NEW MEXICO STATE BAR FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Z99Z

Classification

2000

Street

5121 MASTHEAD ST NE

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

• THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES LEGAL SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY THROUGH ITS LEGAL RESOURCES FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM (LREP). LREP ASSISTS INDIVIDUALS 55 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER IN FINDING LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR CIVIL LEGAL ISSUES BY REFERRING CASES TO VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO. LREP IS FUNDED THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AGING AND LONG-TERM SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AS WITH MOST CONTRACTS AND GRANTS, FUNDING IS SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE FUTURE CUTBACKS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO OPERATES THE MODEST MEANS HELPLINE WHICH IS A CIVIL LEGAL TELEPHONE HELPLINE FOR NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS OF MODEST MEANS. THE HELPLINE WAS CREATED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION, THE STATE BAR OF NEW MEXICO, AND THE FOUNDATION, AND IS FUNDED THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS. AS WITH MOST CONTRACTS AND GRANTS, FUNDING IS SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE FUTURE CUTBACKS.

  Expenses $1,380,220

• CLE IS A NEW MEXICO ACCREDITED CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION COURSE PROVIDER DEDICATED TO PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY, AFFORDABLE, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO THE LEGAL COMMUNITY. CLE OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INCLUDING LIVE SEMINARS PROGRAMS, LIVE LEGAL EDUCATION TELECONFERENCES, AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS, PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO MEET SPECIAL TRAINING NEEDS.

  Expenses $491,155

• BAR CENTER/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER (PDC)- THE BAR CENTER OFFERS USE OF ROOMS AS A SERVICE TO MEMBERS OF THE STATE BAR AT A DISCOUNTED RATE. THE ROOMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO RENT TO OUTSIDE GROUPS, CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PROVIDERS, AND LAW-RELATED ENTITIES.

  Expenses $114,212

• PRO BONO COMMITTEES- THE FOUNDATION ADMINSITERS FUNDING PROVIDED BY ATTORNEY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR USE BY THE PRO BONO COMMITTEES OF THE INDIVIDUAL JUDICIAL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO. SERVICES PROVIDED TO NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS INCLUDE QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME CLIENTS AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE. THE MODEST MEANS HELPLINE (MMH) IS A CIVIL LEGAL TELEPHONE HELPLINE AND PRO BONO REFERRAL SERVICE FOR NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS OF MODEST MEANS. MMH'S STAFF ATTORNEYS PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE OVER THE PHONE AND, IF APPROPRIATE, MAY REFER THE CASE TO PRO BONO ATTORNEYS FOR LEGAL ADVICE UP TO LIMITED OR FULL REPRESENTATION.

  Expenses $55,160

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.

• HON CARL BUTKUS

  PAST PRESIDE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• GERALD DIXON

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• STEFANIE DAVIS

  PRESIDENT-EL

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ELIZABETH TRAVIS

  SECRETARY-TR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ALLISON BLOCK-CHAVEZ

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MITCHELL MENDER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LUCY SINKULAR

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• STEPHANIE WAGNER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• ROSENDA CHAVEZ-LARA

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• RICHARD B SPINELLO

  EXECUTIVE DI

  Total calculated

  $184,244

  From this org

  $0

  From related orgs

  $162,583

  Other

  $21,661

  Hours/week

  1 + 59 related

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  —not reported + $146,340 related

  Bonus

  —not reported + $16,243 related

  Other

  —not reported

  Deferred

  —not reported + $21,661 related

  Nontaxable benefits

  —not reported

  Filer's total

  —not reported + $184,244 related

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

  $2,047,303

  Expenses

  $2,083,824

  Contributions

  $1,127,943

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,770,597

  Expenses

  $1,564,491

  Contributions

  $795,686

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,531,237

  Expenses

  $1,404,303

  Contributions

  $498,052

  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

  $1,346,209

  Expenses

  $1,072,510

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,272,594

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,231,514

  Expenses

  $1,114,168

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,130,770

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,320,837

  Expenses

  $1,327,819

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,498,592

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,424,454

  Expenses

  $1,381,757

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,523,745

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,343,343

  Expenses

  $1,500,041

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,308,817

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,374,198

  Expenses

  $1,547,708

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,132,460

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,186,507

  Expenses

  $1,329,487

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,117,252

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,142,797

  Expenses

  $1,301,700

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,398,321

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,055,157

  Expenses

  $1,205,040

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,132,950

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,221,988

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,076,025

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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.

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