2024-10-24T06:34:12-05:00 2024-06-30 251622758 MAHER DUESSEL CPA'S 1800 LINGLESTOWN ROAD SUITE 306 HARRISBURG PA 17110 990 2023-07-01 251157129 NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION NEIG 4122556700 928 PENN AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA 15222 KRIS BERGSTROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4122556700 2024-10-24 1 0 LISA RITTER P00168809 7172321230 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z KRIS BERGSTROM 928 PENN AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA 15222 8295541 0 X WWW.NLSA.US X 1966 PA TO MEET THE CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS OF THE POOR AND VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EFFECTIVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND EDUCATION 38 38 99 236 0 0 8145384 8234614 1080 2 7212 9771 62414 51154 8216090 8295541 0 0 0 0 6877517 6977748 0 0 30123 1009383 1059780 7886900 8037528 329190 258013 3923615 3842864 1066721 727957 2856894 3114907 X THE MISSION STATEMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION IS TO MEET THE CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS OF THE POOR AND VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EFFECTIVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND EDUCATION. 1 0 7594041 2 NLS HANDLED 10,565 CASES DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. PRO BONO ATTORNEYS HANDLED 1,122 CASES. APPROXIMATELY 6% OF THE TOTAL CASES INVOLVED CONSUMER ISSUES, 35% INVOLVED FAMILY ISSUES (75% OF THESE WERE PFAS), 44% INVOLVED HOUSING ISSUES, 6% INVOLVED INCOME MAINTENANCE ISSUES (SSI, FOOD STAMPS, TANF, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION), 5% INVOLVED EMPLOYMENT ISSUES, AND THE REMAINING 3% INVOLVED SUCH ISSUES AS HEALTH, DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS, PROPERTY TAXES, AND ADVANCED DIRECTIVES. OF THE CASES HANDLED, 73% WERE FOR INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN 18 AND 54, 27% FOR INDIVIDUALS AGED 60 AND OVER, AND LESS THAN 1% FOR THOSE UNDER 18. MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE FEMALE (74%). FORTY-SIX PERCENT (46%) OF THE CLIENTS WERE WHITE, 46% WERE BLACK, AND 8% WERE OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS SUCH AS ASIAN, HISPANIC, AND NATIVE AMERICAN. NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS COMPRISED 1% OF OUR CLIENTS. 7594041 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 99 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 PA X RONNA MINEO NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION 4122556700 928 PENN AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA 15222 JOSHUA S STEIN ESQ PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 NICHOLAS W KENNEDY ESQ PRESIDENT-ELECT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH MAVERO SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SHELBY RAY ASSISTANT SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KAITLIN DICHIERA ESQ TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ROCHELLE JACKSON ASSISTANT TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JULIE R COLTON ESQ IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SYLVIA BASICH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KENT BEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID A BLANER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ERIC ABES ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KENNETH J HOROHO JR ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 UYI ENYENIHI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN A APEL ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LINDA VARRENTI HERNANDEZ ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM KOZICH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMEY C BELIN ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CAMERON S CROWE ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANTOINETTE CHAMBERS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY L JONES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ADRIENNE LANGER ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JUNE BURKEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KIMBERLY M BENNETT ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JACQUELINE ROBINSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KYLEE M CLARK ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH A PARKER ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KRISTINE A GREGA ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER T JONES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK A MAZZA ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFFREY POLLOCK ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOAN ZANGRILLI ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARGARET S COLEMAN ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JESSIE ALLEN ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAULA WEINER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MACKENZIE A BAIRD ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN MARIE AHMED DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHAUNTEL