Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTH DAKOTA.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,104,297
- Total expenses
- $3,305,164
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,302,137
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $802,514
- Investment income
- -$18,829
- Other revenue
- $18,475
- Total assets, end of year
- $979,133
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $544,786
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $434,347
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,693,158
- Management and general expenses
- $612,006
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,693,158
Program services were 81.5% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$45,617
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$2,080,407
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$176,113
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2a · Program service revenue: TITLE III
total $426,422 · related or exempt $426,422
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2b · Program service revenue: SURCHARGE
total $375,442 · related or exempt $375,442
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2c · Program service revenue: TRAINING INCOME
total $650 · related or exempt $650
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3 · Investment income
total $3,208 · excluded $3,208
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $22,037
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets -$22,037
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$22,037 · excluded -$22,037
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $18,475 · excluded $18,475
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11e · Other revenue, total
$18,475
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $224,644 · program services $8,515 · management and general $216,129
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,815,791 · program services $1,815,791
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $313,100 · program services $223,179 · management and general $89,921
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $150,549 · program services $150,549
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13 · Office expenses
total $127,511 · program services $82,333 · management and general $45,178
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16 · Occupancy
total $122,080 · program services $98,872 · management and general $23,208
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17 · Travel
total $140,300 · program services $99,899 · management and general $40,401
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $26,041 · program services $21,266 · management and general $4,775
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24a · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACTED SERVICES
total $335,476 · program services $171,968 · management and general $163,508
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24b · Other expenses: SMALL EQUIPMENT
total $26,035 · program services $3,198 · management and general $22,837
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24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND MA
total $14,013 · program services $12,964 · management and general $1,049
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24d · Other expenses: LIBRARY MAINTENANCE
total $8,137 · program services $3,137 · management and general $5,000
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,487 · program services $1,487
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $602,689 · end of year $174,095
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $224,004
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $129,312 · end of year $198,230
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $14,355 · end of year $17,198
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$179,876
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$104,022
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $123,931 · end of year $75,854
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $397,630 · end of year $289,752
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $212,494 · end of year $241,965
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $29,191 · end of year $7,988
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
end of year $5,025
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $391,018 · end of year $289,808
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $587,426 · end of year $391,137
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $47,788 · end of year $43,210
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
OUR TEAM COMPASSIONATELY AND RESPECTFULLY ADDRESSES THE LEGAL NEEDS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TO PROVIDE TIMELY ACCESS TO JUSTICE EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITY WITH EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY ADVICE, EDUCATION & REPRESENTATION TO LOW-INCOME NORTH DAKOTANS, AS WELL AS DISADVANTAGED ELDERLY ON AREAS OF CIVIL LAW.
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WE HANDLED OVER 8,000 REQUESTS FOR LEGAL SERVICES, INCLUDING NEARLY 4,000 ONLINE SUBMISSIONS THROUGH OUR STATEWIDE INTAKE SYSTEM. OUR ATTORNEYS AND PARALEGALS PROVIDED ESSENTIAL LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND ADVICE TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA. THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSED A WIDE RANGE OF CIVIL LEGAL ISSUES, INCLUDING HOUSING, CONSUMER PROTECTION, FAMILY LAW, AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC BENEFITS, ENSURING THAT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS HAD FAIR ACCESS TO JUSTICE, PROTECTION OF THEIR RIGHTS, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO STABILIZE AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES.
Expenses $1,771,601 · Revenue $376,092
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WE PROVIDED SPECIALIZED LEGAL SERVICES TO 1,021 SENIORS, ASSISTING WITH HEALTHCARE DIRECTIVES, POWERS OF ATTORNEY, WILLS, AND ESTATE PLANNING, AS WELL AS OTHER CIVIL LEGAL MATTERS UNIQUE TO OLDER ADULTS. THESE SERVICES EMPOWER SENIORS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS, IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND REDUCING THE RISK OF EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE.
Expenses $548,788 · Revenue $426,422
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THROUGH OUR DEDICATED VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAMS, WE SUPPORTED 199 VICTIMS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND OTHER CRIMES. OUR ATTORNEYS PROVIDED CRITICAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING OBTAINING PROTECTION ORDERS, ADVOCATING IN COURT, AND CONNECTING CLIENTS WITH RESOURCES FOR SAFETY AND STABILITY. THESE SERVICES PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN HELPING VICTIMS ACHIEVE JUSTICE AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES FREE FROM VIOLENCE AND FEAR.
Expenses $372,769
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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TRACY LAAVEG
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LAUREL FORSBERG
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MARY KAE KELSCH
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LENORA KUTZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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LISA TOMLINSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JIM WANG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SAMANTHA LINDGREN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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GARY RAMSEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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WADE ENGET
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MARK ZEHNACKER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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DANIELLE KRAUS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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KATIE PERLEBERG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JEN LEE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $139,725
- From this org
- $125,865
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,860
- Hours/week
- 40
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KIM KRAMER
CFO
- Total calculated
- $84,919
- From this org
- $79,927
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,992
- 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
- 2024
- Filed
- 23 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513079349302711
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