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US nonprofit · EIN 030349316 · Burlington, VTiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 030349316) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Legal Services Law Line of Vermont Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$2.2m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$2.5m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$597k
$150k liabilities
Net assets
$446k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
3.9y av
Staff
20
178 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Legal Services Law Line of Vermont Inc's network

10 people3 organisationsi10 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (9) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

10 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Bessie WeissPresident2023
3 yrs
Chace JenningsTrustee2023
3 yrs
Erin Jacobsenleft June 2024Trustee2024
2 yrs
Jared CarterTrustee2023
3 yrs
Jessica OskiCompany secretary2018
8 yrs
Jill Martin DiazVice Preside2023
3 yrs
Michael RugglesTrustee2023
3 yrs
Olivia Smith-HammondTreasurer2020
6 yrs
Peter B Kuninleft March 2024Trustee2024
2 yrs
Victoria VIC WestgateTrustee2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Samuel Abel-PalmerExecutive Disince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Sam Abel-PalmerExecutive Di40$117k$47k
Jessica OskiPresident/Se2$0
Olivia Smith-HammondTreasurer2$0
Joe RonanVice Preside2$0
Laura J StillerTrustee2$0
Victoria Vic WestgateTrustee2$0
Michael SirotkinTrustee2$0
Michelle AndersonTrustee2$0
Michael RugglesTrustee2$0
Chace Jennings Left 062025Trustee2$0
Jared Carter Left 122025Trustee2$0
Bessie Weiss Left 032025Trustee2$0

About

Legal name
Legal Services Law Line of Vermont Inc
EIN
030349316
Address
274 North Winooski Ave, Burlington, VT, 05401-3976
State
Vermont
Mission
To provide legal services to as many low income vermonters as possible. Lsv will seek to increase the knowledge and understanding of low income vermonters through a variety of education strategies. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
I80 Crime and legal-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Crime & Legal-Related
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1996
Principal officer
Sam Abel-Palmer (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 March 1996
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

RelatedLEGAL SERVVermont Legal Aid Inc

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsJessica Oski
≥6years on the filingsOlivia Smith-Hammond
≥3years on the filingsBessie Weiss
≥3years on the filingsChace Jennings

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$597k
Total liabilities
$150k
Net assets or fund balances
$446k
Contributions and grants received
$1.7m
Program service revenue
$552k
Employees
20
Volunteers
178

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$2.2m$2.3mDeficit $50k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.