COMMUNITY LEGAL ADVOCATES OF NEW YORK: Form 990EZ, tax year 2024

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Organization: COMMUNITY LEGAL ADVOCATES OF NEW YORK (EIN 81-3629630)
Tax period: 2024-04-01 to 2025-03-31
Filed: 2025-07-22
IRS object ID: 202522039349201502
Schema version: 2024v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-07-22T10:36:26-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2025-03-31	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-04-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	813629630	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	COMMUNITY LEGAL ADVOCATES OF NEW YORK	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	COMM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5162106763	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	131 7TH AVENUE SUITE 355	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10011	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ANN DIBBLE	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5164002474	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-07-22	SignatureDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (1)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Schedule B Not Required	Yes (X)	ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Website Address	WWW.CLA-NY.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$11,168	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$668	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue	$10,500	ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Membership Dues	$0	MembershipDuesAmt
Investment Income	$0	InvestmentIncomeAmt
Sale Of Assets Gross	$0	SaleOfAssetsGrossAmt
Cost Or Other Basis Expense Sale	$0	CostOrOtherBasisExpenseSaleAmt
Gain Or Loss From Sale Of Assets	$0	GainOrLossFromSaleOfAssetsAmt
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses	$0	SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss	$0	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt
Gross Profit Loss Sls Of Invntry	$0	GrossProfitLossSlsOfInvntryAmt
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt
Total Revenue	$11,168	TotalRevenueAmt
Grants And Similar Amounts Paid	$0	GrantsAndSimilarAmountsPaidAmt
Benefits Paid To Or For Members	$0	BenefitsPaidToOrForMembersAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft	$53,319	SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$0	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint	$6,200	OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$975	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$13,346	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$73,840	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-$62,672	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$67,189	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$4,517	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$67,189	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,517	EOYAmt

Land And Buildings LandAndBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$67,189	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,517	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$67,189	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,517	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Exempt Purpose	FREE AND LOW COST CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	CLA ASSISTED 364 CLIENTS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. SERVICES INCLUDED DIRECT LEGAL ASSISTANCE, ADVICE AND COUNSEL, AND REFERRALS TO OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations	$0	GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses	$73,840	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$73,840	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
KEIKO CERVANTES-OSPINA
BOARD MEMBER, PRESIDENT AND ATTORNEY IN CHARGE	15	$24,000	$0	$0
ANN E DIBBLE
BOARD MEMBER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TREASURER AND SECRETARY	15	$24,000	$0	$0
EDWARD F DIBBLE
BOARD CHAIR	1	$0	$0	$0
BERLOTTE ANTOINE
BOARD MEMBER	1	$0	$0	$0
JOEL BENCOSME
BOARD MEMBER	1	$0	$0	$0
ROSEMARY VENTURA
BOARD MEMBER	1	$0	$0	$0
SAMUEL WACHTEL
BOARD MEMBER	1	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	Yes (1)	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	0	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	0	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	0	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend	$0	DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
Form1120 Pol Filed	0	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	0	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr	$0	TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization	$0	TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ANN E DIBBLE	PersonNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	131 7TH AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	SUITE 355	AddressLine2Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10011	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	5162106763	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	0	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	0	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	0	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (1)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$21,339	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$59,023	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$31,613	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$102,206	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$668	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$214,849	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$21,339	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$59,023	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$31,613	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$102,206	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$668	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$214,849	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$82,951	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$131,898	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$214,849	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$232,598	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.61391	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.61676	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16	Description;Amount^CABLE PHONE INTERNET;3092\|NONPROPERTY INSURANCE;1657\|EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES;6911\|OTHER MISC;1686^Total;13346^
Form 990-EZ, Part V, Line 33	IN AUGUST 2024, CLANY VACATED ITS PHYSICAL OFFICE SPACE AND STOPPED ACCEPTING NEW LEGAL MATTERS AS A RESULT OF ITS DECISION TO BEGIN TO CEASE OPERATIONS. CLANY HAS NOT YET FORMALLY CEASED ALL OPERATIONS OR TERMINATED ITS NONPROFIT STATUS, BUT EXPECTS TO DO SO DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.