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VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES PROJECT OF MONROE COUNTY INC

EIN 22-2462905 ROCHESTER, NY

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Revenue 2024
$3,199,347
Expenses 2024
$3,223,835

Program services were 88.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I80Z
Classification
1000
Street
ONE WEST MAIN STREET 5TH FLOOR

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

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • THE ORGANIZATION ADVANCES EQUAL JUSTICE IN GREATER ROCHESTER BY MOBILIZING A UNIQUELY LARGE, EXPERTLY MENTORED NETWORK OF 1,300+ VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS TO DELIVER FREE, HIGH-QUALITY CIVIL LEGAL HELP TO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD COUNSEL. EACH YEAR, OUR STAFF AND PRO BONO PARTNERS SERVE AND BENEFIT ROUGHLY 20,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH REPRESENTATION, CLINICS, AND ADVICE ACROSS CRITICAL LIFE-IMPACTING ISSUES-IMMIGRATION, EVICTION AND HOUSING STABILITY, DISCRIMINATION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD CUSTODY AND SUPPORT, BANKRUPTCY AND DEBT RELIEF, FORECLOSURE PREVENTION, EMPLOYMENT, ELDER LAW, AND MORE-ENSURING THAT FAMILIES CAN PROTECT THEIR HOMES, LIVELIHOODS, AND SAFETY.

    Expenses $2,863,967

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Barbara Laverdi Esq

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Danielle Mettler-Lafeir Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josie M Sheppard Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valerie Bradley Esq

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meghan M Dipasquale Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert D Hooks Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terria P Jenkins Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lesley E Niebel Esq

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Melissa Rivera CPA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katherine C Baynes Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Glenn Schieck Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adrian Neil Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristin Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon William K Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Funk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carla Palumbo Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori O'Brien Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liz Novak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tina M Foster

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $158,981
    From this org
    $144,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,219
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,762
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,906
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,313
    Filer's total
    $158,981
  • Mary Beth Conway

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $123,963
    From this org
    $110,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,220
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brian Jacek

    DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $155,242
    From this org
    $141,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,563
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,679
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,313
    Filer's total
    $155,242
  • Rashid Muhammad PhD

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $109,858
    From this org
    $106,658
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,200
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $3,199,347
    Expenses
    $3,223,835
    Contributions
    $3,162,577
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,591,739
    Expenses
    $2,581,983
    Contributions
    $4,587,416
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,275,287
    Expenses
    $2,620,932
    Contributions
    $2,274,543
    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
    $2,772,195
    Expenses
    $2,570,286
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,382,603
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,000,775
    Expenses
    $1,647,516
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,108,125
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,317,909
    Expenses
    $1,232,030
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,177,939
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,226,036
    Expenses
    $1,276,059
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,054,364
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,320,090
    Expenses
    $1,308,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,160,071
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,234,426
    Expenses
    $1,247,024
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,015,265
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,093,797
    Expenses
    $1,046,757
    Assets (EOY)
    $972,869
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $890,582
    Expenses
    $913,602
    Assets (EOY)
    $930,481
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $835,970
    Expenses
    $848,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $943,534
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $780,103
    Assets (EOY)
    $915,654

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.