New York · Nonprofit
QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION
QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $283,819 to it, the largest being THE MERINGOFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($95,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $32M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $284k
- Net assets
- $15M
What Queens Law Associates Not-For-Profit Corporation does
Mission
Queens law associates provide criminal defense services to indigent individuals within queens county. The sole source of revenue is from its law practice that is derived from contracts with the state and city of new york.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In july 2024 queens defenders began providing legal services in queens housing court through a contract with the department of social services/ office of civil justice. Queens defenders provides legal representation to 1,500 individuals facing eviction proceedings. In addition to housing attorneys, clients are paired with a housing navigator to help them find stable, affordable housing and relieve caseloads in housing court.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Criminal defense service:provide criminal defense services to indigent individuals within queens county. The sole source of revenue is from its law practice that is derived from contracts with the state and city of new york. The agency's mission is to fight for justice every day for every client. Since our founding in 1996, the agency has served more than 450,000 people involved in major trials and homicides, family court issues including domestic violence, treatment court cases, youth felonies, and immigration court. In 2020 the agency launched rockaway community justice center which provides a community-based alternative to criminal court for youth offenders in the rockaway who have committed non-violent felonies and misdemeanors. Queens defenders created the rcjc on the premise of restorative justicethat young offenders deserve a second chance, and that with the right kind of support, they can go on to live productive, fulfilling lives. Rcjc is a partnership among queens defenders, local nypd precincts, and the queens district attorney's office.
$26,261,739 spent$29,525,505 earned by the program94% of program spendingAnti-eviction representation: in july 2024 queens defenders began providing legal services in queens housing court through a contract with the department of social services/ office of civil justice. Queens defenders provides legal representation to 1,500 individuals facing eviction proceedings. In addition to housing attorneys, clients are paired with a housing navigator to help them find stable, affordable housing and relieve caseloads in housing court.
$1,384,663 spent$1,598,623 earned by the program5% of program spendingYouth program service: in 2013 the agency launched youth diversion programs to help young people develop critical life skills, improve emotional and physical health, and enhance educational and professional opportunities to build successful lives. Our youth and community outreach programs include youth justice court, youth mentoring program, after school activities at the rockaways & jamaica justice centers, and domestic violence and empowerment program ("dove") for domestic violence survivors and their family members. Queens defenders food pantry launched in the spring of 2020 in response to the covid-19 pandemic, queens defenders distributes over 25,000 boxes of food annually to residents of the rockaways and other southeast queens communities. Since the establishment of our food pantry in 2020, queens defenders has provided healthy and fresh food to over 140,000 individuals and families throughout the borough. In addition to our on-site food pantry and deliveries, queens defenders holds "pop-up" food pantry and special holiday events events. We are committed to continuing this program and ensuring our borough's most vulnerable residents and families have access to nutritious…
$285,496 spent$230,365 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,931,898.
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 2022 to 2023, from $21M to $42M (+107%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Doneath Powell
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $84k → $54k.
From the IRS filings of QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 12 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 36% · 2021 33% · 2022 45% · 2023 37% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
88% of QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION'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
QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION's revenue grew 91% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 crime & legal nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION
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.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION?
- QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $283,819 to it, the largest being THE MERINGOFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($95,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $283,819 in grants to QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION?
- THE MERINGOFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $95,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like QUEENS LAW ASSOCIATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION 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 12 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing