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← SOUTH JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUTH JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$20,089,045
Total expenses
$19,867,670
Contributions and grants received
$19,938,883
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$591
Investment income
$132,964
Other revenue
$16,607
Total assets, end of year
$13,647,669
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,706,086
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,941,583
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,799,045
Management and general expenses
$2,068,625
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,799,045

Program services were 89.6% 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)

    $17,626,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,312,383

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STATE AWARDED SSI FEES

    total $591 · related or exempt $591

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $132,964 · excluded $132,964

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $16,607 · excluded $16,607

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $16,607

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,062,548 · program services $948,056 · management and general $114,492

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,467,701 · program services $10,237,632 · management and general $1,230,069

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $392,139 · program services $348,961 · management and general $43,178

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,532,301 · program services $3,143,360 · management and general $388,941

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,035,110 · program services $921,135 · management and general $113,975

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $19,586 · program services $18,646 · management and general $940

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,100 · program services $36,245 · management and general $3,855

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $191,411 · program services $182,223 · management and general $9,188

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $335,389 · program services $285,647 · management and general $49,742

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,112,945 · program services $1,053,228 · management and general $59,717

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,696 · program services $21,203 · management and general $3,493

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,237 · program services $4,237

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $156,342 · program services $140,082 · management and general $16,260

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $170,816 · program services $154,737 · management and general $16,079

  • 24a · Other expenses: LIBRARY UPKEEP

    total $129,441 · program services $121,682 · management and general $7,759

  • 24b · Other expenses: LITIGATION

    total $77,838 · program services $77,838

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $57,024 · program services $51,377 · management and general $5,647

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $34,228 · program services $33,064 · management and general $1,164

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $23,818 · program services $19,692 · management and general $4,126

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $267,398 · end of year $226,597

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,689,004 · end of year $7,233,506

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $658,243 · end of year $679,192

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $24

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $120,090 · end of year $146,442

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

    $3,774,384

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

    $2,344,902

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,335,089 · end of year $1,429,482

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,185,124 · end of year $3,932,450

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $819,503 · end of year $1,072,496

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,884,267 · end of year $5,424,090

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $76,611 · end of year $40,623

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $573,333 · end of year $229,333

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,181,050 · end of year $3,939,544

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,267,072 · end of year $1,376,164

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,453,136 · end of year $1,565,419

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SOUTH JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES, INC. IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CREATED TO PROVIDE QUALITY LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN ATLANTIC, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CAPE MAY, CUMBERLAND, GLOUCESTER, MONMOUTH, OCEAN AND SALEM COUNTIES, AND TO EMPOWER LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM SO THEY WILL ACHIEVE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE MEASURE OF SUBSTANTIVE PROCEDURAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

  • TO PROVIDE QUALITY LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND ADVOCACY TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN NINE COUNTIES LOCATED IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

    Expenses $17,799,045 · Revenue $591

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Gary Boguski Esq

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Kearns Esq

    SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcia Soast Esq

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Norma Evans Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Annunziato

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Cerrato Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Esther Mercado-Pitts

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael A Gill Esq

    FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joanne Gottesman Esq Prof

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dawn Lomangino-Dimauro MSW

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Henninger Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Johnson Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Casello Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Miller Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Luiz Guzman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deana L Walsh Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott D Sherwood Dep Pub Defender

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Amenhauser Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Caldwell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Yoffe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Douglas E Gershuny Esq

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $255,419
    From this org
    $202,436
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,983
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,436
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,110
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,873
    Filer's total
    $255,419
  • Ann Gorman Esq

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $210,223
    From this org
    $181,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,286
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,937
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,448
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,838
    Filer's total
    $210,223
  • Kenneth Goldman Esq

    DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION & A

    Total calculated
    $210,223
    From this org
    $181,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,286
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,937
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,448
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,838
    Filer's total
    $210,223
  • Ana Paula Correia

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $213,245
    From this org
    $166,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,253
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,992
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,903
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,350
    Filer's total
    $213,245
  • Brittani Morris

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $173,438
    From this org
    $146,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,577
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,861
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,948
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,629
    Filer's total
    $173,438
  • Olga D Pomar

    HOUSING PRESERVATION & COM

    Total calculated
    $182,739
    From this org
    $155,903
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,836
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,903
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,175
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,661
    Filer's total
    $182,739
  • Sonia Bell

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $171,672
    From this org
    $145,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,259
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,413
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,816
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,443
    Filer's total
    $171,672
  • Connie Sailey

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $158,871
    From this org
    $150,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,861
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,010
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,097
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,764
    Filer's total
    $158,871
  • Richard Chiumento

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $220,411
    From this org
    $161,756
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,655
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,756
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,439
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,216
    Filer's total
    $220,411
  • Robert Cooper

    BANKRUPTCY LAW/TRANING COO

    Total calculated
    $160,689
    From this org
    $151,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,041
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,648
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,034
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,007
    Filer's total
    $160,689

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 · 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
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531349349302073

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