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NEW MEXICO LEGAL AID INC

EIN 85-0116950 ALBUQUERQUE, NM

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Revenue 2024
$13,141,390
Expenses 2024
$13,301,090

Program services were 83.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I80
Classification
1000
Street
505 MARQUETTE AVE NW

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

PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN PROCEEDINGS OR MATTERS TO PERSONS FINANCIALLY UNABLE TO AFFORD LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, EXCLUDING SAN JUAN COUNTY.

  • ADVOCATES AT NEW MEXICO LEGAL AID PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, HELPING THEM OBTAIN PROTECTION, CUSTODY, AND CHILD SUPPORT. THESE WOMEN (ALMOST ALL VICTIMS OF DV ARE WOMEN) AND THEIR CHILDREN, BENEFIT IMMENSELY FROM THE SERVICES THEY RECEIVE. PROTECTION HELPS STABILIZE LIVES AND ALLOWS THE HEALING PROCESS TO BEGIN. WE ALSO OFFER THESE SERVICES TO LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS, A GROUP THAT HAD TRADITIONALLY LIVED UNDER THE THREAT OF ABUSE AND DISCRIMINATION THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES, AND WHO NEED THE PROTECTIONS THAT LAWYERS CAN HELP THEM OBTAIN THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM. WITHOUT A LAWYER, THE COURT SYSTEM CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT AND DAUNTING. SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS WITH MENTAL HEALTH/PRIVACY ISSUES, AND STUDENTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF ASSAULT AND BULLYING BY FELLOW CLASSMATES RECEIVE ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTIONS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF NEW MEXICO LEGAL AID THAT HAVE LONG ELUDED THEM. ADVOCACY FOR LOW INCOME TAXPAYERS THROUGH THE NMLA'S LOW INCOME TAX CLINIC HAS INCREASED ACCESS TO CHILD TAX CREDITS, EARNED INCOME TAX CREDITS AND OTHER TAX CREDITS, AND OVERCOME TAX AUDITS THAT RESULTED IN RECOVERY OF SUBSTANTIAL REFUNDS FOR FAMILIES. THE NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE INDIAN COMMUNITIES AND CLIENTS BY WORKING WITH FRONTLINE COMMUNITY SOURCES. NEW MEXICO LEGAL AID HANDLED 6,156 CASES IN 2024, HELPING OVER 14,800 PEOPLE, INCLUDING OVER 5,900 CHILDREN.

    Expenses $11,106,782 · Revenue $160,061

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.

  • Sonya Bellafont

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $166,421
    From this org
    $150,347
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,074
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,347
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,574
    Filer's total
    $166,421
  • Bill McIntyre

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $113,272
    From this org
    $92,176
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,096
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Karen Meyers Esq

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carlos Marentes

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Martin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Luz C Valverde

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Abrams Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joy Applewhite

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stuart Bluestone Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David Eisenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Gerardo Gaytan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Maria G Geer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Torri Jacobus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Oma Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Naava Koenigsberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sunny Newman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Erika Pirotte

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michael Reyes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ashley Sanders

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Guadalupe Torrez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joe Zebas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Edna Sprague

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $142,356
    From this org
    $116,853
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,503
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • William Addison

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $139,201
    From this org
    $110,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,778
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Michelle S Garcia

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $137,603
    From this org
    $108,872
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,731
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Joel Jasperse

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $131,764
    From this org
    $103,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,561
    Hours/week
    37.5

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
    $13,141,390
    Expenses
    $13,301,090
    Contributions
    $12,961,682
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,018,107
    Expenses
    $12,639,835
    Contributions
    $11,890,646
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $12,124,263
    Expenses
    $10,893,332
    Contributions
    $12,036,855
    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
    $9,001,814
    Expenses
    $8,504,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,795,703
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,093,304
    Expenses
    $7,665,147
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,275,628
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,120,673
    Expenses
    $7,978,240
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,654,670
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,283,402
    Expenses
    $6,934,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,552,652
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,545,607
    Expenses
    $6,304,588
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,330,605
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,599,185
    Expenses
    $6,853,477
    Assets (EOY)
    $989,021
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,441,957
    Expenses
    $6,349,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,259,058
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,021,916
    Expenses
    $6,021,151
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,119,893

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

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.