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Filing year 2024

CENTER FOR ELDER LAW & JUSTICE INC

Buffalo, New York·EIN 16-1118282·NTEE I80Z · Crime & Legal-Related·3
Total revenue
$8.6M
Total assets
$5.5M
Total expenses
$8.4M
Reported officers
25
Mission

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ELDERLY, DISABLED AND LOW-INCOME PERSONS IN THE WESTERN NEW YORK AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FREE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES. THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO USE THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO ASSURE THAT CLIENTS MAY LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND WITH DIGNITY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$299k
$322k
Managing Attorney
highest compensated employee
$156k
$168k
Senior Attorney
highest compensated employee
$151k
$163k
Chief Human Resource Officer
highest compensated employee
$150k
$162k
Chief Financial Officer
$134k
$144k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 20 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Crime & Legal-Related

Held steady
from 2023

From $297k in 2023 to $299k in 2024.

$297k
2023
$299k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 3% in real terms$331k to $322k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

CENTER FOR ELDER LAW & JUSTICE INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$8M
$7.8M
2023
$8.6M
$8.4M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Crime & Legal-Related executives earn in New York

Comparable crime & legal-related organizations in New York pay their highest-earning executive a median of $136,691.

25th percentile
$63k
Median
$136,691
75th percentile
$219k
90th percentile
$272k

These are crime & legal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 217 organizations across 217 filings (2022 – 2024).

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