HARDY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 GRACE ORSSATTI ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KRISTINE BERGSTROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 130000 0 38439 130000 0 38439 1 0 1 0 0 8006092 228522 8234614 SEMINAR TRAINING 541100 2 2 2 9771 9771 4500 0 4500 4500 4500 MISCELLANEOUS 900099 46654 46654 46654 8295541 51156 0 9771 411180 254188 156992 4382469 4279536 87732 15201 1795219 1741209 48043 5967 388880 370439 17278 1163 188342 160341 25627 2374 15989 13739 2250 166670 158832 7410 428 217196 206957 9656 583 54674 52886 1788 79862 75291 4404 167 48290 48128 162 TELEPHONE 99677 94914 4428 335 OTHER 68621 68621 PRINTING & POSTAGE 58147 55756 898 1493 LIBRARY UPKEEP 45986 45986 16326 15346 980 8037528 7594041 413364 30123 378852 805777 2382365 1448386 543600 1103877 200675 53849 1712705 1486954 270417 225751 147706 205224 3923615 3842864 47722 63447 839387 457570 12419 20526 167193 186414 1066721 727957 X 2856894 3039907 75000 2856894 3114907 3923615 3842864 258013 0 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 5792135 7728383 7472326 8145384 8247614 37385842 5792135 7728383 7472326 8145384 8247614 37385842 37385842 4414 3206 3675 7212 9771 28278 -1717 25038 26302 63494 38156 151273 37565393 79835 0.99520 0.99610 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 X 1352905 1127154 225751 359800 359800 0 225751 RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS - OPERATING LEASES, NET OF ACCUMULATED AMORTIZATION 145296 CLIENT ESCROW 20526 RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS - FINANCING LEASES, NET OF ACCUMULATED AMORTIZATION 39402 205224 FINANCING LEASE 186414 186414 8836388 540847 540847 8295541 0 8295541 8578375 540847 540847 8037528 0 8037528 PART IV, LINE 2B: CLIENT DEPOSITS ARE HELD IN ESCROW BY NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION TO COVER COURT RELATED COSTS. X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KRISTINE BERGSTROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 130000 0 0 0 0 0 4550 0 33889 0 168439 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 WHILE ALL OUR SERVICES ARE SIGNIFICANT, NLS HAS EXPANDED OUR LAWYER OF THE DAY PROGRAM TO FOUR MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT COURTS. THIS IS A CHANGE IN THE WAY WE APPROACH EVICTION CASES, AS WE PREVIOUSLY LIMITED OUR REPRESENTATION TO CLIENTS WITH CASES ON APPEAL FROM THE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT COURTS TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, NLS PROVIDES A LAWYER ON SITE ON EVICTION CALENDAR DAY IN FOUR OF THE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT COURTS WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF EVICTION CASES. THE PROCESS STARTS WHEN A LANDLORD FILES AN EVICTION ACTION AGAINST A TENANT IN ONE OF THE FOUR COURTS. AFTER THE INITIAL EVICTION FILING, RENT HELP PITTSBURGH CONTACTS EVERY TENANT THEY CAN TO OFFER RESOURCE NAVIGATION, INCLUDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND REFERRALS TO NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES. WHILE SOME TENANTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SITUATION TO CONTACT NLS FOR AN INTAKE BEFORE THEIR COURT DATE, OTHER TENANTS SHOW UP AT COURT UNAWARE OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM. WHEN THAT HAPPENS NLS STAFF ATTORNEYS SET THE TENANTS UP FOR AN INTAKE WITH OUR PROGRAM AND THEN REFER THE TENANTS TO RENT HELP PITTSBURGH FOR HELP IN LOCATING RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER RESOURCES. TENANTS WHO DO NOT CONTACT NLS BEFORE THEIR COURT DATE, CAN APPLY FOR OUR SERVICES AND RECEIVE HELP THE DAY OF THEIR COURT HEARING THROUGH THE ATTORNEY AND PARALEGAL ON THE SPOT IN THE COURTROOM. THE ESSENCE OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT ANY QUALIFYING TENANT IN EVICTION COURT THAT DAY WHO NEEDS A LAWYER WILL RECEIVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION. THIS PROGRAM HAS PROVED HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN KEEPING TENANTS IN THEIR HOMES AND PREVENTING AN EVICTION ON THEIR RECORD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A ATTORNEY BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOMINATED TO THEIR POSITIONS BY LOCAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS, THE TWO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND THE WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH WHILE CLIENT BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOMINATED BY DESIGNATED CLIENT ADVOCACY GROUPS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B EACH COMMITTEE REPORTS THE DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE SUBSEQUENT FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. THE FORM 990 IS THEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C A CONFLICT QUESTIONNAIRE IS SENT TO BOARD MEMBERS EACH YEAR AND THESE ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT BY THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR COMPLIANCE AND PERFORMANCE FOR CONFLICTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 NLSA MAKES IT GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.