IRS 990 Nonprofit Profile
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp
Overview
MLAC’s mission is to provide leadership and support to improve legal aid in Massachusetts through collaboration with the legal services community, the public, the bar, and the legislature. The Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (MLAC) is the largest funding source for civil legal aid organizations in Massachusetts. MLAC also provides leadership and support for the continued improvement of legal aid to low-income people statewide through its initiatives. MLAC was established by the Commonwealth in 1983 to ensure that low-income people with critical non-criminal legal problems would have access to legal information, advice and representation. Our Mission.
The Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (MLAC) provides financial resources and leadership to strengthen civil legal aid statewide in Massachusetts. It receives funding primarily from the state budget and Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) funds and disperses grants to nonprofit civil legal aid organizations serving residents of Massachusetts with low incomes. MLAC also supports improvement of legal aid through initiatives such as Central Technology (technology services), Data and Analysis (collecting/analyzing scope and impact), Program Evaluation (peer-review grantee evaluations using ABA standards), and other efforts including communications, fellowships, and advocacy through partnerships like the Equal Justice Coalition.
- Sector
- Human Services
- Faith identity / affiliation
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- Official website
- http://WWW.MLAC.ORG
- Public contact
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Civil Legal AidMassachusettsLow Income RepresentationTenant Eviction Legal AidHousing / Eviction Legal Representation
Programs and Current Appeals
- Access to Counsel in Eviction Cases (ATCP)
Statewide program increases access to full legal representation for tenants and owner-occupants with low incomes in eviction proceedings.
Housing / Eviction Legal Representation · Massachusetts · United States · Current
Places of Operation
Public sources identify operations or appeals in 1 place.
Massachusetts
Official Sources and Evidence
This profile summarizes 4 official source pages and 80 evidence items alongside IRS Form 990 data.
Financials
- Filing year
- 2024
- Total revenue
- $82.3M
- Total expenses
- $78.3M
- Total assets
- $24.2M
- Program expenses
- $75.6M
- Administration
- $2.7M
- Fundraising
- $0
- Program share of expenses
- 97%
- EIN
- 42790762
- Sector
- Human Services
- Location
- Boston, MA
Leadership and Compensation
- Lynne Parker - Executive Director
- $293K
- Azim Mazagonwalla - CFO (until 10/2024)
- $226K
- Tobey Johnson - Technology Director
- $198K
- Patricia Swansey - Program Director
- $184K
- Michael Raabe - Program Director
- $172K
- Laura Booth - Program Director
- $164K
- Wendy Valentine - Program Director
- $152K
- Tenzin Bayul - Board Secretary
- $102K
- Richard Vitali Esq - Chair
- $0
- Carol Starkey Esq - Vice Chair
- $0
Officers, directors and key employees with total reported compensation, from Form 990 Part VII.
Governance
- Voting board members
- 11
- Independent members
- 11
Grants
- Grants to U.S. organizations and individuals
- $72.6M
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