KANSAS LEGAL SERVICES INC

EIN 48-0872528 TOPEKA, KS

Revenue 2025: $11,707,150
Expenses 2025: $11,756,695

Program services were 68.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 1000
Street: 712 S KANSAS AVE STE 200

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 · 2025

Mission

KANSAS LEGAL SERVICES IS DEVOTED TO HELPING LOW INCOME KANSANS MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF IMPORTANT LEGAL AND MEDIATION SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE ARE LEGAL AID IN KANSAS, PROVIDING EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE KANSANS.

LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS IN PUBLIC BENEFITS AND DISABILITY LAW, FAMILY LAW, FARM LAW, ELDER LAW, ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND CONSUMER AND HOUSING ISSUES

Expenses $7,610,614 · Revenue $259,323
RESOURCES FOR PARENT ADVOCATE PROGRAMS

Expenses $486,264

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Molly WoodMOLLY WOOD

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Karen HannemanKAREN HANNEMAN

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Kevin BirzerKEVIN BIRZER

DIRECTOR (BEG 10/25)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Marla WoodMARLA WOOD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Stacey BlakemanSTACEY BLAKEMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Nathan ElliottNATHAN ELLIOTT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Sara ZafarSARA ZAFAR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Jennifer PesinaJENNIFER PESINA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Tim O'BrienTIM O'BRIEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Jerry FairbanksJERRY FAIRBANKS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Amy BipesAMY BIPES

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Jim KetterJIM KETTER

DIRECTOR (THRU 10/25)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
William Bill OssmannWILLIAM BILL OSSMANN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Daren BruschiDAREN BRUSCHI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Christy CampbellCHRISTY CAMPBELL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Chris CareyCHRIS CAREY

DIRECTOR (BEG 1/25)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Carrie DavisCARRIE DAVIS

DIRECTOR (BEG 10/25)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Angela MeyerANGELA MEYER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Ben SwinnenBEN SWINNEN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Jared HiattJARED HIATT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.25
Abby FrancoABBY FRANCO

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0
Matthew KeenanMATTHEW KEENAN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$216,033

From this org

$201,668

From related orgs

$0

Other

$14,365

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$185,244

Bonus

$1,667

Other

$14,757

Deferred

$4,000

Nontaxable benefits

$10,365

Filer's total

$216,033
Misty PalmerMISTY PALMER

CFO (BEG 5/25)

Total calculated

$144,897

From this org

$135,000

From related orgs

$0

Other

$9,897

Hours/week

40
James MurphyJAMES MURPHY

CFO (THRU 5/25)

Total calculated

$83,385

From this org

$76,273

From related orgs

$0

Other

$7,112

Hours/week

40
Theresa Shively-PorterTHERESA SHIVELY-PORTER

RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT DIREC

Total calculated

$130,437

From this org

$117,849

From related orgs

$0

Other

$12,588

Hours/week

40

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

2025

Revenue

$11,707,150

Expenses

$11,756,695

Contributions

$11,386,244

Grants paid

$0
2024

Revenue

$10,584,393

Expenses

$10,842,415

Contributions

$10,354,894

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$9,975,700

Expenses

$10,010,148

Contributions

$9,649,061

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$9,146,176

Expenses

$9,045,856

Contributions

$8,835,961

Grants paid

$37,210

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2025	$11,707,150	$11,756,695	$11,386,244	$0
2024	$10,584,393	$10,842,415	$10,354,894	$0
2023	$9,975,700	$10,010,148	$9,649,061	$0
2022	$9,146,176	$9,045,856	$8,835,961	$37,210

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

2025 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2024 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2023 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2022 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$7,977,821

Expenses

$7,718,391

Assets (EOY)

$3,426,047
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$8,574,739

Expenses

$7,267,950

Assets (EOY)

$3,180,513
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$7,359,933

Expenses

$7,388,520

Assets (EOY)

$1,666,530
2018 · 990

Revenue

$7,219,309

Expenses

$7,272,377

Assets (EOY)

$1,576,665

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2025	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$7,977,821	$7,718,391	$3,426,047
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$8,574,739	$7,267,950	$3,180,513
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$7,359,933	$7,388,520	$1,666,530
2018	990	$7,219,309	$7,272,377	$1,576,665

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

KANSAS BAR ASSOCIATION

$37,210

2022 MOU FOR SERVICES

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

$4,114,826

2024 CIVIL LEGAL AID
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

$4,060,566

2023 CIVIL LEGAL AID
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

$4,002,636

2022 CIVIL LEGAL AID
KANSAS BAR FOUNDATION

$275,000

2022 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOMEOWNER'S ASSISTANCE
KANSAS BAR FOUNDATION

$275,000

2023 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOMEOWNER'S ASSISTANCE
KANSAS BAR FOUNDATION

$275,000

2024 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOMEOWNER'S ASSISTANCE
INDEPENDENCE CHARITABLE TRUST

$207,560

2023 ASSIST LOW INCOME PERSONS' LEGAL NEEDS.
INDEPENDENCE CHARITABLE TRUST

$202,700

2022 ASSIST LOW INCOME PERSONS' LEGAL NEEDS.
INDEPENDENCE CHARITABLE TRUST

$194,000

2024 ASSIST LOW INCOME PERSONS' LEGAL NEEDS.
KANSAS BAR FOUNDATION

$125,000

2024 INTEREST EARNED BY THE IOLTA PROGRAM GOES TO FUND PUBLIC INTEREST PROGRAMS.

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

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 2025 return

INDEPENDENCE CHARITABLE TRUST

501(C)(3) · GRANT PROVIDER · KS

Declared as related by

JACK GOLDSTEIN 1998 CHARITABLE TR

On its 2024 return
INDEPENDENCE CHARITABLE TRUST

On its 2024 return

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 11 November 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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.