New York · Nonprofit
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,978,412 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC ($1,964,437). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What The Legal Aid Society of Rochester New York does
Mission
To provide direct civil legal services, including lay advocacy and related human services to adults and children. To ensure that those who seek justice have an opportunity to receive a fair and full hearing. To obtain legal solutions that have a beneficial impact on those who seek our services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The legal aid society of rochester, ny (lasroc) provides high-quality civil legal services and brief legal assistance to the most vulnerable individuals in our community. Lasroc also provides training and workshops to both members of the community and professionals at other community-based agencies. Every dollar invested in lasroc's services returns tenfold back to the community in savings for services such as shelter, domestic violence service provider costs, and costs associated with foreclosure and inappropriate evictions. Each year, lasroc represents an average of 8,500 children and adults, and tirelessly works to obtain an average of $3.62 million in savings, child support, and maintenance for our clients. In 2024-25, the interest on lawyers' accounts fund (iola) calculated that the overall estimated economic impact on the community by lasroc was $33.33 million.. Lasroc operates both a civil division and a juvenile justice division. The civil civision provides holistic legal services through family law, housing and consumer law, education law, and immigration law units. These services are predominantly provided in monroe, wayne, orleans, genesee, livingston, steuben, and…
$8,321,956 spentof which $330,050 as grants$151,522 earned by the program69% of program spendingThe juvenile justice division provides legal representation, advocacy, and legal counseling to youth in monroe and steuben counties. The attorney for the child (afc) unit is committed to ensuring that youth in monroe county family court have access to the highest quality legal representation, ensuring that their rights are protected and they have access to the services they need. Afc attorneys are appointed by an order of a family court judge to provide free legal representation to children in a variety of cases, including abuse, neglect, juvenile delinquency, persons in need of supervision (pins), custody, and visitations. Each of our afc attorneys utilizes their experience and knowledge to compassionately support youths facing these difficult situations.
$3,766,664 spent$47,212 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,088,620.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $4.1M to $6.2M (+50%).
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: 2017 87% · 2018 91% · 2019 90% · 2020 91% · 2021 89% · 2022 83% · 2023 89% · 2024 91% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Carla Palumbo Esq
President & CEO
Board chair
Chris Yuskiw
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $235k → $603k.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK’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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 86% · 2019 67% · 2020 61% · 2021 52% · 2022 56% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“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
50% of THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% 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
52% of THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.9M that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Organizations like THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK?
- THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,978,412 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC ($1,964,437). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $3,978,412 in grants to THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,964,437 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK 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 19 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