THE PRO BONO PROJECT

EIN 72-1194167 NEW ORLEANS, LA

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Revenue 2024: $1,098,093
Expenses 2024: $1,112,957

Program services were 79.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: P20Z
Classification: 1000
Street: 935 GRAVIER ST STE 1340

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PRO BONO PROJECT'S CONTINUING MISSION IS TO PROVIDE FREE, QUALITY CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO THE UNDERSERVED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY BY ENGAGING VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS, PARALEGALS, LAW STUDENTS, AND PRIVATE CITIZENS TO RENDER PRO BONO SERVICES. THE PRO BONO PROJECT SERVES CLIENTS IN ORLEANS, JEFFERSON, PLAQUEMINES, ST. BERNARD, ST. TAMMANY, AND WASHINGTON PARISHES WHO OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE CIVIL LEGAL HELP THEY NEED. WITH FUNDING FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS, GRANTS, AND OTHER SOURCES, THE PRO BONO PROJECT WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CLIENTS AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE FREE, QUALITY CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO THE UNDERSERVED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THE PROJECT RECRUITS, TRAINS, AND MENTORS PRO BONO ATTORNEYS ON A VARIETY OF CIVIL LEGAL AID MATTERS. THE PROJECT OFFERS PRO BONO REPRESENTATION TO QUALIFYING LOW INCOME RESIDENTS OF THE 6-PARISH GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA, WHO NEED FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS: DIVORCE, CUSTODY, CHILD IN NEED OF CARE MATTERS, LOW INCOME HOUSING ISSUES, BANKRUPTCY RELIEF, CONSUMER DEBT ISSUES, SUCCESSIONS, WILLS/ESTATES, AND HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVES/MEDICAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY, ETC. THE PROJECT ASSIGNS CASES TO VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS THAT COME IN VIA GENERAL INTAKE AND ALSO TRAINS VOLUNTEERS TO WORK AT SPECIALIZED CLINICS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS NEEDED.

Expenses $880,871 · Revenue $118,925

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Scott SternbergSCOTT STERNBERG

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Alyssa Maurice-AndersonALYSSA MAURICE-ANDERSON

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Graham RyanGRAHAM RYAN

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Cory VidalCORY VIDAL

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Lacey RochesterLACEY ROCHESTER

PAST CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Gregg BarriosGREGG BARRIOS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Kristin L BeckmanKRISTIN L BECKMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
P Kevin ColombP KEVIN COLOMB

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Michael DodsonMICHAEL DODSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
John Casey CowleyJOHN CASEY COWLEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Robert DresselROBERT DRESSEL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Roxanne NewmanROXANNE NEWMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
J Van RobichauxJ VAN ROBICHAUX

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Kansas M GuidryKANSAS M GUIDRY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Elizabeth S SconzertELIZABETH S SCONZERT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Christopher ShortCHRISTOPHER SHORT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Matthew SlaughterMATTHEW SLAUGHTER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Tracey KnightTRACEY KNIGHT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Camille BryantCAMILLE BRYANT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Katherine L WylyKATHERINE L WYLY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
April DavenportAPRIL DAVENPORT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Hon Rachel JohnsonHON RACHEL JOHNSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Tracey RannalsTRACEY RANNALS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Ryan SwayzeRYAN SWAYZE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Cherrell TaplinCHERRELL TAPLIN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$1,098,093

Expenses

$1,112,957

Contributions

$939,787

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$1,065,971

Expenses

$952,922

Contributions

$859,384

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$755,477

Expenses

$692,894

Contributions

$641,358

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$1,098,093	$1,112,957	$939,787	$0
2023	$1,065,971	$952,922	$859,384	$0
2022	$755,477	$692,894	$641,358	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$669,063

Expenses

$604,978

Assets (EOY)

$1,610,666
2020 · 990

Revenue

$602,934

Expenses

$623,269

Assets (EOY)

$1,428,714
2019 · 990

Revenue

$658,114

Expenses

$636,184

Assets (EOY)

$1,439,068
2018 · 990

Revenue

$704,817

Expenses

$636,994

Assets (EOY)

$1,303,546
2017 · 990

Revenue

$671,162

Expenses

$624,013

Assets (EOY)

$1,359,811
2016 · 990

Revenue

$772,917

Expenses

$661,223

Assets (EOY)

$1,315,181
2015 · 990

Revenue

$712,607

Expenses

$661,629

Assets (EOY)

$1,276,400

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$669,063	$604,978	$1,610,666
2020	990	$602,934	$623,269	$1,428,714
2019	990	$658,114	$636,184	$1,439,068
2018	990	$704,817	$636,994	$1,303,546
2017	990	$671,162	$624,013	$1,359,811
2016	990	$772,917	$661,223	$1,315,181
2015	990	$712,607	$661,629	$1,276,400

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

LOUISIANA BAR FOUNDATION

$450,500

2023 PRO BONO PROJECT
LOUISIANA BAR FOUNDATION

$444,000

2024 PRO BONO PROJECT
LOUISIANA BAR FOUNDATION

$237,591

2022 PRO BONO PROJECT
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

$55,525

2023 LEGAL SERVICES
THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION

$18,973

2024 HUMAN SERVICES
THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION

$16,501

2022 FUND RAISING & FUND DISTRIBUTION
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BANKRUPTCY FOUNDATION

$15,000

2024 TO PROVIDE PROJECT SUPPORT FOR BANKRUPTCY TRAININGS FOR ATTORNEYS.
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BANKRUPTCY FOUNDATION

$15,000

2025 TO PROVIDE PROJECT SUPPORT FOR BANKRUPTCY TRAININGS FOR ATTORNEYS.
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

$14,911

2022 LEGAL SERVICES
THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION

$14,652

2023 FUND RAISING & FUND DISTRIBUTION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.