- Revenue 2024
- $16,250,985
- Expenses 2024
- $16,028,763
Program services were 80.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 260 BROADWAY STE 2
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
BROOKLYN LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION A (DBA. BUILD UP JUSTICE NYC) WIELDS COMMUNITY-FOCUSED CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO CONFRONT INJUSTICE. WE WORK TO ENSURE ALL NEW YORKERS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES TO SEEK JUSTICE, MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD, AND OVERCOME SYSTEMIC RACISM AND OPPRESSION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
BROOKLYN LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION A (DBA. BUILD UP JUSTICE NYC) WIELDS COMMUNITY-FOCUSED CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO CONFRONT INJUSTICE.
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PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING - LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND DISPLACEMENT AND SUPPORT THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY REPRESENTING TENANTS INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.
Expenses $8,047,259 · Revenue $155,500
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COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (CED) - REPRESENTATION OF SMALL BUSINESS AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
Expenses $2,903,958
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FORECLOSURE PREVENTION UNIT - LEGAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND LITIGATION SERVICES TO HOMEOWNERS FACING FORECLOSURE AND/OR VICTIMIZED BY PREDATORY LENDING PRACTICES
Expenses $1,076,340
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LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Expenses $838,036
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.
-
Thomas SoutherTHOMAS SOUTHER
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Julia KohenJULIA KOHEN
VICE CHAIR (EFFECTIVE 5/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Valarie A HingVALARIE A HING
VICE CHAIR (THROUGH 5/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Anne PilsburyANNE PILSBURY
SECRETARY (THROUGH 5/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark McDermottMARK MCDERMOTT
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David KlebanDAVID KLEBAN
SECRETARY (EFFECTIVE 5/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Harold GreenHAROLD GREEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jyotin HamidJYOTIN HAMID
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robert CrottyROBERT CROTTY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Harvey LawrenceHARVEY LAWRENCE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joseph LipofskyJOSEPH LIPOFSKY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robert BegleiterROBERT BEGLEITER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Saul ShapiroSAUL SHAPIRO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James H R WindelsJAMES H R WINDELS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tiffanye ThreadcraftTIFFANYE THREADCRAFT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Yoselin Genao-EstrellaYOSELIN GENAO-ESTRELLA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gavin WhiteGAVIN WHITE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jessica RoseJESSICA ROSE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $304,834
- From this org
- $267,851
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,983
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $267,851
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,918
- Nontaxable benefits
- $26,065
- Filer's total
- $304,834
-
David RuanDAVID RUAN
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $268,422
- From this org
- $241,588
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,834
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $241,588
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,395
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,439
- Filer's total
- $268,422
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Ndukwe D AgwuNDUKWE D AGWU
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER & GEN COUNSEL
- Total calculated
- $230,063
- From this org
- $200,554
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,509
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $200,554
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,806
- Nontaxable benefits
- $24,703
- Filer's total
- $230,063
-
Julia DilauraJULIA DILAURA
DIR. OF DEVL & MANAG. (THROUGH 11/24)
- Total calculated
- $219,768
- From this org
- $199,786
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,982
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $199,786
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,205
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,777
- Filer's total
- $219,768
-
Jennifer FloresJENNIFER FLORES
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $180,890
- From this org
- $149,078
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $31,812
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $149,078
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,183
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,629
- Filer's total
- $180,890
-
Tamara A Del CarmenTAMARA A DEL CARMEN
DIRECTOR OF CEA
- Total calculated
- $199,575
- From this org
- $166,986
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,589
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $166,986
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,755
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,834
- Filer's total
- $199,575
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Luis E PeraltaLUIS E PERALTA
CONTROLLER
- Total calculated
- $177,809
- From this org
- $146,104
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $31,705
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $146,104
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,971
- Nontaxable benefits
- $25,734
- Filer's total
- $177,809
-
Angelos Vasilios CANGELOS VASILIOS C
DEPUTY DIRECTOR CED
- Total calculated
- $158,177
- From this org
- $143,260
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,917
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $143,260
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,917
- Filer's total
- $158,177
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
- $16,250,985
- Expenses
- $16,028,763
- Contributions
- $15,652,011
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $15,083,500
- Expenses
- $14,046,454
- Contributions
- $14,511,632
- Grants paid
- $620,000
-
2022
- Revenue
- $12,553,502
- Expenses
- $13,100,011
- Contributions
- $11,948,662
- Grants paid
- $1,001,752
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
-
2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $11,484,328
- Expenses
- $11,302,202
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,568,517
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2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,958,555
- Expenses
- $6,705,819
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,863,568
-
2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,763,964
- Expenses
- $6,273,767
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,251,200
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,266,518
- Expenses
- $7,976,160
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,148,523
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
-
RHA KIM GROSSMAN & MCLLWAIN LLP
$950,000
2022 COMMERCIAL LEASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
-
RHA KIM GROSSMAN & MCLLWAIN LLP
$620,000
2023 COMMERCIAL LEASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
-
$51,752
2022 LEASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Grants received
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2023 DIRECT SERVICE
-
2024 DIRECT SERVICE
-
$121,250
2024 HOUSING & LEGAL COUNSELING
-
$73,125
2023 HOUSING & LEGAL COUNSELING
-
$62,000
2024 FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
-
$60,000
2022 HOUSING & LEGAL COUNSELING
-
$10,000
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
$10,000
2025 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2025 TO PROVIDE PROJECT SUPPORT FOR BANKRUPTCY TRAININGS FOR ATTORNEYS.
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.