Carolina Immigration Law

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934406237
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Charlotte, NC, USA
Phone
7049657766
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Legal Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$952,109
Expenses
$978,092
Assets
$84,569
Liabilities
$3,000

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WAYNE SNYDER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • WAYNE SNYDER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $70,475 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provides immigration legal services to persons who are otherwise financially incapable of obtaining such services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Vialegal immigration is a tax-exempt charitable organization that provides affordable immigration legal services and education to working immigrant individuals and families who face financial, language, and informational barriers to obtaining qualified legal assistance. During 2025, the organization completed 368 immigration appointments, providing legal screenings, case evaluations, and individualized guidance regarding available immigration options and benefits. Through these services, 208 individuals and families (67% of those evaluated) were identified as having a viable legal pathway and received assistance in understanding and pursuing available forms of immigration relief. Vialegal immigration provided ongoing legal services resulting in the filing of 380 immigration applications and related legal matters, including military parole in place and military re-parole matters, employment authorization document applications, family-based petitions, humanitarian relief applications, naturalization matters, adjustment of status cases, temporary protected status applications, special immigrant juvenile status petitions, and other immigration-related filings. During the year, 151 immigration applications were approved, helping individuals obtain lawful immigration benefits, secure employment authorization, maintain family unity, pursue lawful permanent residence, and access humanitarian protections available under federal law. An additional 218 applications remained pending at year-end due to government processing timelines. In addition to direct legal services, the organization conducted immigration education and outreach activities, expanded multilingual communication channels, and worked to reduce barriers to qualified legal assistance through affordable service options and community partnerships. Through these efforts, vialegal immigration advanced its charitable mission by helping immigrant individuals and families understand their legal options, navigate the immigration system, comply with immigration laws and procedures, and pursue lawful immigration benefits that promote long-term family and economic stability.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 79% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 60
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $27.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 98.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 65.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -39.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.8% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $769K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.