Public Charity

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in WASHINGTON, DC. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $572.8M, expenses of $585.4M, total assets of $208.1M. Imperigo tracks 31 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $1.2M.

EIN: 521039060 WASHINGTON, DC Legal Services NTEE: I80 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$572.8M
Total Expenses$585.4M
Total Assets$208.1M
Grant Records31
Funding Total$1.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

CONGRESS ESTABLISHED THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION (LSC) TO HELP ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SEEK REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES AND TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO OTHERWISE COULD NOT AFFORD LEGAL REPRESENTATION. CONSISTENT WITH THIS CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE, LSC'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE BY FUNDING AND SUPPORTING HIGH-QUALITY CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES.

Where $100 goes at Legal Services Corporation

How Legal Services Corporation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$97 Programs the work itself
$3 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $97 for programs

$91
Basic field grants
94% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 132 organizations
$3
Emergency disaster relief grants:provides supplemental funding to lsc grantees serving communities affected by federally declared disasters, enabling legal aid providers to respond to disaster related civil legal needs
3% of program spending
$1
Pro bono innovative funds:lsc awards pro bono innovative funds to lsc grantees on a competitive basis annually to develop, test and replicate innovative pro bono efforts that enable…
1% of program spending

Plus 3 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Abigail Lawlis Kuzma
VP, GOVT RELATIONS/PUBLIC AFFAIRS Carol Amy Bergman
CFO AND TREASURER Deborah Moore
VICE CHAIR Father Pius Pietrzyk Op
DIRECTOR Frank X Neunder Jr
DIRECTOR Gloria Valencia-Weber

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$632,698 17 grants
Research & Policy
$165,367 2 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$110,000 2 grants
Human & Social Services
$60,125 5 grants
Arts & Culture
$25,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $572.8M $585.4M $208.1M
2024 $577.1M $577.0M $190.7M
2023 $595.8M $583.2M $148.0M
2022 $535.7M $497.4M $127.4M
2021 $471.4M $471.8M $123.4M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $471.4M to $572.8M (+22%), with total assets most recently reported at $208.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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