2025-11-14T17:47:36-05:00 2025-06-30 990 2024-07-01 452980014 PHILADELPHIA LAWYERS FOR SOCIAL EQUITY PHIL 2675195323 230 South Broad Street Suite 1102 Philadelphia PA 19102 Jeffrey Eberly CFO 2154354286 2025-11-15 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Taylor Pacheco 230 South Broad Street Suite 1102 Philadelphia PA 19102 1306724 false X https: www.plsephilly.org X 2011 PA PLSE provides education to the public about the creation dissemination and destruction of criminal history records and the inter-generational harm those records cause; and partners with community organizations to help low-income individuals obtain expungements and pardons. 10 10 30 250 0 0 948525 1225724 31250 81000 44 0 0 0 979819 1306724 0 0 0 0 1147793 1009333 0 0 56457 226829 210169 1374622 1219502 -394803 87222 186612 275981 297381 299528 -110769 -23547 PLSE seeks a more equitable social environment for those with criminal records through individual representation strategic litigation community education research and advocacy. PLSE does this by seeking expungements in criminal court and pardons from the Governor educating elected business and community leaders; empowering and organizing under-resourced communities; and leading legislative administrative and systemic reform. false false 304970 0 343862 Criminal Records Expungement Project - Employers landlords financial and academic institutions professional associations licensing boards and others frequently use past criminal record histories to deny opportunities to qualified applicants. This happens even when the event occurred decades earlier or did not result in a conviction. This prevents many qualified individuals from achieving financial and social stability and negatively affects their families and communities. This is especially true for low-income individuals. In Pennsylvania only judges can expunge delete or seal remove from the public record criminal record information and many individuals cannot afford an attorney to assist with a process to which they are legally entitled. The Criminal Record Expungement Project addresses this inequality by providing pro bono legal assistance to low-income Philadelphians with criminal records. In FY2025 PLSE assisted 1,851 low-income individuals from all 47 residential zip codes in Philadelphia. We primarily use a community-based clinic model to engage new clients. We provided brief service information or referral and for those not income eligible for 416 people. And of the 1,851 individuals who came to us 1,435 became new clients. We filed a total of 6,973 expungement petitions. Approximately 96% of all such petitions are granted by the court. 464348 0 485009 Pardon Project - With few exceptions expunging a conviction first requires a pardon from the Governor. PLSE began the Pardon Project in 2018 when the process cost money and resulted in failure for over 90% of all applicants . Today thanks to reforms driven by PLSE the application is free online and written mostly in Plain English. PLSE accepted 310 new clients for pardon services in FY25. Its Pardon Project Steering Committee all with lived experience in the criminal justice system continues to thrive and serve as a source of community support for pardon applicants both PLSE clients and others. All participants completing an intake for the Criminal Record Expungement Project are also screened for pardon eligibility. 268295 0 296701 Community Education - PLSE conducted 15 training sessions for individuals interested in volunteering as Pardon Coaches. PLSE manages the website www.PardonMePA.org offering information to individuals and community groups statewide. 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CFO reviews with Executive Director. Once Executive Director has reviewed and commented Form 990 is provided and reviewed with the Finance Committee and then is provided and reviewed with all members of the Board of Directors. Once Finance Committee and the Board of Directors have reviewed and commented the CFO or Chair of the Board signs the final copy. Part VI, Line 12c The organizations Conflict of Interest Policy and Disclosure Statement is distributed in advance of the first meeting of the fiscal year of the Board of Directors and completed disclosure forms are collected at or before the meeting. New members are given the policy at orientation and their disclosures collected shortly thereafter. Part VI, Line 19 The organizations governing documents financial statements and Form 990 are available upon request and provided on website