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MABEL CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORP

EIN 85-1703023 BOSTON, MA

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Revenue 2023
$978,562
Expenses 2023
$825,530

Program services were 60.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I80
Classification
1200
Street
200 PORTLAND ST FL 5

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 · 2023

Mission

MABEL CENTER'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXPERT PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO ASYLUM-SEEKING FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN SEPERATED, DETAINED IN FAMILY DETENTION CENTERS, AND/OR SUBJECTED TO EXPEDITED REMOVAL THROUGH DEDICATED DOCKET.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MABEL CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE PROVIDES EXPERT PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO ASYLUM-SEEKING FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN SEPERATED, DETAINED IN FAMILY DETENTION CENTERS, AND/OR SUBJECTED TO EXPEDITED REMOVAL THROUGH DEDICATED DOCKET.

  • MABEL CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE PROVIDES PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO ASYLUM-SEEKING FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN SEPARATED, DETAINED IN FAMILY DETENTION CENTERS, AND/OR SUBJECTED TO EXPEDITED REMOVAL THROUGH THE DEDICATED DOCKET. WE TAKE ON TOUGH AND COMPLEX DEFENSIVE ASYLUM CASES, REPRESENTING PRIMARILY WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND LGBTQ+ PEOPLE WHOSE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO SURVIVE INCONCEIVABLE VIOLENCE IN PURSUIT OF SAFETY IN THE UNITED STATES. DURING FY 2024, MABEL CENTER SERVED 700 INDIVIDUALS. MABEL CENTER ATTORNEYS' LEGAL STRATEGY AND APPROACH HAS LED TO REMARKABLE SUCCESS IN WINNING ASYLUM FOR THEIR CLIENTS. OUR ATTORNEYS HAVE SECURED ASYLUM FOR TWELVE CLIENTS THEY HAVE REPRESENTED IN COURT IN FY 2024.IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING FULL LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO CLIENTS SEEKING ASYLUM, MABEL CENTER HANDLES PRO SE ASYLUM APPLICATIONS, EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENTS, SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILES, TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS APPLICATIONS, GREEN CARDS, AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT CASES. MABEL CENTER ATTORNEYS AND STAFF HAVE VOLUNTEERED AT FAMILY DETENTION CENTERS, WORKED ALONGSIDE ORGANIZATIONS AT THE BORDER, AND ANNUALLY WORK AT THE BORDER. DUE TO THE RELATIONSHIPS BUILT AND THE CULTURAL COMPETENCY DEMONSTRATED, MABEL CENTER HAS BECOME THE REFERRAL ORGANIZATION IN THE GREATER BOSTON REGION FOR DEFENSIVE ASYLUM-RELATED LEGAL SERVICES. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IS INTEGRAL TO OUR SUCCESS AS IT ALLOWS US TO IDENTIFY AND CONNECT WITH POTENTIAL CLIENTS AND STAY UP TO DATE ON CHANGES THAT CAN IMPACT IMMIGRATION. MABEL CENTER'S CLIENT REFERRALS COME FROM: PAST CLIENTS, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE WITH CHARITIES OPERATING IN TEXAS FAMILY DETENTION CENTERS.MABEL CENTER CLIENTS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDE IN CHELSEA, EAST BOSTON, DORCHESTER, LYNN, AND WALTHAM AND HAVE RELOCATED TO THE REGION FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND HAITI. WE FOCUS OUR WORK ON PROVIDING SERVICES TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AS THEY HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY CONSTANT PROCEDURAL CHANGES TO RECENT ARRIVING MIGRANTS. IN RESPONSE TO NEEDS OF MIGRANTS IN MASSACHUSETTS, AN INCREASED EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED ON HAITIAN MIGRANTS IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS. ALL CLIENTS MUST MEET INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS (125% OF HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES) AND MABEL CENTER PROVIDES ALL SERVICES FREE OF COST TO OUR CLIENTS. NEARLY ALL OUR CLIENTS ARE SEEKING ASYLUM DUE TO GENDER-BASED OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT THEY WERE SUBJECTED TO IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY.

    Expenses $498,131 · Grants $4,330

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Erin Truex

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $121,466
    From this org
    $103,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,886
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jill Seeber

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $44,615
    From this org
    $44,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Genevieve Green

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elissa Steglich

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jackie Robinson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Glenda Fuentes

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Meza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Ascione

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $978,562
    Expenses
    $825,530
    Contributions
    $978,557
    Grants paid
    $4,330
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $560,424
    Expenses
    $397,043
    Contributions
    $560,424
    Grants paid
    $8,800

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
    $427,269
    Expenses
    $324,369
    Assets (EOY)
    $128,358

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $260,389
    Expenses
    $235,056
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,333

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

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.