VOLUNTEERS OF LEGAL SERVICE INC

EIN 13-3234630 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024: $2,728,303
Expenses 2024: $3,169,865

Program services were 74.6% 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: 40 WORTH ST RM 829

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

TO PROVIDE LOW-INCOME NEW YORKERS WITH ACCESS TO JUSTICE THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY, FREE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES. WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS AT LAW FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS TO OFFER COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION, LEGAL ADVICE, AND REPRESENTATION THAT MEETS COMMUNITY NEEDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE LOW-INCOME NEW YORKERS WITH ACCESS TO JUSTICE THROUGH FREE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES.WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS AT LAW FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS TO OFFER COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION, LEGAL ADVICE, AND REPRESENTATION THAT MEETS COMMUNITY NEEDS.

IMMIGRATION PROJECT - THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS TO HELP THEM PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND PERMANENT RESIDENCY SO THAT THEY CAN PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AND ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY.

Expenses $653,433 · Revenue $13,667
SENIOR LAW PROJECT - THE ORGANIZATION HELPS LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AGE 60+ BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL LIFE PLANNING DOCUMENTS. THESE DOCUMENTS ENABLE OLDER ADULTS TO MAINTAIN INCOME AND AVOID HOMELESSNESS, ENSURE THAT THEIR DYING WISHES ARE FULFILLED, AND ENABLE THEIR CAREGIVERS TO PROVIDE THE CARE AND SERVICES NECESSARY TO ACCESS HEALTH CARE AND AGE IN PLACE.

Expenses $501,587 · Revenue $20,000
MICROENTERPRISE PROJECT - THE ORGANIZATION HELPS EXISTING AND ASPIRING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND MICROENTREPRENEURS ACCESS HIGH-QUALITY FREE LEGAL SERVICES.

Expenses $420,406
INCARCERATED MOTHERS LAW PROJECT - THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES INCARCERATED MOTHERS WITH LEGAL ADVICE, INFORMATION, AND ADVOCACY IN CONNECTION WITH FAMILY LAW MATTERS.

Expenses $367,150
BENEFIT LAW PROJECTS - THE ORGANIZATION HELPS NEW YORKERS SEEKING PUBLIC BENEFITS WITH LEGAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH A HOTLINE AND REPRESENTATION.

Expenses $322,379
CHILDREN'S PROJECT (OTHER PROJECTS) - THE ORGANIZATION HELPS UNDER-RESOURCED FAMILIES RESOLVE LEGAL PROBLEMS THAT MAY IMPACT A CHILD'S HEALTH AND/OR ABILITY TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL.

Expenses $99,444 · Revenue $60,100

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.

KAREN ARTZ ASH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
ANTONY L RYAN

CHAIRPERSON

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
JEFFREY S TRACHTMAN

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
ALISON KING

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
ALAN R GLICKMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
BORIS BERSHTEYN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
BRET I PARKER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
BRYCE L FRIEDMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
CARRIE H COHEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
CHRISTOPHER MENDEZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
CYNTHIA MULLOCK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
CYRUS D MEHTA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
DANEK A FREEMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
DAVID LESSER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
ANNIE L MEHLMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
HEATHER RIPLEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
JAMES HR WINDELS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
JANE SHVETS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
JASON M HALPER

SECRETARY-TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
JOHN S KIERNAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
LISA E CLEARY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
PARVIN D MOYNE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
PATRICIA G CORLEY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
RACHEL M FRITZLER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
RICHARD D OWENS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$2,728,303

Expenses

$3,169,865

Contributions

$2,766,572

Grants paid

$0
2024

Revenue

$566,477

Expenses

$528,790

Contributions

$534,819

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$3,921,769

Expenses

$2,848,097

Contributions

$3,875,356

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$2,801,869

Expenses

$2,667,243

Contributions

$2,881,023

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$2,728,303	$3,169,865	$2,766,572	$0
2024	$566,477	$528,790	$534,819	$0
2023	$3,921,769	$2,848,097	$3,875,356	$0
2022	$2,801,869	$2,667,243	$2,881,023	$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

$2,872,280

Expenses

$2,572,990

Assets (EOY)

$2,664,841
2020 · 990

Revenue

$3,913,411

Expenses

$2,741,806

Assets (EOY)

$2,546,853
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,954,229

Expenses

$2,168,235

Assets (EOY)

$1,646,578
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,675,040

Expenses

$1,733,446

Assets (EOY)

$1,110,657
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,623,101

Expenses

$1,557,325

Assets (EOY)

$1,152,679
2016 · 990

Revenue

$1,414,001

Expenses

$1,540,398

Assets (EOY)

$1,067,239
2015 · 990

Revenue

$1,241,094

Expenses

$1,277,380

Assets (EOY)

$1,113,526

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$2,872,280	$2,572,990	$2,664,841
2020	990	$3,913,411	$2,741,806	$2,546,853
2019	990	$1,954,229	$2,168,235	$1,646,578
2018	990	$1,675,040	$1,733,446	$1,110,657
2017	990	$1,623,101	$1,557,325	$1,152,679
2016	990	$1,414,001	$1,540,398	$1,067,239
2015	990	$1,241,094	$1,277,380	$1,113,526

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

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

IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC

$145,625

2024 JUSTICE FELLOW
IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC

$140,000

2023 COMMUNITY & JUSTICE FELLOWS
IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC

$91,514

2022 COMMUNITY & JUSTICE FELLOWS
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

$91,500

2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS

$62,000

2024 FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
BROOKLYN LEGAL SERVICES CORP A

$51,752

2022 LEASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$51,450

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$51,000

2022 HUMAN SERVICES
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS

$50,000

2022 FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
UNITED WAY MIAMI INC

$37,720

2023 GENERAL SUPPORT

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.