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PINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE INC

EIN 01-0279387 PORTLAND, ME

Revenue 2024
$13,135,661
Expenses 2024
$11,040,521

Program services were 80.7% 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
88 FEDERAL 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF PINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IS TO ENSURE THAT STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS AFFECTING POOR PEOPLE ARE UPHELD, WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING THE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO JUSTICE FACED BY MAINERS WITH LOW INCOMES. TO ACHIEVE THIS MISSION, PINE TREE PROVIDES FREE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CASES WHERE IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ONE'S ABILITY TO MEET ONE'S BASIC HUMAN NEEDS OR IN ENFORCING ONE'S BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING ACCESS TO HOUSING, FOOD, INCOME, SAFETY, EDUCATION, AND HEALTHCARE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IS A STATEWIDE PROVIDER OF CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN MAINE. SERVICES RANGE FROM SELF-HELP MATERIALS TO FULL REPRESENTATION. PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO THE MOST SERIOUS CIVIL LEGAL PROBLEMS IN MAINE, INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.

  • GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES - PROVIDES CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW- INCOME INDIVIDUALS MEETING ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES WITHIN THE STATE OF MAINE.

    Expenses $8,067,765 · Grants $21,429

  • PRIVATE ATTORNEY INVOLVEMENT - OFFERS LEGAL REFERRAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE PRIVATE ATTORNEYS TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS MEETING ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES WITHIN THE STATE OF MAINE.

    Expenses $162,609

  • PROVIDER NETWORK - SUPPORTS TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AMONG VARIOUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND IS SUPPORTED WITH ANNUAL USER FEES.

    Expenses $416,978

  • TECHNOLOGY GRANT - TO PROMOTE FULL ACCESS AND HIGH-QUALITY LEGAL REPRESENTATION THROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY EXPENSES 85,278 INCLUDING GRANTS OF 0 REVENUE 0 VETERANS CONSORTIUM - SUPPORTS THE WORK OF THE STATEWIDE LEGAL WEBSITE. EXPENSES 35,000 INCLUDING GRANTS OF 0 REVENUE 0 PRO BONO INNOVATION FUND EXPENSES 144,020 INCLUDING GRANTS OF 0 REVENUE 0

    Expenses $264,298

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.

  • WENDY HARLAN ESQ

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARLOS DIAZ ESQ

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUSSELL ANDERSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELINOR MILLER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM BLACK ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRAVIS BRENNAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALYSSA BOELCSKEVY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH DICKERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAITLIN DIMILLO ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET LEPAGE ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HOPE HILTON ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAOLA MAYMI ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARCUS JAYNES ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • N JOEL MOSER ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CONSTANT KABUYENGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAWRENCE REICHARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD LADD SR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES RUDELITCH ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLIFFORD H RUPRECHT ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN B SEGAL ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF STANLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD SILLIBOY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN EMERY ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS FRITZSCHE

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $168,509
    From this org
    $126,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,009
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,500
    Filer's total
    $168,509

  • CHET RANDALL

    DEPUTY DIREC

    Total calculated
    $143,029
    From this org
    $115,434
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,595
    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $13,135,661
    Expenses
    $11,040,521
    Contributions
    $12,797,734
    Grants paid
    $21,429
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,659,038
    Expenses
    $9,559,365
    Contributions
    $9,502,446
    Grants paid
    $20,276
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,738,019
    Expenses
    $8,066,498
    Contributions
    $8,628,855
    Grants paid
    $61,278

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
    $7,436,990
    Expenses
    $7,057,405
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,455,659

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,964,971
    Expenses
    $6,388,684
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,684,851

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,369,818
    Expenses
    $6,473,799
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,424,166

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,559,072
    Expenses
    $6,413,910
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,185,957

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,537,510
    Expenses
    $6,142,899
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,337,805

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,473,850
    Expenses
    $5,583,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,826,831

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,585,122
    Expenses
    $5,442,034
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,020,724

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,848,149
    Expenses
    $4,986,297
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,586,592

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,755,674
    Expenses
    $4,904,935
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,747,003

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

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