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COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC

EIN 51-6000158 WILMINGTON, DE

Revenue 2024
$12,535,206
Expenses 2024
$10,243,568

Program services were 77.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I83Z
Classification
1000
Street
100 W 10TH ST STE 801

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).

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.

  • ODERAH NWAEZE ESQ

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • R ERIC HACKER ESQ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELEANOR KIESEL ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT LOCKE DO MPH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICOLE APPLEWHITE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM J CHAPMAN JR ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARMELLA KEENER ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL LOCKWOOD ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAUREN RUSSELL ESQ

    PRESIDENT ELECT/VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENISHA RINGGOLD ESQ

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JERRY HYMAN ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROL KING-RIES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHERINE ALTENEDER ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL ATKINS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $258,878
    From this org
    $200,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,737
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,141
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,774
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,963
    Filer's total
    $258,878

  • JAMES HAMILTON

    CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $172,853
    From this org
    $143,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,665
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,188
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,332
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,333
    Filer's total
    $172,853

  • JOHN WHITELAW

    LEGAL ADVOCACY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $153,156
    From this org
    $135,885
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,271
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,885
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,549
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,722
    Filer's total
    $153,156

  • WILLIAM MOLCHEN

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $174,834
    From this org
    $129,663
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,171
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,663
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,843
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,328
    Filer's total
    $174,834

  • KATHRYN VAN AMERONGEN

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $155,700
    From this org
    $126,136
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,564
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,136
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,766
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,798
    Filer's total
    $155,700

  • LAURA GRAHAM

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $170,874
    From this org
    $121,697
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,177
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,697
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,105
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,072
    Filer's total
    $170,874

  • TARA BOOS

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $169,549
    From this org
    $118,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,399
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,150
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,286
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,113
    Filer's total
    $169,549

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 — 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
    $12,535,206
    Expenses
    $10,243,568
    Contributions
    $12,168,066
    Grants paid
    $200,438
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,274,089
    Expenses
    $9,254,088
    Contributions
    $9,142,797
    Grants paid
    $130,757
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,525,145
    Expenses
    $8,314,738
    Contributions
    $8,444,945
    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

  • 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

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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

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 10 September 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.