Public Charity

NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICE INC

NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICE INC is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in NEW YORK, NY. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $55.2M, expenses of $53.2M, total assets of $24.4M. Imperigo tracks 35 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $2.2M.

EIN: 061296692 NEW YORK, NY Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$55.2M
Total Expenses$53.2M
Total Assets$24.4M
Grant Records35
Funding Total$2.2M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICE (NDS) PROVIDES HOLISTIC, CLIENT-CENTERED, COMMUNITY-BASED LEGAL SERVICES AND WRAP AROUND SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES IN NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOODS OF HARLEM, THE BRONX; WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN; AND IN THE TEXAS COMMUNITIES OF HAYS COUNTY, SAN ANTONIO, AND HOUSTON. OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE JUSTICE A REALITY FOR THOSE FARTHEST FROM ITS REACH AND WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF LEGAL CHALLENGES, WITH A FOCUS ON SYSTEMIC RACISM AND POVERTY.

Where $100 goes at Neighborhood Defender Service Inc

How Neighborhood Defender Service Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$85 Programs the work itself
$15 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 $85 for programs

$48
Nds provides free legal services to indigent persons, in the harlem office, nds has grown our criminal defense practice to include a homicide practice
57% of program spending
$24
In the detroit office, we began representing residents of detroit, michigan who have been charged with felony offenses
28% of program spending
$13
Nds texas provides free legal services to indigent persons through criminal defense
15% of program spending
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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

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Andrea Bridgewater
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Anthonia Ibe
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER Carolyn Klemens
BOARD MEMBER Damaris Hernandez
BOARD MEMBER David Kalaal
BOARD MEMBER David Sanford

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$786,408 16 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$573,503 8 grants
Health & Medicine
$196,000 6 grants
Education
$170,000 3 grants
Housing & Homelessness
$10,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $55.2M $53.2M $24.4M
2024 $46.6M $48.7M $8.7M
2023 $38.9M $42.0M $22.0M
2022 $29.2M $31.2M $11.8M
2021 $25.3M $25.4M $13.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $25.3M to $55.2M (+118%), with total assets most recently reported at $24.4M.

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

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