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Filing year 2024

LEGAL ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC

Milwaukee, Wisconsin·EIN 39-1077192·NTEE I80 · Crime & Legal-Related·3
Total revenue
$17.1M
Total assets
$11.9M
Total expenses
$17.2M
Reported officers
35
Mission

LEGAL ACTION EXISTS TO PROVIDE CREATIVE, EFFECTIVE, AND HIGH-QUALITY LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND OTHERS TO WHOM IT WOULD OTHERWISE BE DENIED. WE ADVOCATE FOR EMPOWERMENT AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE TO HELP OUR CLIENTS REALIZE THEIR BASIC RIGHT TO A DECENT QUALITY OF LIFE. WE STRIVE FOR CLIENT AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN CARRYING OUT OUR MISSION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Director Legal Services
highest compensated employee
$183k
$197k
Base
$140k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$39k
Executive Director
$183k
$197k
Base
$150k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$28k
Chief Financial Officer
$182k
$196k
Base
$172k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Director of Litigation and Advocacy
highest compensated employee
$177k
$190k
Base
$153k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$24k
Managing Attorney
highest compensated employee
$171k
$183k
Base
$124k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$43k
Family Law Priority Coordinator
highest compensated employee
$158k
$170k
Base
$126k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$28k
Forclosure Def. & Prevention Proj. Atty
highest compensated employee
$148k
$159k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

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

Plus 28 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Crime & Legal-Related

Up 3%
from 2023

From $178k in 2023 to $183k in 2024.

$178k
2023
$183k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$197k to $197k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest 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

LEGAL ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$22.3M
$19.1M
2023
$17.1M
$17.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Crime & Legal-Related executives earn

Comparable crime & legal-related organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $87,538.

25th percentile
$53k
Median
$87,538
75th percentile
$136k
90th percentile
$201k

These are crime & legal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 864 organizations across 864 filings (2021 – 2023).

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