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COMMUNITY HEALTH LAW PROJECT

EIN 22-2136004 SOUTH ORANGE, NJ

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Revenue 2023
$7,883,577
Expenses 2023
$7,706,981

Program services were 88.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E00K
Classification
1000
Street
185 VALLEY ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO DELIVER LEGAL AND ADVOCACY SERVICES TO THE DEVELOPMENTALLY AND MENTALLY DISABLED, THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED, THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED, PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS AND THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY.

  • COMMUNITY HEALTH LAW PROJECT, INC. (CHLP) PROVIDES LEGAL AND ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS, DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED CONSUMERS, HIV CONSUMERS, BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED CONSUMERS, DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CONSUMERS WITH OTHER PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, AND THE FRAIL ELDERLY. SERVICES INCLUDE: SECURING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY AND OTHER BENEFITS, RESOLVING FAMILY MATTERS SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, VISITATION AND SUPPORT, PROTECTING HOUSING AND PRIVATE RESOURCES, PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES AND OTHER LEGAL CONCERNS. SERVICES TO ADVOCATES, AGENCIES AND FAMILIES INCLUDES: IN SERVICE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. SERVICES TO THE HIV POPULATION IS SIMILAR TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS ASSISTED BY THE ORGANIZATION. HOWEVER, THE ISSUES MUST RELATE TO THEIR HEALTH CONDITION. THUS, ADVOCATING AND REPRESENTING CLIENTS IN THE AREAS OF HOUSING, INCOME BENEFITS, FAMILY, WILLS, SUBSTITUTE DECISION MAKING, DEBT AND FORECLOSURE, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS IS THE CRUX OF THE PROGRAM. THIS FISCAL YEAR, CHLP SERVED 2020 MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS, 212 CLIENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 302 CLIENTS WITH HIV, AND 156 BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED CLIENTS.

    Expenses $6,798,562 · Revenue $166,447

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Lawrence N Meyerson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ann Marie Burke

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sean M Bradley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Beth L Barnhard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ryan S Carlson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lorraine D'Sylva-Lee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paula A Franzese

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Harold Garwin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thomas C Jardim

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barbara Johnston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew B Joseph

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carmen E Cusido

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marsha M Moore

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amy N Jedele

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Antonia A Pancel-Cipric

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles F Rysavy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christina T Holder Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ryann M Siclari Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Louis R Franzese

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shana Siegel Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wayne D Vivian

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Franklin K Wyman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Erika Kerber

    PRESIDENT/EXEC. DIR.

    Total calculated
    $218,154
    From this org
    $167,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,506
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,648
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,535
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,971
    Filer's total
    $218,154
  • James Lorenz

    FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $143,179
    From this org
    $105,505
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,674
    Hours/week
    35
  • Stacy Noonan

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $125,998
    From this org
    $103,479
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,519
    Hours/week
    35

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,883,577
    Expenses
    $7,706,981
    Contributions
    $7,721,283
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,515,265
    Expenses
    $7,422,853
    Contributions
    $6,207,861
    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
    $6,893,133
    Expenses
    $6,758,225
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,320,628
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,510,576
    Expenses
    $6,626,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,920,515
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,533,993
    Expenses
    $6,570,726
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,016,032
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,482,549
    Expenses
    $6,286,166
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,095,288
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,785,251
    Expenses
    $5,824,740
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,769,738
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,928,264
    Expenses
    $5,810,402
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,912,997
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,818,107
    Expenses
    $5,541,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,686,771
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,308,605
    Expenses
    $6,279,068
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,487,237
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,272,551
    Expenses
    $6,195,014
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,569,067
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,983,129
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,357,635

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

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.