LAWYERS CLEARINGHOUSE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I80

Classification

1000

Street

7 WINTHROP SQUARE

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

• IN FY25, LAWYERS CLEARINGHOUSE LEVERAGED A STAFF OF 5 TO 6 TO MANAGE 1005 VOLUNTEERS WHO PROVIDED LEGAL SERVICES AND TRAINING WORTH OVER $15.6 MILLION TO 312 LOW-INCOME AND HOMELESS PEOPLE AND 216 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SERVING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION, STAFF ENGAGED 14 ACCESS TO JUSTICE FELLOWS WHO PROVIDED LEGAL SERVICES AND EXPERTISE FOR AN AVERAGE OF 10 HOURS PER WEEK FOR 9 MONTHS, AN ESTIMATED 5,500 HOURS OF PRO BONO, AT 12 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FELLOWS PROGRAM, WHICH MATCHES "A2J FELLOWS" (SENIOR AND RETIRED ATTORNEYS) WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING NONPROFITS, COURTS, AND PUBLIC SERVICE ENTITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS, FOCUSED ON INCREASING ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR PERSONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH. A TOTAL OF 612 VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED THE ORGANIZATION IN HOSTING LEGAL WORKSHOPS AND PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR NONPROFITS. THE NONPROFIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MATCHED 146 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH ATTORNEYS PROVIDING PRO BONO FULL REPRESENTATION ASSISTANCE AND NONPROFITS WITH ATTORNEYS PROVIDING ON-SITE REPRESENTATION ON MATTERS WITH FINITE SCOPE THROUGH CLINIC-STYLE CONSULTATION PROGRAMS; PROVIDED IN-HOUSE BRIEF COUNSEL TO 70 NONPROFITS; AND RAN 19 LEGAL WORKSHOPS FOR NONPROFITS WITH 769 ATTENDEES. FIRM PARTNERS REPORTED 7,708 HOURS OF LEGAL SERVICES BY 612 VOLUNTEERS (547 ATTORNEYS/65 NON-ATTORNEYS) WITH AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $7.9 MILLION. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE CLINICS TO HOMELESS AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS FACING CIVIL LEGAL ISSUES AND SEEKING CRIMINAL RECORD SEALING AND EXPUNGEMENT. 312 LEGAL CLINIC PROGRAM CLIENTS WERE SERVED BY 393 VOLUNTEERS AT 40 CLINICS. FIRM PARTNERS HAVE REPORTED 8,550 HOURS OF LEGAL SERVICE VALUED AT $7.7 MILLION.

  Expenses $692,299 · Revenue $7,555

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.

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

  $862,394

  Expenses

  $942,381

  Contributions

  $842,743

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $691,772

  Expenses

  $770,226

  Contributions

  $677,358

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $633,056

  Expenses

  $626,877

  Contributions

  $624,970

  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

  $681,539

  Expenses

  $579,379

  Assets (EOY)

  $728,241

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $546,374

  Expenses

  $464,396

  Assets (EOY)

  $632,960

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $459,300

  Expenses

  $497,081

  Assets (EOY)

  $493,258

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $469,073

  Expenses

  $520,898

  Assets (EOY)

  $433,688

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $448,535

  Expenses

  $464,720

  Assets (EOY)

  $502,087

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $490,586

  Expenses

  $415,001

  Assets (EOY)

  $509,332

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $574,894

  Expenses

  $381,018

  Assets (EOY)

  $417,794

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.

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

• FORGOOD INC

  $101,492

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• FORGOOD INC

  $96,061

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED

• FORGOOD INC

  $80,656

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED

• BOSTON BAR FOUNDATION INC

  $44,000

  2024 · SUPPORT LEGAL AID

• BOSTON BAR FOUNDATION INC

  $30,000

  2023 · SUPPORT LEGAL AID

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $28,900

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• PHILANTHROPY CONNECTION INC

  $25,000

  2022 · To provide funding

• MASSACHUSETTS BAR FOUNDATION INC

  $20,500

  2023 · Various

• BOSTON BAR FOUNDATION INC

  $20,000

  2022 · SUPPORT LEGAL AID

• MASSACHUSETTS BAR FOUNDATION INC

  $17,500

  2022 · VARIOUS

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

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