MARYLAND VOLUNTEER LAWYERS SERVICE INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I80N

Classification

1200

Street

201 N CHARLES ST STE 1400

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

• MVLS PROVIDES LEGAL HELP IN A BROAD RANGE OF CIVIL LEGAL MATTERS INCLUDING FAMILY, HOUSING, CONSUMER, CRIMINAL RECORD RELIEF, ESTATE PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION, AND TAX CONTROVERSY. LAST YEAR, MVLS' PRO BONO PROGRAM MATCHED OVER 2,266 LOW-INCOME CLIENTS WITH ATTORNEYS AND TAX PROFESSIONALS FOR FREE REPRESENTATION IN CIVIL CASES. MVLS HAS MORE THAN 800 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS ON ITS PANEL AND EMPLOYS STAFF ATTORNEYS WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE IN ALL LEGAL AREAS LISTED ABOVE TO SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS. MVLS RECRUITS VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL SECTORS OF THE BAR, INCLUDING SMALL AND SOLO FIRMS, LARGE LAW FIRMS, CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS, AND FROM ACCOUNTING FIRMS.

  Expenses $1,992,660

• THE JUDICARE PROJECT IS A REDUCED-FEE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD BE UNABLE TO AFFORD REPRESENTATION IN CONTESTED FAMILY LAW CASES. MVLS OPERATES THIS PROJECT IN 15 MARYLAND COUNTIES AND BALTIMORE CITY. EXPERIENCED VOLUNTEER LAWYERS ARE PAID $120/HOUR FOR UP TO 35 HOURS TO RESOLVE THESE DIFFICULT CASES. FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025. OUR JUDICARE PANEL ATTORNEYS CLOSED 194 CASES, PRIMARILY INVOLVING CONTESTED CUSTODY THAT DIRECTLY BENEFITED 543 FAMILY MEMBERS.

  Expenses $750,747

• HOUSING STABILITY IS A CORE FOCUS AT MVLS, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON OLDER ADULTS TO ENSURE THEY CAN AGE IN PLACE AND SUCCESSFULLY PASS ON THEIR ASSETS TO THEIR NEXT GENERATION THE ADVANCED PLANNING PROJECT EDUCATES MARYLANDERS ABOUT THE NEED TO DO ESTATE PLANNING SO THEY CAN PASS THEIR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET, THEIR HOME, TO THEIR FAMILY. THIS PROGRAM COMBATS GENERATIONS OF WEALTH EXTRACTION FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, MANY OF WHOM HAD NOT ENGAGED IN ESTATE PLANNING AND HAD LOST THEIR HOMES TO TAX SALE OR FORECLOSURE. THE MY HOME, MY DEED, MY LEGACY PROJECT BUILDS UPON THIS WORK AND PROVIDES PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES FOR ESTATE PLANNING AND DEED DISENTANGLEMENT TO CLIENTS WHO WERE TRADITIONALLY DENIED ACCESS TO JUSTICE. IN FY25, MVLS HANDLED 641 ESTATES AND DEEDS CASES.

  Expenses $668,021

• Expenses $495,381 · Revenue $5,440

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,024,696

  Expenses

  $4,616,740

  Contributions

  $4,705,067

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,436,000

  Expenses

  $4,219,677

  Contributions

  $4,144,880

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,215,422

  Expenses

  $3,531,793

  Contributions

  $3,960,638

  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

  $3,346,394

  Expenses

  $2,973,324

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,520,770

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,557,954

  Expenses

  $3,026,442

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,368,566

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,929,790

  Expenses

  $3,026,357

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,059,460

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,933,957

  Expenses

  $2,739,354

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,683,359

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,918,449

  Expenses

  $2,656,664

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,377,399

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,065,558

  Expenses

  $2,608,232

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,069,943

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,922,566

  Expenses

  $2,352,128

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,424,052

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,738,860

  Expenses

  $2,030,943

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,862,498

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,330,113

  Expenses

  $2,006,171

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,125,959

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,685,676

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,752,366

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

• MARYLAND LEGAL SERVICES CORP

  $2,059,648

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MARYLAND LEGAL SERVICES CORP

  $1,964,415

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MARYLAND LEGAL SERVICES CORP

  $1,564,569

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC

  $284,879

  2023 · CAPACITY BUILDING

• WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC

  $100,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• CENTER FOR LAND REFORM INC

  $86,250

  2025 · NATIONAL HEIRS' PROPERTY WORK

• EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS

  $62,000

  2024 · FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT

• VENABLE BAETJER AND HOWARD FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2023 · WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT EXPANSION

• VENABLE BAETJER AND HOWARD FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2022 · FINANCIAL STABILIZATION PROGRAM

• VENABLE BAETJER AND HOWARD FOUNDATION

  $25,000

  2024 · HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION PROJECT

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

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