLECTION. OUR IMMIGRATION PRACTICE FOCUSES ON ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS, NATIONALIZATION AND GREEN CARD REPLACEMENTS. IN THE EMPLOYMENT ARENA, WE HELP PEOPLE GET WAGES TO WHICH THEY ARE ENTITLED AND DEFEND PEOPLE'S EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS. WE ALSO HELP CLIENT GROUPS ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS TO HABITABLE HOMES, DECENT SCHOOLS AND NONDISCRIMINATORY HOUSING.

    Expenses $1,898,054 · Revenue $1,320,783

  • INCOME MAINTENANCE - WE HELP PEOPLE ACCESS AND RETAIN GOVERNMENT BENEFITS. THROUGH OUR INCOME SECURITY AND BENEFITS WORK, WE ASSIST CLIENTS WHEN GOVERNMENT BENEFITS ARE WRONGFULLY DENIED, INACCURATELY CALCULATED, OR IMPROPERLY TERMINATED; AND WE REPRESENT FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR WHOM UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, FOOD STAMPS, MEDICAID/MEDICARE AND OTHER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND SAFETY NET PROGRAMS CONSTITUTE CRITICAL LIFELINES.

    Expenses $1,549,279 · Revenue $1,078,084

  • FAMILY ASSISTANCE - OUR FAMILY LAW PRACTICE PRESERVES FAMILIES WHEREVER POSSIBLE, WHILE PROVIDING OUR CLIENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN WITH LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES.WE HELP: VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OBTAIN ORDERS OF PROTECTION AND OTHER RELIEF; CLIENTS PREPARE GUARDIANSHIPS OR ADOPTIONS FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CLIENTS OBTAIN DIVORCES, SEPARATION AGREEMENTS, ANNULMENTS, CHILD CUSTODY AND CHILD SUPPORT; PARENTS OR GUARDIANS IN ABUSE AND NEGLECT CASES AND AT TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS PROCEEDINGS.

    Expenses $636,699 · Revenue $443,055

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aezen Samantha

    DIRECTOR (AS OF NOVEMBER 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrasquillo Linda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Crowley Shawn

    DIRECTOR (AS OF MARCH 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniels Donna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Drayton Joseph

    DIRECTOR (AS OF SEPTEMBER 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gittes Susan R

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gordon Jeffrey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harty Ronan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Horowitz Victoria L

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Indek Ben

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenkins Zeretha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Abdiel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kennedy Carl E

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • King Marshall R

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kohlmann Susan J

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lebwohl Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lee Gary

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Levine David

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melendez Ana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Montes Michel

    DIRECTOR (THRU NOVEMBER 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ofner Peter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Omar Rasheedah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Palladino Rosemary F

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pointer Nilda

    DIRECTOR (THRU SEPTEMBER 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rangwala Tawfiq S

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Schwartz David E

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shen Karen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Slifkin Daniel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Traore-Miller Abibatou

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Van Kwawegen Jeroen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wefum Joy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Russell Jr William T

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Velazquez Liza May

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reckler William

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miller Marshall L

    TREASURER (THRU JUNE 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shudofsky Sara L

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rasmussen Raun J

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $264,212
    From this org
    $247,176
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,036
    Hours/week
    31 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,176
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,036
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $264,212
  • Lever John

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $238,835
    From this org
    $195,704
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,131
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,704
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,605
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,526
    Filer's total
    $238,835
  • Tso Kwan Yu

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $237,155
    From this org
    $176,709
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,446
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,709
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,573
    Nontaxable benefits
    $47,873
    Filer's total
    $237,155
  • Zigman Andrea

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $230,492
    From this org
    $214,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,362
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,130
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,838
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,524
    Filer's total
    $230,492
  • Soberanis Kirsten

    CHIEF HR & DIVERSITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,775
    From this org
    $192,991
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,784
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,991
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,605
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,179
    Filer's total
    $220,775
  • Kulkarni Dilip

    CHIEF INFORMATON OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,326
    From this org
    $178,430
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,896
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,430
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,340
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,556
    Filer's total
    $220,326

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 · 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS APPROVED BY THE AUDIT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303189349317550

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