EIN 52-1238912

The Women's Law Center of MD

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
20
City
Year formed
1971
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Legal advocacy center for women in MD providing direct rep, education, and legislative action to ensure safety, autonomy, and security.
Total revenues
$1,658,973
2023
Total expenses
$1,599,287
2023
Total assets
$1,697,833
2023
Num. employees
20
2023

Program areas at The Women's Law Center of MD

Protection order advocacy & representation project (poarp): poarp represents victims of domestic violence at protection order hearings in baltimore city, baltimore county and carroll circuit courts. The project's attorneys represent people who have been abused by an intimate partner (current or past boyfriend / girlfriend, current or ex-spouse) in proceedings to obtain protection orders, enforce protection orders through contempt, and modify existing protection orders. Multi-ethnic domestic violence project (medovi): The Center provides advocacy and education to survivors of domestic violence in immigrant communities though medovi. This project provides representation to foreign born victims of domestic violence in vawa self-petitions, vawa battered spouse waivers, interim u-visa applications, as well as in final protection order hearings around The state of Maryland. The medovi staff work with foreign born clients who have been abused by an intimate partner. Any person with a language barrier can access The service because of The Center's commitment to secure an appropriate language interpreter.collateral legal assistance for survivors project (clas) The clas project provides all of The above services of poarp as well as representing victims of domestic violence, in collateral, primarily family-law related issues, as time and resources allow. These collateral issues include advocacy (sometimes out of court) and representation in divorce and custody proceedings, landlord/tenant matters, replevin cases, and criminal accompaniments. Representation includes The full array of legal services, including discovery, depositions, retention of experts, when necessary, settlement negotiations, and litigation. By retaining The attorney-client relationship after The protective order hearing for collateral issues, clas can provide client-centered and culturally sensitive services and to prevent The re-traumatization of clients who would otherwise be forced to relive and retell their stories to new attorneys, or more often, cannot find representation at all for these on-going issues.
Judicare project: The judicare project provides professional legal representation in contested child custody and family Law cases to low-income litigants in baltimore county. The Center screens potential clients for eligibility. Clients accepted into The program are provided an attorney for their case.
Education: The Center's hotline is a free service to people with basic family Law questions such as "what are The grounds for divorce? Or "if i leave with The kids, can i still get child support?" The volunteer attorneys screen The clients for income eligibility and collect basic data required by The funding source, Maryland legal services corporation. Attorneys experienced in family Law staff The hotline. The employment Law hotline is a telephone service which will provide you with legal information about your rights in The workplace. The hotline will answer questions about many kinds of workplace problems including discrimination in hiring, firing, promotions or other working conditions; discrimination based on pregnancy; sexual harassment; family or medical leave issues; unpaid wages; contract issues; minimum wage and overtime violations; eligibility for unemployment insurance; or, being punished by The employer for having acted together with other employees to improve working conditions.

Who funds The Women's Law Center of MD

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Maryland Legal Services Corporation (MLSC)General Support$497,694
Venable FoundationGeneral Operating Support$10,000
David and Barbara B Hirschhorn FoundationGeneral Support$10,000
...and 4 more grants received

Personnel at The Women's Law Center of MD

NameTitleCompensation
Jessica MorganChief Operating Officer$84,714
Katie Curran O'MalleyExecutive Director
Kelly T SpencerVice - President / Board Member$0
Gina SneeSecretary and Treasurer$0
Meghan MarekVice President / Board Member$0
...and 2 more key personnel

Financials for The Women's Law Center of MD

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,627,906
Program services$9,461
Investment income and dividends$3,583
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-2,299
Net income from fundraising events$20,322
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$1,658,973

Form 990s for The Women's Law Center of MD

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-05-08990View PDF
2022-062023-05-15990View PDF
2021-062022-04-15990View PDF
2020-062021-05-11990View PDF
2019-062020-09-01990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
July 15, 2024
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $497,694 from Maryland Legal Services Corporation (MLSC)
July 14, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
December 31, 2023
Received grants
Identified 7 new grant, including a grant for $313,702 from Maryland Legal Services Corporation (MLSC)
July 9, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
July 1, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Crime and legal aid organizationsLegal service nonprofitsCharities
Issues
Human servicesWomen and girlsCrime and lawPublic policyLegal services
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsReceives government fundingEndowed supportGala fundraisersTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
102 W Pennsylvania Ave Suite 1
Towson, MD 21204
Metro area
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
County
Baltimore County, MD
Website URL
wlcmd.org/ 
Phone
(410) 321-8761
IRS details
EIN
52-1238912
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1971
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
I80: Legal Services
NAICS code, primary
5411: Legal Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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