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PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT

EIN 23-2811857 PHILADELPHIA, PA

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Revenue 2024
$2,513,708
Expenses 2024
$1,793,641

Program services were 90.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I80
Classification
1200
Street
CAST IRON BLDG 718 ARCH ST 304 S

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 PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT (PILP) IS A LEGAL AID ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO ADVANCE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED AND DETAINED IN PENNSYLVANIA'S JAILS, PRISONS, STATE HOSPITALS, JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS. PILP IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT ALL INCARCERATED PEOPLE ARE TREATED HUMANELY BY PROVIDING FREE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY, AND REPRESENTATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT (PILP) IS A LEGAL AID ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO ADVANCE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED AND DETAINED IN PENNSYLVANIA BY PROVIDING FREE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY, AND REPRESENTATION.

  • THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONAL LAW PROJECT PROTECTS AND ADVANCES THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED IN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH LITIGATION, ADVOCACY, AND LEGAL ADVICE. THIS PAST YEAR, PILP PROVIDED LEGAL HELP TO THOUSANDS OF CLIENTS IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY PRISIONS AND JAILS, IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS, HALFWAY HOUSES, AND STATE HOSPITALS. PILP SOUGHT TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE KEPT IN HUMANE CONDITIONS, HAVE ACCESS TO PROPER MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE, ARE FREE FROM VIOLENCE AND SECUAL ABUSE, RECEIVE ACCOMODATIONS FOR THEIR DISABILITIES, AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO OBSERVE THEIR RELIGION. PILP WAS SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING JUSTICE AND RELIEF FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE THROUGH POSITIVE CHANGE AND MEANINGFUL SETTLEMENTS.

    Expenses $1,630,985 · Revenue $557,792

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.

  • Michael Carroll

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Sam Silver

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Mary Walsh

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Rick Beaton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • David Rudovsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Eric Corson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Bill Babcock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Nicholas Pressley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Will Sachse

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Margaret Coleman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Shaheen Pasha

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Su Ming Yeh

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $159,815
    From this org
    $125,562
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,253
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,562
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,439
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,814
    Filer's total
    $159,815

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,513,708
    Expenses
    $1,793,641
    Contributions
    $1,955,467
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,533,591
    Expenses
    $1,405,258
    Contributions
    $1,445,306
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,516,530
    Expenses
    $1,384,162
    Contributions
    $1,392,797
    Grants paid
    $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
    $1,961,752
    Expenses
    $1,490,616
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,549,845

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,554,122
    Expenses
    $1,447,416
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,435,038

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,237,384
    Expenses
    $1,100,147
    Assets (EOY)
    $908,400

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,268,443
    Expenses
    $1,137,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $539,118

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,110,684
    Expenses
    $983,497
    Assets (EOY)
    $386,791

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $763,178
    Expenses
    $854,756
    Assets (EOY)
    $282,793

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $777,550
    Expenses
    $799,152
    Assets (EOY)
    $367,614

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $764,363
    Expenses
    $749,379
    Assets (EOY)
    $353,528

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $801,522
    Expenses
    $759,480
    Assets (EOY)
    $345,544

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $876,802
    Assets (EOY)
    $294,104

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

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.