CENTRAL JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I80

Classification

1000

Street

317 GEORGE ST STE 201

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

• CENTRAL JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES (CJLS) IS A NONPROFIT LAW FIRM THAT SERVES LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF MIDDLESEX, MERCER, AND UNION COUNTIES. CJLS HAS ATTORNEYS AND PARALEGALS AS WELL AS OTHER SUPPORT STAFF IN FIVE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGIONS. OFFICES ARE OPEN MONDAY-FRIDAY, 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. THERE ARE PRIVATE ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE CLIENTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH INCOME LESS THAN 250% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. CJLS ATTORNEYS AND PARALEGALS PROVIDE CLIENTS WITH ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO PROTECT THEIR HOUSING AND INCOME, IMPROVE FAMILY STABILITY, REMOVE BARRIERS TO PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT, WIDEN ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND CJLS ASSISTS SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OBTAIN RESTRAINING ORDERS, SUPPORT AND CUSTODY. CJLS ASSISTS OTHERS WITH FAMILY ISSUES PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION. CJLS SERVICES OFFERS THREE LEVELS OF SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE CLIENT COMMUNITY AND RESOLVE INDIVIDUAL CLIENT PROBLEMS. FIRST, CASE HANDLERS PROVIDE LEGAL ASSESSMENT, ADVICE AND REFERRAL IN CASES WHERE THE CLIENT IS ABLE TO RESOLVE THEIR LEGAL PROBLEM ON THEIR OWN. INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTION FROM AN ATTORNEY OR PARALEGAL IMPROVES CLIENTS' ABILITY TO ADVOCATE ON THEIR OWN BEHALF AND ACHIEVE THEIR DESIRED OUTCOME. SECOND, IN COMPLEX MATTERS OR THOSE WITH SERIOUS LEGAL CONSEQUENCES, CJLS, PROVIDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND COURT PROCEEDINGS. FINALLY THE PROGRAM DELIVERS COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION TO THE TARGET POPULATION. THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND CLINICS, AND COORDINATION WITH OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER AGENCIES, CJLS RAISES COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF LEGAL PROTECTIONS AND PROVIDES COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS AND PROMOTE THEIR LEGAL INTERESTS. CJLS HELPS CLIENTS AVOID EVICTION OR OVERCOME FORECLOSURE, DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE TERMS OF THE LEASE, IMPROVE SUBSTANDARD HOUSING CONDITIONS, AND SECURE VITAL HOUSING SUBSIDIES. CJLS HELPED CLIENTS SECURE BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION, END CREDITOR HARASSMENT, DEFEND AGAINST FORCLOSURE, NEGOTIATE RESOLUTION OF DEBT, AND FIGHT UNFAIR AND ILLEGAL SALES PRACTICES. CJLS ASSISTED CLIENTS TO OBTAIN, INCREASE OR PROTECT IMPORTANT SOURCES OF INCOME FROM SOCIAL SECURITY, DISABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT, FOOD STAMPS, AND TANF, SO THEY COULD PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

  Expenses $13,024,682 · Revenue $716,083

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

  $15,047,866

  Expenses

  $14,896,352

  Contributions

  $14,235,513

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $13,016,717

  Expenses

  $12,953,519

  Contributions

  $12,194,027

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $13,261,580

  Expenses

  $11,318,137

  Contributions

  $10,075,104

  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

  $10,333,046

  Expenses

  $10,334,163

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,591,995

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,644,225

  Expenses

  $9,267,950

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,364,460

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,264,754

  Expenses

  $7,804,404

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,514,502

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,928,920

  Expenses

  $7,006,216

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,027,702

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,582,176

  Expenses

  $6,455,808

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,914,364

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,352,274

  Expenses

  $6,357,518

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,768,736

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,581,169

  Expenses

  $6,380,207

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,898,692

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,814,165

  Expenses

  $5,803,701

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,024,715

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,859,603

  Expenses

  $4,775,797

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,636,654

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $4,931,929

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,399,717

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 SERVICES OF NEW JERSEY INC

  $10,141,759

  2024 · GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:IOLTA BASIC GRANT $1,502,862IOLTA EATC $716,734STATE OF NJ SUBGRANT $5,884,840HUD $81,813STATE OF NJ - FILING FEES $1,377,937IOLTA STUDENT LEGAL INTERN PROGRAM $17,224AOC - HOUSING STABILITY INITIATIVE $102,200STATE FISCAL RELIEF FUND $308,187STATE FUNDING DROP TO PROGRAM $149,962

• LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW JERSEY INC

  $9,041,536

  2023 · GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:IOLTA BASIC GRANT $846,002IOLTA EATC $930,515STATE OF NJ SUBGRANT $5,794,907HUD $158,187STATE OF NJ - FILING FEES $1,231,245IOLTA STUDENT LEGAL INTERN PROGRAM $7,680AOC - HOUSING STABILITY INITIATIVE $73,000

• LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW JERSEY INC

  $7,360,763

  2022 · GRANTS/ASSISTANCE WERE AWARDED FOR THE FOLLOWING LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM:IOLTA BASIC GRANT $58,086STATE OF NJ SUBGRANT $3,640,733STATE OF NJ SUPPLEMENTAL $1,591,361STATE OF NJ - FILING FEES $1,196,559IOLTA STUDENT LEGAL INTERN PROGRAM $8,000CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE $35,234AOC - HOUSING STABILITY INITIATIVE $73,000STATE OF NJ FISCAL RELIEF FUND $757,790

• LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

  $1,970,255

  2022 · CIVIL LEGAL AID

• LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

  $1,970,255

  2023 · CIVIL LEGAL AID

• LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

  $1,869,464

  2024 · CIVIL LEGAL AID

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