Free Law Project 990 Health Check

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Program ratio

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Fundraising ratio

Admin ratio

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Public filing snapshot

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Total revenue$1,347,431

Contributions and grants$292,701

Program service revenue$1,037,242

Other revenue$0

Total expenses$997,897

Grants paid$0

Salaries and compensation$435,504

Program ratioNot reported

Fundraising ratio0%

Admin ratioNot reported

Total assets$1,097,414

Net assets$1,097,414

Total liabilities$0

Filing history

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990 2024

Revenue: $1,347,431
Expenses: $997,897
Program ratio: Not reported

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Program ratio: Not enough public data. Fundraising ratio: 0%. Admin ratio: Not enough public data.

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Mission and programs

We make the legal ecosystem for fair and competitive by a collecting, curating and supporting free, pulic and permanent access to primary legal materials b developing, implementing and providing public access to technologies c create an open ecosystem for legal research and materials and d support academic researchers and journalists

Public leadership

Public Form 990 officer rows; not a staff or contact directory.

William Palin

Employee

40 hours/week · Reportable compensation: $127,362

Michael Lissner

Ex Director

40 hours/week · Reportable compensation: $118,237

Jenifer Whiston

Employee

40 hours/week · Reportable compensation: $114,662

Brian Carver

Treasurer

2 hours/week · Reportable compensation: $0

Ansel Halliburton

Board Member

2 hours/week · Reportable compensation: $0

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Tax year 2024 · Source 202503159349306665 · Parser opportunity-intelligence-financials-v1

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