PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I80Z

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 2276

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

• HEALTH AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: PROVIDE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND MEDICAID ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, ACQUIRE, MAINTAIN, AND UTILIZE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. PROVIDE FREE TAX RETURN PREPARATION UNDER VITA STANDARDS TO QUALIFYING HOUSEHOLDS WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE UPTAKE IN UNCLAIMED TAX CREDITS IN ORDER TO DECREASE CHILD POVERTY. PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO PATIENTS TO SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

  Expenses $4,150,893

• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION SERVICES: IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO HELP MORE THAN 5,622 ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO WERE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE TO ESCAPE ABUSE AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES. STAFF AND VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS HELP VICTIMS/SURVIVORS SECURE COURT PROTECTIVE ORDERS TO IMPROVE SAFETY, AND ADDRESS BARRIERS TO INDEPENDENCE, SUCH AS CHILD CUSTODY, DIVISION OF MARITAL PROPERTY, HOUSING PROBLEMS, INCOME, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION SO THAT VICTIMS CAN ESTABLISH NEW LIVES APART FROM THEIR ABUSERS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO COLLABORATES WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN AREA COMMUNITIES AND TO IMPROVE SERVICES FOR VICTIMS. 28% OF THE ORGANIZATION'S CLOSED LEGAL CASES INVOLVED ISSUES RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE.

  Expenses $1,493,321 · Grants $1,000

• HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION: PREVENTS FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS FROM LOSING THEIR HOMES TO EVICTION OR FORECLOSURE AND IMPROVES EXISTING HOUSING CONDITIONS. 34% OF LEGAL CASES CLOSED IN 2024 PRESENTED AS HOUSING ISSUES.

  Expenses $1,632,642 · Grants $205,021

• - LEGAL SERVICES TO THE POOR: HELPS LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS ADDRESS CONSUMER PROTECTION ISSUES, INCOME SHORTFALLS, AND MANAGE THEIR LIMITED RESOURCES. THIS WORK INCLUDES HELPING RESTORE DRIVERS' LICENSES AND EXPUNGE CRIMINAL RECORDS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN INCREASE THEIR INCOMES. - ELDER LAW: HELPS SENIORS LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR HOMES AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. PROTECTS SENIORS FROM FINANCIAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE OR HARASSMENT AND ASSISTS WITH END-OF-LIFE PLANNING. 2024 EXPENDITURES: 413,609. - CHILDREN'S LAW PROJECT: HELPS DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AVOID HOMELESSNESS, ACCESS ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS MEDICAL CARE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND ESCAPE SITUATIONS OF ABUSE. 2024 EXPENDITURES: 348,686. - BENEFITS LAW: OBTAINS AND PROTECTS PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, INCLUDING FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES, MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY, AND OTHERS. PISGAH LEGAL ASSISTS MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES AND APPLICANTS TO PROTECT MEDICAID RIGHTS. 2024 EXPENDITURES: 161,138. - JUSTICE FOR ALL PROJECT: ASSISTS ELIGIBLE IMMIGRANTS WITH SECURING LEGAL IMMIGRATION STATUS OR WORK AUTHORIZATION AND ADDRESSES OTHER BASIC NEEDS LIKE SAFETY AND HOUSING SO THAT IMMIGRANTS MAY LIFT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY. THIS PROGRAM SERVES 18 OF THE WESTERNMOST COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. SOME IMMIGRANTS ARE SERVED IN OTHER PROGRAMS, INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 2024 EXPENDITURES: 453,066. - VOLUNTEER LAWYERS/HOTLINE: RECRUITS AND TRAINS A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEER LAWYERS TO PROVIDE PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO THE ORGANIZATION'S CLIENTS; CASES ARE SCREENED FOR INCOME AND CASE TYPE AND REFERRED BY PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES. 2024 EXPENDITURES: 496,565 (NOT INCLUDING 554,500 DONATED ATTORNEY PROFESSIONAL TIME). - COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: INCREASES JOBS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH ADVOCACY AND TECHNICAL, LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT AND BUILD CAPACITY OF NONPROFITS, FAITH GROUPS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 2024 EXPENDITURES: 213,638. - LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC (LITC): THE LITC PROGRAM PROVIDES LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN TAX DISPUTES WITH THE IRS, COMMUNITY TAX EDUCATION AND SYSTEMIC ADVOCACY TO LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN EIGHTEEN COUNTIES IN WNC. - NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAID OMBUDSMAN (NCMO): IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHARLOTTE CENTER FOR LEGAL ADVOCACY AND LEGAL AID OF NC, THE NCMO PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT TO MEDICAID MANAGED CARE BENEFICIARIES AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE STATE REGARDING ISSUES LEARNED FROM MEDICAID MEMBERS. ALL AMOUNTS ABOVE ARE ADJUSTED TO REMOVE THE VALUE OF DONATED SERVICES NOT REPORTED AS INCOME ON FORM 990.

  Expenses $3,479,293 · Grants $4,753

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.

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

  $18,079,853

  Expenses

  $13,202,682

  Contributions

  $17,702,301

  Grants paid

  $210,774

• 2023

  Revenue

  $11,603,541

  Expenses

  $12,619,338

  Contributions

  $11,375,597

  Grants paid

  $7,500

• 2022

  Revenue

  $10,270,903

  Expenses

  $10,106,131

  Contributions

  $10,197,441

  Grants paid

  $49,013

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

  $8,135,399

  Expenses

  $7,908,151

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,378,824

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,558,270

  Expenses

  $6,440,318

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,833,739

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,635,827

  Expenses

  $5,292,289

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,802,604

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,173,816

  Expenses

  $4,365,929

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,541,825

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,838,192

  Expenses

  $4,131,898

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,039,201

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,312,315

  Expenses

  $3,740,727

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,334,918

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,335,383

  Expenses

  $3,419,172

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,627,169

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,834,674

  Expenses

  $3,234,900

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,656,277

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,192,175

  Expenses

  $3,002,210

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,427,357

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,941,457

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,363,591

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

• LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $1,003,771

  2025 · VARIOUS

• LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $823,210

  2024 · VARIOUS

• LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $816,717

  2022 · VARIOUS

• LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $740,290

  2023 · VARIOUS

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $646,034

  2024 · ASSISTING PEOPLE IN NEED

• MEDIATION CENTER

  $517,880

  2023 · Services to Domestic Violence

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $455,307

  2023 · ASSISTING PEOPLE IN NEED

• JEWISH FOUNDATION OF GREENSBORO

  $420,000

  2023 · CHARITABLE SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS & OPERATIONS OF THE DONEE ORGANIZATIONS

• CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC

  $400,000

  2025 · PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES RECEIVED $400,000 FROM THE TRUIST WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY FUND TO SUPPORT DISASTER-RELATED LEGAL SERVICES ACROSS 18 COUNTIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE HELENE.

• MEDIATION CENTER

  $360,703

  2022 · Services to Domestic Violence

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

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