Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
Donations deductibleRevenue
$50.2m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$50.1m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$7.6m
$6.2m liabilities
Net assets
$1.4m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
5.3 years on average
Staff
14
13 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
10
named in Part VII
Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network's network
13 people4 organisationsi13 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (4) 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
13 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 13 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Harberg ESQ | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Carla Payne-Harrison | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Dana W Chilson ESQ | Treasurer | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Hon Charity Grimm Krupa | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Hon Ronald D Castille (also filed as Hon Ronald Castille) | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Hon Stephen PB Minor | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Jamie R Schumacher ESQ | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Marsha White-Mathis | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| MAX W Laun ESQ | President Emeritus | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Regina M Foley ESQ | President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Rhodia D Thomas ESQ | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Rochelle Jackson | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Sonia Brookins | President-Elect | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
10 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Kirby | Director Resource Development | 2019 |
| Eric Marsteller | Dir. of Finance Beginning Mar 2025 | 2025 |
| James P Deangelo ESQ | Interim Exec Dir. Through Nov 2024 | 2025 |
| Jayme Cassidy ESQ | Executive Director | 2023 |
| Karen Stokes | Controller Thru | since 2019 |
| MAX W Laun ESQ | Executive Director Thru | 2023 |
| Meredith Rapkin | Exeecutive Director Beginning Dec 24 | 2025 |
| Patrick Cicero ESQ | Executive Director Beg. Feb. 2020 | since 2020 |
| Samuel Milkes ESQ | Executive Director Thru Jan. 2020 | since 2019 |
| Shannon Shaffer | Dir. of Finance Through Feb 2025 | 2025 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Shaffer | Dir. of Finance Through Feb 2025 | 35 | $147k | $50k | |
| Meredith Rapkin | Exeecutive Director Beginning Dec 24 | 35 | $16k | $4k | |
| Regina M Foley Esq | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sonia Brookins | President-Elect | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dana W Chilson Esq | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rochelle Jackson | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Max W Laun Esq | President Emeritus | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jamie R Schumacher Esq | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Hon Ronald Castille | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Marsha White-Mathis | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Allen Harberg Esq | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Carla Payne-Harrison | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rhodia D Thomas Esq | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Hon Charity Grimm Krupa | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Hon Stephen Pb Minor | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| James Deangelo Esq | Interim Exec Dir. Through Nov 2024 | 35 | $0 | ||
| Eric Marsteller | Dir. of Finance Beginning Mar 2025 | 35 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
- EIN
- 231892464
- Address
- 118 Locust St, Harrisburg, PA, 17101-1414
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Mission
- Pennsylvania legal aid network, inc. Is a client-centered organization that provides leadership, funding, and support to improve the availability and quality of civil legal aid and direct legal services for low income people and victims of domestic violence in pennsylvania. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- I80Z 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
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1973
- Principal officer
- Eric Marsteller (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 1974
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsHon Ronald D Castille
≥7years on the filingsMarsha White-Mathis
≥7years on the filingsMAX W Laun ESQ
≥7years on the filingsRegina M Foley ESQ
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $7.6m
- Total liabilities
- $6.2m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.4m
- Contributions and grants received
- $49.8m
- Program service revenue
- $136k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $47m
- Employees
- 14
- Volunteers
- 13
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $50.2m | $50.1m | $117k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
12 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Community Legal Services Inc | Provide legal services to public. | $10.6m |
| Midpenn Legal Services | Provide legal services to public. | $7.4m |
| North Penn Legal Services Inc | Provide legal services to public. | $6.4m |
| Neighborhood Legal Services Assoc | Provide legal services to public. | $4.7m |
| Legal Aid of Southeastern Pa Inc | Provide legal services to public. | $4.6m |
| Summit Legal Services | Provide legal services to public. | $3.6m |
| Northwestern Legal Services | Provide legal services to public. | $2.2m |
| Pa Institutional Law Project | Provide legal services to public. | $1.9m |
| Regional Housing Legal Services | Provide legal services to public. | $1.9m |
| Pa Health Law Project | Provide legal services to public. | $1.5m |
| Community Justice Project | Provide legal services to public. | $1.3m |
| Justice at Work | Provide legal services to public. | $1.1m |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 5 March 1973
- Registered agent
- Not stated
Officers (17)
- Allen Harberg Governor
- Carla Payne-Harrison Governor
- Charity Grimm Krupa Governor
- Dana Chilson Governor
- Dana Chilson Treasurer
- Jamie Schumacher Governor
- Maraleen Shields Governor
- Marsha White-Mathis Governor
- Regina Foley Governor
- Regina Foley President
- Rhodia Thomas Governor
- Rochelle Jackson Secretary
And 5 more on the state register. City and state of officers are not held in this extract.