PENNSYLVANIA LEGAL AID NETWORK
Mission Statement
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. OUR VISION We envision equal access to justice for those who have nowhere else to turn, where every low-income individual and family in Pennsylvania will have access to the full range of civil legal services and legal remedies. OUR VALUES We take pride in our strategic vision for a coordinated and compassionate, client-centered legal aid delivery system — a Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network that is capable of obtaining fair solutions for critical civil legal problems. OUR NETWORK The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) is the state’s coordinated system of organizations providing civil legal aid for those with nowhere else to turn. PLAN offers a continuum of critically needed legal information, legal advice and legal services through direct representation for low-income individuals and families who face urgent civil legal problems. These problems affect basic needs such as food, shelter, employment, consumer issues, health care, and family safety.
Financial Overview — FY 2025
Compared with Peers
FY 2025| Ratio | This org | Peer median | Position (P10 → P90) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Program expense ratio
Program expenses / total expenses
· higher is better
|
96.2% | 87.3% |
P10P90
|
Top quarter |
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Admin expense ratio
Management and general / total expenses
· lower is better
|
3.8% | 10.2% |
P10P90
|
Top quarter |
|
Fundraising expense ratio
Fundraising expenses / total expenses
· lower is better
|
0.0% | 0.4% |
P10P90
|
Top quarter |
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Operating reserve
Months of expenses covered by net assets
· higher is better
|
0.3 mo | 6.9 mo |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Liabilities to assets
Total liabilities / total assets
· lower is better
|
82.0% | 29.6% |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
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Revenue concentration
Share of revenue from the largest source
· lower is better
|
99.2% | 96.2% |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
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Revenue growth
Year over year revenue growth
|
23.9% | 5.1% |
P10P90
|
|
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Expense growth
Year over year expense growth
|
23.5% | 6.7% |
P10P90
|
|
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Surplus margin
Surplus as a share of revenue
|
0.2% | 3.4% |
P10P90
|
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets | Program % | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $50.2M | $50.1M | $1.4M | 96.2% | 14 |
| 2024 | $40.5M | $40.6M | $1.3M | 95.8% | 16 |
| 2023 | $39.4M | $39.3M | $1.3M | 97.2% | 12 |
| 2022 | $35.7M | $35.6M | N/A | — | 12 |
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