New York · Nonprofit
MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC
MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $151,299 to it, the largest being The Skadden Foundation ($151,299). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $151k
- Net assets
- $312k
What Main Street Legal Services Inc does
Mission
Through main street legal services, cuny law's clinical education program operates as a fully functional law firm within the law school, offering students a unique learning opportunity to practice public interest law, build lawyering skills, and gain hands-on experience in a supportive environment. Main street legal services through its educational program provides legal representation to people who otherwise would not have access to justice.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Main street legal services, cuny school of law's clinical educational program, operates as a fully functional law firm within the law school. Clinics offer students a unique educational opportunity to practice public interest law, build valuable lawyering skills and gain hands-on experience in a supportive environment. Clinics provide legal representation through its educational program to hundreds of people who otherwise would not have access to justice.
$9,218 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $9,218.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $283k to $350k (+24%).
How it's funded, over time
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0% of MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lisa Davis
Executive director
Board chair
Natalie Gomez-Velez
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $36k → $37k.
From the IRS filings of MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,894 international nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
18%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC?
- MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $151,299 to it, the largest being The Skadden Foundation ($151,299). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $151,299 in grants to MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC?
- The Skadden Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $151,299 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAIN STREET LEGAL SERVICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing