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PORTAGE COUNTY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $67K · expenses $57K · assets $95K

EIN
39-1785895
Address
1578 STRONGS AVE 1ST FLOOR, STEVENS POINT, WI 54481-3523
NTEE code
I80
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
1994
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Mission

PROVIDING LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 13 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

13 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
James Haferman President2024-2025 4 $0 reported 1
Meg Erler Vice President2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Linda Check SEC/TREASURER2024-2025 8 $0 reported 1
Charmian Fournier Director2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Liz Kammer Director2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Kathleen Junion Director2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Stephen Sawyer Director2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Maurice Rice Director2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Nina Thumser Director2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Wendy Axt Director2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Jan Roberts Director2025 1 $0 reported 1
Karissa Friday (former) Director2024 1 $0 reported 1
Brian Formella (former) Director2024 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 11 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JAMES HAFERMAN President4 $0-- $01
MEG ERLER Vice President1 $0-- $01
LINDA CHECK SEC/TREASURER8 $0-- $01
CHARMIAN FOURNIER Director1 $0-- $01
LIZ KAMMER Director1 $0-- $01
JAN ROBERTS Director1 $0-- $01
KATHLEEN JUNION Director1 $0-- $01
STEPHEN SAWYER Director1 $0-- $01
MAURICE RICE Director1 $0-- $01
NINA THUMSER Director1 $0-- $01
WENDY AXT Director1 $0-- $01
2024 · 12 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JAMES HAFERMAN President4 $0-- $01
MEG ERLER Vice President1 $0-- $01
LINDA CHECK SEC/TREASURER8 $0-- $01
CHARMIAN FOURNIER Director1 $0-- $01
LIZ KAMMER Director1 $0-- $01
KARISSA FRIDAY Director1 $0-- $01
KATHLEEN JUNION Director1 $0-- $01
BRIAN FORMELLA Director1 $0-- $01
STEPHEN SAWYER Director1 $0-- $01
MAURICE RICE Director1 $0-- $01
NINA THUMSER Director1 $0-- $01
WENDY AXT Director1 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$67,175$56,653 $94,732$94,732 $64,676- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$64,048$54,583 $84,210$84,210 $61,793- ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $441,093 in all, tax years 2010 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
WISCONSIN TRUST ACCOUNT FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2010-2025 16$427,673 2025$70,290
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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC DAF sponsor Exact 2022 1$13,420 2022$13,420
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $56,653 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $36,866 65.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $15,315 27.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $4,350 7.7%
Printing, publications, postage $122 0.2%
Total$56,653100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $54,583 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $36,000 66.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $14,383 26.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $4,200 7.7%
Total$54,583100%

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