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WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE LEGAL CENTER

EIN 23-2604575 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Revenue 2024
$461,170
Expenses 2024
$431,950

Program services were 100.0% 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
100 S BROAD ST STE 1341

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

THE WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE LEGAL CENTER PROVIDES FREE ATTORNEY REPRESENTATION, ADVOCACY AND TELEPHONE COUNSELING TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEEKING LEGAL PROTECTIONS IN PHILADELPHIA.

  • THE WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE LEGAL CENTER IS THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDER IN PHILADELPHIA SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE NATION. THE WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE LEGAL CENTER EMPOWERS WOMEN AND MEN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED TO NAVIGATE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BY PROVIDING ATTORNEY REPRESENTATION, COURT ADVOCACY AND TELEPHONE COUNSELING. EXPERIENCED STAFF MEMBERS WORK WITH VICTIMS TO SECURE LEGAL PROTECTIONS RELATING TO BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL MATTERS, INCLUDING PROTECTION FROM ABUSE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION ORDERS, CHILD CUSTODY AND CHILD SUPPORT. WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE ATTORNEYS HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN NAVIGATING LEGAL SYSTEMS AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A SENSITIVE MANNER THAT EMPOWERS CLIENTS. SEVERAL ATTORNEYS ALSO BRING SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE IN THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF DISTINCT SUBPOPULATIONS, SUCH AS VICTIMS OF STALKING AND VICTIMS WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS.IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE LEGAL CENTER SERVED 3,029 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. OVER THE PAST YEAR, ATTORNEYS PROVIDED FREE REPRESENTATION OR ASSISTANCE TO 1,401 INDIVIDUALS; COURT ADVOCATES SERVED 883 CLIENTS; AND PARALEGALS AND SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS PROVIDED LEGAL ADVOCACY, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO 1,303 VICTIMS AT CRUCIAL POINTS OF NEED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, INCLUDING IN THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT, THE GENERAL FILING UNIT OF PHILADELPHIA FAMILY COURT, AND FOR FAMILIES INVOLVED IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. THE WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE LEGAL CENTER ALSO PROVIDED TELEPHONE COUNSELING TO 1,021 CLIENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND PROVIDED SUPPORT TO 589 VICTIMS AT HIGH-RISK OF LETHALITY, FOLLOWING A 911 CALL.IN ADDITION TO ITS DIRECT SERVICES, THE LEGAL CENTER PIONEERS INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO REACH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND EXPAND ACCESS TO LEGAL SERVICES, INCLUDING: THE TELEPHONE OUTREACH PROJECT (TOP): A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE LEGAL CENTER AND THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, TOP PROVIDES FOLLOW-UP ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHO HAVE CALLED 9-1-1 AND ARE AT HIGHEST RISK OF LETHALITY. "FAST TRACK" ATTORNEY REPRESENTATION PROGRAM: TO PROVIDE EARLY INTERVENTION AND REPRESENTATION FOR MORE VICTIMS, WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE HAS STATIONED STAFF ATTORNEYS IN THE TWO COURT ROOMS IN PHILADELPHIA WHERE PROTECTION FROM ABUSE CASES ARE HEARD, OPENING ACCESS LIKE NEVER BEFORE. FAST TRACK ATTORNEYS CAN REPRESENT CLIENTS ON THE SPOT, CONNECTING THEM WITH LEGAL COUNSEL DURING A CRITICAL TIME OF NEED.

    Expenses $431,950

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.

  • AMY HIRSCH

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • ADAM GEER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • LESLIE MILLER GREENSPAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • ROBERT LICHTENSTEIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOANNA OTERO-CRUZ

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & PRESI

    Total calculated
    $203,081
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $182,280
    Other
    $20,801
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $182,280 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $2,465 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,336 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $203,081 related

  • SHEILA WEEKS-BROWN

    VP, FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $145,643
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $125,597
    Other
    $20,046
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

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
    $461,170
    Expenses
    $431,950
    Contributions
    $461,170
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $382,789
    Expenses
    $350,073
    Contributions
    $382,789
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $348,150
    Expenses
    $343,421
    Contributions
    $348,150
    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
    $341,264
    Expenses
    $308,707
    Assets (EOY)
    $181,214

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $310,595
    Expenses
    $327,498
    Assets (EOY)
    $147,645

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $332,766
    Expenses
    $324,525
    Assets (EOY)
    $176,978

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $319,500
    Expenses
    $296,878
    Assets (EOY)
    $136,123

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $343,312
    Expenses
    $296,590
    Assets (EOY)
    $187,688

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $253,616
    Expenses
    $299,054
    Assets (EOY)
    $81,302

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $298,600
    Expenses
    $298,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $190,725

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $306,660
    Expenses
    $281,581
    Assets (EOY)
    $158,245

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $286,740
    Expenses
    $287,809
    Assets (EOY)
    $97,780

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $283,791
    Assets (EOY)
    $290,477

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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