Metropolitan Public Defender Service Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$33.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$30.9m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$30m
$15.9m liabilities
Net assets
$14.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
6.7 years on average
Staff
273
7 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Roberta Phillip-Robbins
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Metropolitan Public Defender Service Inc's network
7 people1 organisationi7 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (1) 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
7 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 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta Phillip-Robbins Chair | Board Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Douglas D Morris (also filed as Douglas Morris) | Board Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Dr Thuy Tran | Board Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Hubert Mathews | Board Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Melissa Bobadilla | Board Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Peyton Lee | Board Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Whitney Boise | Board Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Macpherson | Executive Director | since 2019 |
| Chris Colburn | Chief Attorney | since 2019 |
| Dawn Andrews | Pcad County Director | since 2019 |
| Dean Arthur Smith | Capital Team Attorney | 2024 |
| Deborah Susanne Burdzik | Capital Team Attorney | since 2021 |
| Douglas Patrick Killian | Chief Attorney | since 2020 |
| Grant Joseph Hartley | Multnomah County Director | since 2022 |
| Gregory Benson Scholl | Director | since 2019 |
| Kathleen Dunn | County Director | 2019 |
| Lura Malcolm | Company secretary | since 2019 |
| Mary Catherine Bruington | Washington County Director | since 2019 |
| Sally Alworth | Controller (Beg. Feb. '23) | since 2023 |
| Seth Ivan White | Capital Team Attorney | since 2021 |
| Stephen Wynne Eberlein | Capital Team Attorney | 2023 |
| Tana Gutzka | Treasurer | since 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Macpherson | Executive Director | 40 | $193k | $25k | |
| Dawn Andrews | Pcad County Director | 40 | $184k | $13k | |
| Gregory Benson Scholl | Capital Team Director | 40 | $183k | $11k | |
| Dean Arthur Smith | Capital Team Attorney | 40 | $176k | $12k | |
| Grant Joseph Hartley | Multnomah County Director | 40 | $172k | $23k | |
| Deborah Susanne Burdzik | Capital Team Attorney | 40 | $164k | $23k | |
| Sally Alworth | Controller | 40 | $138k | $22k | |
| Lura Malcolm | Board Secretary | 40 | $79k | $17k | |
| Roberta Phillip-Robbins | Board Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Douglas D Morris | Board Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Melissa Bobadilla | Board Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Whitney Boise | Board Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Peyton Lee | Board Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Hubert Mathews | Board Trustee | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dr Thuy Tran | Board Trustee | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Metropolitan Public Defender Service Inc
- EIN
- 930591637
- Address
- 101 Southwest Main Street, Portland, OR, 97204-3228
- State
- Oregon
- Mission
- Our mission is to provide quality representation and zealous advocacy to each client, to conduct our work with professionalism and dignity, and to promote improvement in the administration of justice. (as filed on the Form 990)
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1971
- Principal officer
- Carl Macpherson (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 1971
- 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
≥7years on the filingsRoberta Phillip-Robbins
≥7years on the filingsDouglas D Morris
≥7years on the filingsDr Thuy Tran
≥7years on the filingsHubert Mathews
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
- $30m
- Total liabilities
- $15.9m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $14.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $32.9m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $564k
- Employees
- 273
- Volunteers
- 7
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 | $33.5m | $30.9m | $2.6m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.