Program areas at Community Legal Services
For 56 years, cls has provided the highest quality Legal assistance to low-income philadelphians, while also advocating locally, state-wide and nationally on their behalf for policy and legislative changes. Cls is widely recognized as one of the most sophisticated, respected Legal Services programs in the nation. It is also one of the largest and most experienced. In the past year alone, cls has helped almost 9,100 philadelphians, fighting consumer fraud and predatory lending, preventing homelessness, ensuring fair treatment in the workplace, and protecting women, children, and the elderly. Since its inception, cls has served hundreds of thousands of individuals at what is often the most critical time of their lives, while assisting millions more through ground-breaking policy change.
Who funds Community Legal Services
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Community Legal Services
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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Li Clavijo | Chief Financial Officer | | 2024-02-07 |
Deborah Freedman | Executive Director | $160,667 | 2022-11-11 |
Sharon Dietrich | Litigation Director and Managing Attorney Employment Unit / Litigation Director and Managing Attorney - Employment Unit | $145,250 | 2022-06-30 |
Amy Hirsch | Managing Attorney - North Philadelphia Law Center | $148,566 | 2022-06-30 |
Libardo Clavijo | Past Chief Financial Officer | $138,250 | 2022-06-30 |
...and 6 more key personnel |
Financials for Community Legal Services
Revenues | FYE 06/2022 | FYE 06/2021 | % Change |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $20,626,964 | $19,159,394 | 7.7% |
Program services | $142,908 | $354,522 | -59.7% |
Investment income and dividends | $4,677 | $4,888 | -4.3% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
Total revenues | $20,774,549 | $19,518,804 | 6.4% |
Organizations like Community Legal Services
Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
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New Mexico Legal Aid (NMLA) | 501(c)(3) | Albuquerque, NM | $12,124,263 |
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) | 501(c)(3) | Boston, MA | $12,493,790 |
Western Center on Law & Poverty | 501(c)(3) | Los Angeles, CA | $5,424,714 |
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) | 501(c)(3) | Silver Spring, MD | $6,143,829 |
Greater Hartford Legal Aid (GHLA) | 501(c)(3) | Hartford, CT | $5,301,215 |
Iowa Legal Aid | 501(c)(3) | Des Moines, IA | $11,242,929 |
Legal Services for New York City (LSNYC) | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $12,526,036 |
The City Bar Fund | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $7,750,390 |
The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County | 501(c)(3) | White Plains, NY | $16,389,074 |
Lawyers for Children | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $9,146,283 |
Data update history
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
July 11, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
July 8, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Crime and legal aid organizationsLegal service nonprofitsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Human servicesCrime and lawLegal services
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingReceives government fundingEndowed supportTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 1424 Chestnut St
- Philadelphia, PA 19102
- Metro area
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- County
- Philadelphia County, PA
- Website URL
- clsphila.org/Â
- Phone
- (215) 981-3700
- Facebook page
- clsphilaÂ
- Twitter profile
- @clsphilaÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 23-1671562
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 1966
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- I80: Legal Services
- NAICS code, primary
- 5411: Legal Services
- Parent/child status
- Central organization
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