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BROOKLYN LEGAL SERVICES CORP A

EIN 13-2605599 BROOKLYN, NY

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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 Souther

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julia Kohen

    VICE CHAIR (EFFECTIVE 5/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valarie A Hing

    VICE CHAIR (THROUGH 5/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Pilsbury

    SECRETARY (THROUGH 5/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark McDermott

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Kleban

    SECRETARY (EFFECTIVE 5/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harold Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jyotin Hamid

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Crotty

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harvey Lawrence

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Lipofsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Begleiter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Saul Shapiro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James H R Windels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tiffanye Threadcraft

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yoselin Genao-Estrella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gavin White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica 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 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
  • Ndukwe 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 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 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 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
  • Luis 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 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
  • 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

  • 2022 LEASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Where these grants went next →

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.