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Filing year 2024

NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES INC

Buffalo, New York·EIN 51-0198935·3
Total revenue
$16.6M
Total assets
$8.3M
Total expenses
$15.6M
Reported officers
23
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.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$275k
$297k
Base
$254k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$21k
Deputy Director
director (operational)
$175k
$189k
Base
$166k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Director of Finance
$169k
$183k
Base
$159k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$10k
Deputy Director
director (operational)
$155k
$167k
Base
$137k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$17k
Assistant Supervising Attorney
highest compensated employee
$152k
$164k
Base
$115k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$37k
Managing Attorney
highest compensated employee
$146k
$157k
Controller
highest compensated employee
$134k
$144k
Director of Human Resource
highest compensated employee
$133k
$144k
Managing Attorney - Lockport
highest compensated employee
$130k
$140k

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 14 unpaid individuals.

Up 61%
from 2023

From $171k in 2023 to $275k in 2024.

$171k
2023
$275k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 56% in real terms$191k to $297k

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

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

RevenueExpenses
$13.1M
$12.9M
2023
$16.6M
$15.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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