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WESTERN NEW YORK LAW CENTER INC

EIN 16-1497552 BUFFALO, NY

Revenue 2025
$4,956,428
Expenses 2025
$4,753,687

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I83
Classification
1000
Street
37 FRANKLIN ST STE 210

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 · 2025

Mission

The Western New York Law Center, Inc. (WNYLC) is a nonprofit legal services provider. Founded in 1996, WNYLC's mission is to provide civil legal services to individuals and communities with limited access to legal representation. In furtherance of that mission, WNYLC provides direct legal assistance, legal education, and policy advocacy in areas where legal needs are unmet or underserved. WNYLC also supports legal services providers statewide by promoting effective, affordable use of technology to improve service delivery and expand access to justice.

  • The Western New York Law Center, Inc. (WNYLC) is a nonprofit legal services provider. Founded in 1996, WNYLC's mission is to provide civil legal services to individuals and communities with limited access to legal representation. In furtherance of that mission, WNYLC provides direct legal assistance, legal education, and policy advocacy in areas where legal needs are unmet or underserved. WNYLC also supports legal services providers statewide by promoting effective, affordable use of technology to improve service delivery and expand access to justice.

    Expenses $3,999,875 · Revenue $113,617

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Catherine Creighton

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marshall Betram

    Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Valerie Malia-Martin

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Wood

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melinda Saran

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Talley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon Nosenchuk

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Wooton

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Harrington

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ian DAndre Artis Jr

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cat McCulle

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Welch

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $149,751
    From this org
    $149,751
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Neha Karambelkar

    Managing Attorney, Civil Unit

    Total calculated
    $112,403
    From this org
    $112,403
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Matthew Parham

    Director of Litigation and Advocacy

    Total calculated
    $132,046
    From this org
    $132,046
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nico Soria

    Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit

    Total calculated
    $109,196
    From this org
    $109,196
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Samantha White

    Supervising Attorney, School Discipline Project

    Total calculated
    $100,326
    From this org
    $100,326
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $4,956,428
    Expenses
    $4,753,687
    Contributions
    $4,842,811
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,533,218
    Expenses
    $4,446,489
    Contributions
    $4,382,226
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,288,363
    Expenses
    $3,968,069
    Contributions
    $4,072,280
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,202,698
    Expenses
    $2,994,361
    Contributions
    $3,202,536
    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
    $3,060,325
    Expenses
    $3,154,150
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,094,665

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,732,934
    Expenses
    $2,709,399
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,152,540

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,780,620
    Expenses
    $2,927,030
    Assets (EOY)
    $620,688

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,742,747
    Expenses
    $2,760,900
    Assets (EOY)
    $912,821

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,451,722
    Expenses
    $2,328,792
    Assets (EOY)
    $821,874

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,017,791
    Expenses
    $2,067,524
    Assets (EOY)
    $558,226

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,901,466
    Expenses
    $1,941,791
    Assets (EOY)
    $570,149

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,658,516
    Expenses
    $1,653,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $980,105

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,689,674
    Expenses
    $1,730,406
    Assets (EOY)
    $833,561

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,304,978
    Assets (EOY)
    $996,519

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.