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GREATER HARTFORD LEGAL AID INC

EIN 06-0730611 HARTFORD, CT

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Revenue 2024
$6,375,276
Expenses 2024
$6,059,321

Program services were 81.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I80Z
Classification
1000
Street
999 ASYLUM AVENUE 3RD FLOOR

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

GREATER HARTFORD LEGAL AID IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW FIRM WHOSE ATTORNEYS PROVIDE CLIENTS LIVING IN POVERTY WITH FREE REPRESENTATION FOR CIVIL LEGAL ISSUES. WE ADVOCATE FOR EQUAL JUSTICE FOR POOR PEOPLE, WORK WITH CLIENTS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND USE THE LAW TO ADDRESS THE EFFECTS AND ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NOT-FOR-PROFIT LAW FIRM TO PROVIDE CLIENTS LIVING IN POVERTY WITH FREE CIVIL REPRESENTATION

  • GHLA PROVIDES FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LOW INCOME OR AGE 60 YEARS OR OLDER, IN CIVIL CASES SUCH AS EDUCATION, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, GOVERNMENT BENEFITS, IMMIGRATION AND FAMILY LAW.

    Expenses $4,958,329

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.

  • Edward Heath

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Zaccardelli

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael J Andreana

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Jones

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Bye

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Mullany

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hank Hoffman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aileen Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Nightingale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kari Olson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Poulin

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Morgan Rueckert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Namita Shah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott A Trenholm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamey Bell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $223,969
    From this org
    $178,941
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,028
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,941
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,247
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,781
    Filer's total
    $223,969
  • Michael Casasanta

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $158,993
    From this org
    $120,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,023
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,970
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,328
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,695
    Filer's total
    $158,993
  • Jill Davies

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $182,205
    From this org
    $169,039
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,166
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,039
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,385
    Nontaxable benefits
    $781
    Filer's total
    $182,205
  • Giovanna Shay

    LITIGATION AND ADVOCACY DI

    Total calculated
    $196,576
    From this org
    $160,730
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,846
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,730
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,853
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,993
    Filer's total
    $196,576
  • Veronica Halpine

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $136,296
    From this org
    $124,407
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,889
    Hours/week
    40
  • Enelsa Diaz

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $163,906
    From this org
    $123,456
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,450
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,456
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,608
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,842
    Filer's total
    $163,906
  • Maria Morelli-Wolfe

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $160,272
    From this org
    $112,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,724
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,548
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,838
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,886
    Filer's total
    $160,272
  • Rafael Rodriguez-Cruz

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $133,034
    From this org
    $122,753
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,281
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ramona Mercado-Espinoza

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $134,846
    From this org
    $125,088
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,758
    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. 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
    $6,375,276
    Expenses
    $6,059,321
    Contributions
    $6,143,262
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,254,883
    Expenses
    $5,561,661
    Contributions
    $6,138,225
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,301,215
    Expenses
    $4,921,825
    Contributions
    $5,286,466
    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
    $4,367,929
    Expenses
    $4,617,837
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,691,648
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,585,978
    Expenses
    $4,676,993
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,761,530
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,050,181
    Expenses
    $4,706,946
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,666,416
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,065,094
    Expenses
    $4,899,215
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,280,004
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,134,648
    Expenses
    $4,545,508
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,631,856
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,730,287
    Expenses
    $4,420,290
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,506,304
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,441,222
    Expenses
    $4,383,950
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,232,851
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,265,774
    Expenses
    $4,303,185
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,046,818
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,655,815
    Expenses
    $4,376,409
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,115,423
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,326,210
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,832,966

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 11 November 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.