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PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH LAW PROJECT

EIN 23-2749089 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Revenue 2024
$2,205,490
Expenses 2024
$2,015,643

Program services were 86.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E60Z
Classification
1000
Street
123 CHESTNUT STREET STE 404

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 MISSION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH LAW PROJECT (PHLP) IS TO SAFEGUARD AND ADVANCE HEALTH CARE RIGHTS FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. BY PROVIDING FREE LEGAL SERVICES, ENGAGING IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES THAT BEST ADDRESS OUR CLIENTS' HEALTHCARE NEEDS, PHLP STRIVES TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX HEALTH SYSTEMS AND GET THE CARE THEY NEED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SAFEGUARDS AND ADVANCES ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR LOW-INCOME, VULNERABLE AND DISENFRANCHISED PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. PROVIDES QUALITY LEGAL REPRESENTATION; ADVOCATES FOR SYSTEMATIC CHANGE TO ELIMINATE HEALTH INJUSTICES; AND WORKS TO SHAPE A SOCIETY THAT PROMOTES HEALTHY LIVES, AND A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT IS SAFE AND COOORDINATED, AS WELL AS ACCESSIBLE, EFFICIENT, AND EQUITABLE.

  • THE PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH LAW PROJECT (PHLP) IS A STATEWIDE, SPECIALIZED LEGAL AID PROGRAM WITHIN THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGAL AID NETWORK. FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, PHLP HAS WORKED TO SAFEGUARD AND ADVANCE THE HEALTH CARE RIGHTS OF LOW-INCOME, UNDERSERVED, AND/OR MARGINALIZED PENNSYLVANIANS.PHLP'S CORE WORK INCLUDES: PROVIDING DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES TO PENNSYLVANIANS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET OR KEEP MEDICAID AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH CARE COVERAGE OR SERVICES. WE DO THIS THROUGH LEGAL COUNSELING AND REPRESENTATION IN APPEALS WHEN BENEFITS OR SERVICES ARE DENIED. WE ALSO USE OUR LEGAL EXPERTISE TO TROUBLESHOOT PROBLEMS AND HELP ELIMINATE BARRIERS PEOPLE FACE TRYING TO ACCESS HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OR HEALTH CARE TREATMENT AND SERVICES THEY NEED. IN FY 2024-2025, PHLP HANDLED 2,378 CASES FOR CLIENTS ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA. CONDUCTING COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND MEDICAID AND OTHER HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH LIMITED INCOMES AND UPDATE THEM ABOUT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTS; RAISE AWARENESS OF PARTICIPANT RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS WITHIN MEDICAID; AND SHARE INFORMATION TO EMPOWER PEOPLE IN THEIR SELF-ADVOCACY EFFORTS. IN FY 2024-2025, PHLP EDUCATED MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE AND DISTRIBUTED A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER TO MORE THAN 4,650 SUBSCRIBERS. ENGAGING IN SYSTEMIC ADVOCACY TO IMPROVE THE MEDICAID SYSTEM FOR ALL PENNSYLVANIANS WHO RELY ON THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAM AND TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN MANAGED CARE. SERVING AS AN EXPERT RESOURCE TO OTHER LEGAL AID PROGRAMS AS WELL AS SOCIAL WORKERS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, LAWYERS, AND OTHER ADVOCATES AND PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH OUR CLIENT COMMUNITY ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CASE CONSULTATION, EDUCATION, AND OTHER SUPPORT. IN FYE 2024, PHLP HELPED PROFESSIONALS WITH MORE THAN 400 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CASE CONSULTATION REQUESTS.

    Expenses $1,745,786 · Revenue $1,950

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.

  • MARK ANDERSON

    PRESIDENT & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • SARAH ROSENBERG

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • RUTH LANDSMAN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • LEO CUELLO JD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • SUSAN MICHALIK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • MICHAEL CAMPBELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • ABIGAIL GREEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • TIA WHITAKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • AMY E LOWENSTEIN

    DIRECTOR OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $118,257
    From this org
    $108,913
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,344
    Hours/week
    35

  • DANNA CASSERLY ESQ

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $126,039
    From this org
    $91,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,998
    Hours/week
    35

  • ERIN GUAY

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $117,992
    From this org
    $87,029
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,963
    Hours/week
    35

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
    $2,205,490
    Expenses
    $2,015,643
    Contributions
    $2,192,612
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,841,989
    Expenses
    $1,822,581
    Contributions
    $1,837,308
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,763,015
    Expenses
    $1,888,465
    Contributions
    $1,756,699
    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
    $2,416,979
    Expenses
    $2,023,288
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,232,561

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,449,836
    Expenses
    $2,299,452
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,293,529

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,730,997
    Expenses
    $1,692,131
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,898,307

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,607,079
    Expenses
    $1,577,346
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,466,612

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,653,783
    Expenses
    $1,382,914
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,570,323

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,307,104
    Expenses
    $1,296,286
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,243,949

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,057,546
    Expenses
    $1,075,815
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,123,373

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,553,245
    Expenses
    $1,260,014
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,187,181

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,388,362
    Expenses
    $1,386,862
    Assets (EOY)
    $903,419

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,089,074
    Assets (EOY)
    $801,722

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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.