New Mexico Legal Aid Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$13.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$13.3m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$7.1m
$4.7m liabilities
Net assets
$2.4m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
19
5.3 years on average
Staff
128
285 volunteers
Chair observed
≥2 yrs
Karen Meyers Esq
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
New Mexico Legal Aid Inc's network
19 people3 organisationsi19 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (19). Violet dotted lines (3) 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
19 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 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Meyers ESQ Chair | Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Ashley Sanders | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Carlos Marentes | Vice Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| David Eisenberg | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Erika Pirotte | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Gerardo Gaytan | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Guadalupe Torrez | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| James Martin ESQ (also filed as James Martin) | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Joe Zebas | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Joy Applewhite | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| LUZ Valverde ESQ (also filed as LUZ C Valverde) | Company secretary | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Maria Garcia Geer ESQ (also filed as Maria G Geer) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Michael Reyes | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Naava Koenigsberg | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| OMA Jones | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Paul F Abrams ESQ (also filed as Paul Abrams ESQ) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Stuart Bluestone ESQ | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sunny Newman | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Torri Jacobus | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Agnes Maldonado | CFO-Prior | 2022 |
| Bill McIntyre | CFO | 2024 |
| Carol Garner | Attorney | 2023 |
| Deborah Varol | Attorney | 2024 |
| Earla Kaye Begay | CFO-Current | since 2022 |
| ED Marks ESQ | Executive Di | 2018 |
| Edna Sprague | Attorney | since 2023 |
| Evangelina Wechsler | Attorney | 2023 |
| Joel Jasperse | Attorney | since 2023 |
| Lewis Creekmore ESQ | Executive Di | since 2019 |
| Lisa Kuykendall | Attorney | 2023 |
| Lizzy Ratnaraj CPA | CFO | since 2018 |
| Michelle S Garcia | Attorney | 2024 |
| Rosalie Chavez ESQ | Interim Exec | since 2019 |
| Sonya Bellafont | Executive Di | since 2023 |
| William Addison | Attorney | 2024 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonya Bellafont | Executive Di | 37.5 | $150k | $16k | |
| Edna Sprague | Attorney | 37.5 | $117k | $26k | |
| William Addison | Attorney | 37.5 | $110k | $29k | |
| Michelle S Garcia | Attorney | 37.5 | $109k | $29k | |
| Deborah Varol | Attorney | 37.5 | $105k | $24k | |
| Joel Jasperse | Attorney | 37.5 | $103k | $29k | |
| Bill McIntyre | CFO | 37.5 | $92k | $21k | |
| Karen Meyers Esq | Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| Carlos Marentes | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| James Martin | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Luz C Valverde | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Paul Abrams Esq | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Joy Applewhite | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Stuart Bluestone Esq | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| David Eisenberg | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Gerardo Gaytan | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Maria G Geer | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Torri Jacobus | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Oma Jones | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Naava Koenigsberg | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Sunny Newman | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Erika Pirotte | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Michael Reyes | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Ashley Sanders | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Guadalupe Torrez | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Joe Zebas | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- New Mexico Legal Aid Inc
- EIN
- 850116950
- Address
- Po Box 254, Albuquerque, NM, 87103-0254
- State
- New Mexico
- Mission
- Provide legal assistance in proceedings or matters to persons financially unable to afford legal assistance in the state of new mexico, excluding san juan county. (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
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1954
- Principal officer
- Sonya Bellafont (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 1950
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsCarlos Marentes
≥8years on the filingsJames Martin ESQ
≥8years on the filingsMaria Garcia Geer ESQ
≥8years on the filingsNaava Koenigsberg
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $7.1m
- Total liabilities
- $4.7m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2.4m
- Contributions and grants received
- $13m
- Program service revenue
- $118k
- Employees
- 128
- Volunteers
- 285
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 | $13.1m | $13.3m | Deficit $160k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.