NonprofitsVolunteers Of Legal Service Inc

Crime & Legal-Related

Volunteers Of Legal Service Inc

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$2.7M

Total expenses

$3.2M

Net assets

$3.3M

Grants received

$5.3M

113 grants

EIN

133234630

Tax year

2024

Mission

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.

Programs

5 programs

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: $502K

Microenterprise project - the organization helps existing and aspiring small business owners and microentrepreneurs access high-quality free legal services.

Expenses: $420K

Incarcerated mothers law project - the organization provides incarcerated mothers with legal advice, information, and advocacy in connection with family law matters.

Expenses: $367K

Benefit law projects - the organization helps new yorkers seeking public benefits with legal assistance through a hotline and representation.

Expenses: $322K

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: $99K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$2.8M
Program service revenue$94K
Investment income$64K
Other revenue
Total revenue$2.7M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$2.5M
Fundraising$287K
Other expenses$680K
Total expenses$3.2M
Total assets$4.4M
Net assets$3.3M

People

44 listed

NameRoleCompensation

ABJA MIDHA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$205K

35 hrs/wk

BRET I PARKER

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

BRYCE L FRIEDMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

CARRIE H COHEN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

CHRISTOPHER MENDEZ

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

CYNTHIA MULLOCK

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

CYRUS D MEHTA

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

DANEK A FREEMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

DAVID LESSER

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ANNIE L MEHLMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

HEATHER RIPLEY

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JAMES HR WINDELS

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JANE SHVETS

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JASON M HALPER

SECRETARY-TREASURER

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JOHN S KIERNAN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

LISA E CLEARY

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

PARVIN D MOYNE

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

PATRICIA G CORLEY

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

RACHEL M FRITZLER

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

RICHARD D OWENS

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

GINA CASTELLANO

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

WILLIAM S HAFT

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

KAREN ARTZ ASH

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ALAN SCHOENFELD

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ANDREW J EHRLICH

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ANNE CORTINA PERRY

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

DANIEL IA SMULIAN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JULIET MURERIWA

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

STEPHANIE GYETVAN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

LEE M CORTES JR

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

NOLA HELLER

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

DIETRICH L SNELL

DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE)

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ROBERT J EGAN

DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE)

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ZEH S EKONO

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ANTONY L RYAN

CHAIRPERSON

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JEFFREY S TRACHTMAN

VICE PRESIDENT

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ALISON KING

PRESIDENT

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ALAN R GLICKMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

BORIS BERSHTEYN

DIRECTOR

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

PETER KEMPNER

LEGAL DIRECTOR

Staff

$152K

35 hrs/wk

AMY BONDEROFF

DIR, DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS

Staff

$130K

35 hrs/wk

STEPHANIE TAYLOR

DIRECTOR, INCARCERATED MOTHERS LAW PROJECT

Staff

$129K

35 hrs/wk

ANDREA TAN

PROJECT DIR-MICROENTERPRISE

Staff

$104K

35 hrs/wk

ELISA TUSTIAN

PROJECT DIRECTOR, SENIOR LAW

Staff

$101K

35 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 113 of 113

FromAmountPurposeYear
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$50K
IMMIGRATION PROJECT GEN SUPPORT
2024
$50K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$30K
VOLS SENIOR LAW PROJECT
2024
$25K
VOLUNTEERS OF LEGAL SERVICE IMMIGRATION PROJECT (IP)
2024
$24K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$11K
INCARCERATED MOTHERS LAW PROJECT, GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$7K
VOLUNTEERS OF LEGAL SERVICE (VOLS) MICROENTERPRISE PROJECT (MEP)
2024
$140K
COMMUNITY & JUSTICE FELLOWS
2023
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$92K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$50K
IMMIGRATION PROJECT GEN SUPPORT
2023
$50K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$38K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$36K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$30K
SENIOR LAW PROJECT
2023
$30K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$25K
VOLUNTEERS OF LEGAL SERVICE IMMIGRATION PROJECT
2023
$25K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$25K
IN ORDER TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES.
2023
$20K
Immigrant and Refugee Support
2023
$15K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$10K
LEGAL/SOCIAL SERVICES
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT.
2023
$8K
VOLS: LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO VETERAN-OWNED AND UNDERSERVED SMALL BUSINESS
2023
$900
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE
2023
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2023
$92K
COMMUNITY & JUSTICE FELLOWS
2022
$52K
LEASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
2022
$51K
HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$50K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$50K
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
2022
$40K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$40K
IMMIGRATION PROJECT GEN SUPPORT
2022
$30K
SENIOR LAW PROJECT
2022
$25K
VOLUNTEERS OF LEGAL SERVICE IMMIGRATION PROJECT
2022
$25K
IN ORDER TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES.
2022
$25K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2022
$23K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$20K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$15K
LEGAL/SOCIAL SERVICES
2022
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$15K
In support of VOLS continued efforts to provide free legal services to immigrant youth.
2022
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS.
2022
$7K
VOLS: LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO VETERAN-OWNED AND UNDERSERVED SMALL BUSINESS
2022
$6K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$1K
NYU EXECUTIVE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
2022
$500
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2022
$670K
Lease assistance program
2021
$50K
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
2021
$40K
IMMIGRATION PROJECT GEN SUPPORT
2021
$25K
Immigrant and Refugee Support
2021
$21K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$21K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$10K
Social services
2021
$10K
Social services
2021
$10K
HARD COSTS RELATED TO FACILITY RENOVATIONS AND PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT.
2021
$9K
GENERAL FUNDS
2021
$8K
VOLS ELDERLY PROJECT AND VETERANS INITIATIVE
2021
$5K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2021
$210K
VOLS LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED NEW YORKERS DURING RECESSION AND RECOVERY
2020
$125K
VOLS LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED NEW YORKERS DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
2020
$70K
JUSTICE FELLOWS
2020
$51K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$50K
General support
2020
$40K
IMMIGRATION PROJECT GEN SUPPORT
2020
$33K
In order to make contributions for charitable, religious, educational or scientific purposes.
2020
$30K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2020
$25K
VOLS ELDERLY PROJECT
2020
$25K
Immigrant and Refugee Support
2020
$25K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2020
$18K
GENERAL
2020
$10K
IMMIGRATION PROJECT
2020
$10K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2020
$10K
PURCHASE OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT.
2020
$8K
VOLS ELDERLY PROJECT AND VETERANS INITIATIVE
2020
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$5K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2020
$2K
General Fund
2020
$70K
JUSTICE FELLOWS
2019
$50K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2019
$31K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$416K
Commercial lease issues
2018
$10K
Social services
2018
$10K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$8K
MICROENTERPRISE PROJECT
2018
$6K
General Fund
2018
$7K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017

Funded by

$5.3M from 37 funders · 113 grants · 2017–2024

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A

$2.0M · 5 grants · 2018–2022

Immigrant Justice Corps Inc

$372K · 4 grants · 2019–2023

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc

$335K · 2 grants · 2020

Marty And Dorothy Silverman Foundation

$323K · 5 grants · 2019–2023

Rathmann Family Foundation

$220K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

The Ford Foundation

$201K · 4 grants · 2022–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$195K · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Boston Foundation Inc

$170K · 6 grants · 2019–2023

Details

EIN133234630
NTEE codeI80Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1985-02
Formed1984
Employees0
Volunteers69
VOLUNTEERS OF LEGAL SERVICE INC — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo