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Filing year 2023

GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC

Boston, Massachusetts·EIN 04-2103907·3
Total revenue
$33.2M
Total assets
$54.9M
Total expenses
$25.5M
Reported officers
100
Mission

GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES (GBLS) IS THE PRIMARY PROVIDER OF FREE CIVIL (NON-CRIMINAL) LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THE ALMOST 341,000 LOW-INCOME PERSONS LIVING IN METROPOLITAN BOSTON TO HELP THEM SECURE SOME OF THE MOST BASIC NECESSITIES OF LIFE. OUR CLIENTS INCLUDE HOMELESS FAMILIES SEEKING ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SHELTER OR PERMANENT HOUSING, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ESCAPING ABUSE, FAMILIES FACING DESTITUTION, POOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING ILLEGAL OR INAPPROPRIATE EVICTION, LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS EXPLOITED BY MORTGAGE SCAMS, ELDERS INAPPROPRIATELY DENIED MEDICAL AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS, DISABLED INDIVIDUALS DENIED CRITICAL BENEFITS, LOW-WAGE WORKERS ILLEGALLY DENIED EARNED WAGES, AND VICTIMS OF TORTURE AND PERSECUTION SEEKING ASYLUM.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$255k
$281k
Base
$239k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Director of Finance / Clerk
$200k
$220k
Base
$199k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$1k
Sr. Attorney
highest compensated employee
$183k
$202k
Base
$144k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$31k
Managing Attorney
highest compensated employee
$179k
$197k
Base
$164k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Sr. Attorney
highest compensated employee
$177k
$195k
Base
$162k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Sr. Attorney
highest compensated employee
$174k
$192k
Base
$159k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Director of Development
$174k
$191k
Base
$130k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$43k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 93 unpaid individuals.

Up 4%
from 2022

From $246k in 2022 to $255k in 2023.

$246k
2022
$255k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$281k to $281k

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, 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

GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$27.5M
$23.3M
2022
$33.2M
$25.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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