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COMMUNITY LEGAL ADVOCATES OF NEW YORK

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $11K · expenses $74K · assets $5K

EIN
81-3629630
Address
131 7TH AVENUE 355, NEW YORK, NY 10011-1802
Website
WWW.CLA-NY.ORG
NTEE code
I80
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2017
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Mission

FREE AND LOW COST CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Keiko Cervantes-Ospina BOARD MEMBER, PRESIDENT AND ATTORNEY IN CHARGE2021-2024 $24,000$132,000 1
Ann E Dibble BOARD MEMBER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TREASURER AND SECRETARY2021-2024 $24,000$132,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

5 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
Edward F Dibble BOARD CHAIR2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Berlotte Antoine BOARD MEMBER2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Joel Bencosme BOARD MEMBER2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Rosemary Ventura BOARD MEMBER2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Samuel Wachtel BOARD MEMBER2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 7 people listed · 2 paid, $48K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEIKO CERVANTES-OSPINA BOARD MEMBER, PRESIDENT AND ATTORNEY IN CHARGE15 $24,000-$0 $24,0001
ANN E DIBBLE BOARD MEMBER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TREASURER AND SECRETARY15 $24,000-$0 $24,0001
EDWARD F DIBBLE BOARD CHAIR1 $0-$0 $01
BERLOTTE ANTOINE BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
JOEL BENCOSME BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
ROSEMARY VENTURA BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
SAMUEL WACHTEL BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 7 people listed · 2 paid, $72K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEIKO CERVANTES-OSPINA BOARD MEMBER, PRESIDENT AND ATTORNEY IN CHARGE35 $36,000-$0 $36,0001
ANN E DIBBLE BOARD MEMBER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TREASURER AND SECRETARY35 $36,000-$0 $36,0001
EDWARD F DIBBLE BOARD CHAIR1 $0-$0 $01
BERLOTTE ANTOINE BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
JOEL BENCOSME BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
ROSEMARY VENTURA BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
SAMUEL WACHTEL BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 7 people listed · 2 paid, $72K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEIKO CERVANTES-OSPINA BOARD MEMBER, PRESIDENT AND ATTORNEY IN CHARGE35 $36,000-$0 $36,0001
ANN E DIBBLE BOARD MEMBER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TREASURER AND SECRETARY35 $36,000-$0 $36,0001
EDWARD F DIBBLE BOARD CHAIR1 $0-$0 $01
BERLOTTE ANTOINE BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
JOEL BENCOSME BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
ROSEMARY VENTURA BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
SAMUEL WACHTEL BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 7 people listed · 2 paid, $72K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
KEIKO CERVANTES-OSPINA BOARD MEMBER, PRESIDENT AND ATTORNEY IN CHARGE35 $36,000-$0 $36,0001
ANN E DIBBLE BOARD MEMBER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TREASURER AND SECRETARY35 $36,000-$0 $36,0001
EDWARD F DIBBLE BOARD CHAIR1 $0-$0 $01
BERLOTTE ANTOINE BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
JOEL BENCOSME BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
ROSEMARY VENTURA BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$0 $01
SAMUEL WACHTEL BOARD MEMBER1 $0-$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
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$11,168$73,840 $4,517$4,517 $668$10,500 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$160,621$105,681 $67,189$67,189 $102,206$58,415 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$94,868$107,759 $17,529$12,249 $31,613$63,255 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$113,738$108,282 $30,950$25,140 $59,023$54,715 ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $17,500 in all, tax years 2019 to 2020. 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
NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2019-2020 2$17,500 2020$7,500
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Where the money went

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $73,840 spent · pay $53,319 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $53,319 72.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $13,346 18.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $6,200 8.4%
Printing, publications, postage $975 1.3%
Total$73,840100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $105,681 spent · pay $77,524 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $77,524 73.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $18,277 17.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $7,668 7.3%
Printing, publications, postage $2,212 2.1%
Total$105,681100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $107,759 spent · pay $78,231 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $78,231 72.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $17,619 16.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,903 9.2%
Printing, publications, postage $2,006 1.9%
Total$107,759100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $108,282 spent · pay $77,508 · grants $0 · events $0
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Salaries, other pay and benefits $77,508 71.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $18,176 16.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $10,672 9.9%
Printing, publications, postage $1,926 1.8%
Total$108,282100%

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