Public Charity

NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES INC

NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES INC is a Public Charity headquartered in BUFFALO, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $16.5M revenue, $16.2M expenses, $7.7M total assets. 44 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $16.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 510198935 BUFFALO, NY Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$16.5M
Total Expenses$16.2M
Total Assets$7.7M
Grant Records44
Funding Total$16.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES, INC. (NLS) SEEKS EQUITABLE JUSTICE BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO LEGAL ADVICE, REPRESENTATION, AND EDUCATION TO THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHO, DUE TO FINANCIAL VULNERABILITY, DISABILITY, DISCRIMINATION, OR ABUSE, REQUIRE ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION OF THEIR CIVIL LEGAL RIGHTS. SERVING ERIE, NIAGARA, GENESEE, WYOMING, AND ORLEANS COUNTIES, NLS AIMS TO CREATE THE GREATEST ACCESS TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES TO PURSUE GOALS THAT WILL INCREASE BOTH THE STABILITY AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES.

Where $100 goes at Neighborhood Legal Services Inc

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

$87 Programs the work itself
$13 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 $87 for programs

$87
Neighborhood Legal Services, inc
All 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.

Sample Grants Received

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BANKRUPTCY FOUNDATION
2025
TO PROVIDE PROJECT SUPPORT FOR BANKRUPTCY TRAININGS FOR ATTORNEYS.
$10,700
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
2024
CIVIL LEGAL AID
$2,032,390
$503,688
$37,400
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BANKRUPTCY FOUNDATION
2024
TO PROVIDE PROJECT SUPPORT FOR BANKRUPTCY TRAININGS FOR ATTORNEYS.
$12,500

Showing up to 5 of 44 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER (STARTING JUNE 2025) Carina Schoenberger
CONTROLLER Cassandra Conniff
BOARD MEMBER (TO JUNE 2025) David Nelson
BOARD MEMBER Diana Bloom
SUPERVISING ATTORNEY Diana Proske
BOARD MEMBER (STARTING JUNE 2025) Elaine Diallo

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Civil Rights & Social Justice
$13,439,511 14 grants
General Support
$692,645 20 grants
Education
$142,082 3 grants
Research & Policy
$72,340 2 grants
Unspecified
$1,631,382 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $16.5M $16.2M $7.7M
2024 $16.6M $15.6M $8.3M
2023 $13.1M $12.9M $6.9M
2022 $9.3M $9.3M $6.3M
2021 $7.6M $6.9M $2.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $7.6M to $16.5M (+118%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.7M.

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

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