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CONNECTICUT LEGAL SERVICES INC

EIN 06-0955461 MIDDLETOWN, CT

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Revenue 2024
$15,587,499
Expenses 2024
$14,604,520

Program services were 82.0% 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
62 WASHINGTON ST STE 4

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

CONNECTICUT LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDES ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND PROTECTS CRITICAL CIVIL LEGAL RIGHTS OF LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGH REPRESENTATION, SYSTEMIC ADVOCACY, ADVICE, COLLABORATION, AND EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

  • CONNECTICUT LEGAL SERVICES (CLS) PROVIDES CIVIL LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND COUNSELING TO HELP LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES OBTAIN LEGAL SOLUTIONS TO SERIOUS LIFE PROBLEMS. CLS PROTECTS AND SECURES CRITICAL CIVIL LEGAL RIGHTS FOR ITS CLIENTS AND ADVANCES ACCES TO JUSTICE FOR CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS. OUR AREAS OF PRACTICE INCLUDE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/FAMILY, HOMELESSNESS/HOUSING RIGHTS, GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, EMPLOYMENT, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND JUVENILE LAW, ELDER RIGHTS, CONSUMER LAW, HEALTH RELATED ISSUES, IMMIGRATION AND DISABILITY LAW. DURING THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR, CLS OPENED 2,604 NEW CASES FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND COUNSELING. WE ALSO WORKED ON 1,406 CASES OPENED IN PREVIOUS YEARS. CLS SERVICES PROVIDED IN THESE 4,010 CASES BENEFITED APPROXIMATELY 9,772 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS WHICH INCLUDES 4,000 CHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO INDIVIDUAL CASES, CLS CONDUCTED 60 COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION EVENTS IN 29 CONNECTICUT TOWNS, ATTENDED BY 3,400 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $11,977,257 · Grants $1,250,740 · Revenue $63,526

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.

  • Adam M Swanson Esq

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alina Reynolds Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ann G Taylor Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Saxton Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Wilkes Kaas Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helen Harris Esq

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ivy McKinney Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Plotkin Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Richman Smith Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Rasch Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • L Spencer Cain Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Jordan Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leslie Levin Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Livia Barndollar Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Hanley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia McIntosh LCSW MPH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Knight Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Orr Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tadhg Dooley Esq

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Sullivan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Louise Blanchard Esq

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $199,106
    From this org
    $175,777
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,329
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,800
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,977
    Deferred
    $18,332
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,997
    Filer's total
    $199,106

  • Deborah R Witkin Esq

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $272,060
    From this org
    $197,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,333
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,479
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $748
    Deferred
    $36,224
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,109
    Filer's total
    $272,060

  • Keith Boyce Cma

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,497
    From this org
    $132,322
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,175
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,795
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $527
    Deferred
    $8,505
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,670
    Filer's total
    $190,497

  • Astrid Lebron Esq

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $177,142
    From this org
    $144,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,711
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,902
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,529
    Deferred
    $9,885
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,826
    Filer's total
    $177,142

  • Kevin Brophy Esq

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $192,201
    From this org
    $128,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,470
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,222
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $509
    Deferred
    $25,324
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,146
    Filer's total
    $192,201

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. 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
    $15,587,499
    Expenses
    $14,604,520
    Contributions
    $15,424,017
    Grants paid
    $1,250,740
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,551,422
    Expenses
    $13,929,098
    Contributions
    $14,383,189
    Grants paid
    $1,295,202
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $12,516,188
    Expenses
    $13,273,682
    Contributions
    $12,390,231
    Grants paid
    $1,362,959

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
    $12,353,478
    Expenses
    $11,305,414
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,418,549

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,409,724
    Expenses
    $12,092,768
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,874,707

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,263,036
    Expenses
    $12,858,411
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,183,294

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,311,139
    Expenses
    $12,700,761
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,928,515

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,293,427
    Expenses
    $12,320,203
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,270,314

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,293,427
    Expenses
    $12,320,203
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,270,314

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,698,014
    Expenses
    $11,944,323
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,908,395

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,706,805
    Expenses
    $11,853,780
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,098,437

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

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

Where these grants went next →

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 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.