PHILADELPHIA VIP INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I80

Classification

1000

Street

1101 MARKET ST 11TH FLR

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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists 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.

• PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION

  EIN 23-0968283

Mission and programs · 2025

• LINE 4A, PROGRAM SERVICE ------------------------ PHILADELPHIA VIP HAS A 44-YEAR HISTORY AS THE ONLY LEGAL AID ORGANIZATION IN PHILADELPHIA DEDICATED TO SECURING PRO BONO LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOW- INCOME INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND NONPROFITS. VIP WAS CREATED IN 1981 AS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION, PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL COMMUNITY, AND PRIVATE BAR TO ADDRESS AN OVERFLOW OF CIVIL CASES THAT COULD NOT BE ABSORBED BY LEGAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS, AND IMPLICATED ESSENTIAL NEEDS LIKE HOUSING, INCOME, AND FAMILY COMPOSITION. TO THIS DAY, VIP FILLS AN ESSENTIAL "AGENCY OF LAST RESORT" ROLE FOR LOW-INCOME PHILADELPHIANS FACING CRITICAL LEGAL PROBLEMS WHO ARE UNABLE TO RECEIVE LEGAL ASSISTANCE ELSEWHERE. VIP'S CORE ACTIVITY IS RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND PROVIDING ON-GOING SUPPORT TO ITS LARGE, DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS WHO ADVISE AND REPRESENT VIP'S LOW-INCOME CLIENTS PRO BONO (I.E., AT NO CHARGE). VIP REPRESENTS CLIENTS IN FOUR PRIORITY SERVICE AREAS: (1) PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS, (2) SUPPORTING FAMILY STABILITY, (3) PRESERVING INCOME, AND (4) PROMOTING COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE MAJORITY OF VIP'S CASES ARE REFERRED BY ITS SISTER ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES AND PHILADELPHIA LEGAL ASSISTANCE. AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER COME FROM PEER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA OR OTHER SOURCES. TO QUALIFY FOR FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE, VIP'S CLIENTS MUST BE RESIDENTS OF PHILADELPHIA WITH INCOME AT OR BELOW 300% (400% FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS) OF THE FEDERALLY-DEFINED POVERTY LEVEL. VIP IS AN AGENCY OF LAST RESORT, SUCH THAT CLIENTS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE LEGAL ASSISTANCE ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING BECAUSE THE CLIENT'S PARTICULAR NEED IS NOT HANDLED BY OTHER LEGAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS. VIP'S CLIENTS HAIL FROM ALL PARTS OF PHILADELPHIA AND INCLUDE MANY DEMOGRAPHIC CATEGORIES. THE LARGEST CONSTITUENCIES AMONG CLIENTS REPRESENTED IN 2025 INCLUDED: PEOPLE OF COLOR (71%), WOMEN (66%), SENIORS OVER THE AGE OF 60 (40%), AND DISABLED (36%). BY LEVERAGING THE RESOURCES OF VOLUNTEERS VIP SERVED 1,858 CASES IN 2025, IMPACTING 3,103 PEOPLE, 987 OF THEM CHILDREN. VIP RECRUITS, TRAINS, MENTORS, AND PROVIDES ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THOUSANDS OF PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA TO PROVIDE PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO VIP'S LOW- INCOME CLIENTS. BY MAINTAINING A LARGE AND DIVERSE BANK OF VOLUNTEERS, VIP RESPONDS TO OTHERWISE UNMET LEGAL NEEDS ON A SCALE FAR EXCEEDING WHAT AN ORGANIZATION'S STAFF COULD ACCOMPLISH ON ITS OWN WITHIN THE SAME BUDGET PARAMETERS.

  Expenses $1,919,457

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.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $2,436,654

  Expenses

  $2,200,758

  Contributions

  $2,399,401

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,441,606

  Expenses

  $2,221,841

  Contributions

  $2,386,972

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,224,914

  Expenses

  $2,187,629

  Contributions

  $2,179,396

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,347,250

  Expenses

  $2,151,133

  Contributions

  $2,335,774

  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

  $2,201,612

  Expenses

  $1,634,563

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,415,872

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,937,058

  Expenses

  $1,536,732

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,884,691

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,617,176

  Expenses

  $1,564,770

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,247,583

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,377,656

  Expenses

  $1,475,520

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,187,459

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,226,168

  Expenses

  $1,312,766

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,278,504

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,391,123

  Expenses

  $1,280,922

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,358,125

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

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

• PENNSYLVANIA INTEREST ON LAWYER TRUST ACCOUNT BOARD

  $125,000

  2023 · LEGAL ASSISTANCE

• PENNSYLVANIA INTEREST ON LAWYER TRUST ACCOUNT BOARD

  $125,000

  2022 · LEGAL ASSISTANCE

• PENNSYLVANIA INTEREST ON LAWYER TRUST ACCOUNT BOARD

  $125,000

  2024 · LEGAL ASSISTANCE

• PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION

  $75,000

  2022 · PRO BONO LAW PROJECT

• THOMAS SKELTON HARRISON FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2023 · FAMILY LAW

• PHILADELPHIA BAR FOUNDATION

  $41,000

  2022 · NON-PROFIT LEGAL AID

• PHILADELPHIA BAR FOUNDATION

  $32,095

  2023 · NON-PROFIT LEGAL AID

• PHILADELPHIA BAR FOUNDATION

  $32,000

  2024 · NON-PROFIT LEGAL AID

• PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION

  $30,750

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• PHILADELPHIA BAR FOUNDATION

  $30,750

  2025 · NON-PROFIT LEGAL AID

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

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