Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
The mission of lshv is to provide high quality counsel in civil matters for low-income individuals, and families and other vulnerable persons who do not have access to legal representation.
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley at a glance
In short: Legal Services of the Hudson Valley gave $4.4M across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $1.5M), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $4,354,774
- +5.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 3
- -25.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,451,591
- +40.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $500,070
- Total assets
- $21,854,758
- +17.6% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Legal Services of the Hudson Valley funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 3 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Hudson Valley Justice Center Inc ($3.7M). Together the top 3 received $4.4M.
Grant Size Distribution
20 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 5 grants of 20 (25%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Legal Services of the Hudson Valley gives
- Giving grew 238% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $607K (2020) to $4.4M (2025). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $4.4M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hudson Valley Justice Center Inc White Plains, NY | Civil Legal Services | $3,733,731 |
| Pace University Briarcliff Manor, NY | Civil Legal Services | $500,070 |
| My Sisters Place Inc White Plains, NY | Civil Legal Services | $120,973 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $21,854,758 | $41,385,249 | $40,988,703 | $4,354,774 | 3 | $203,233 |
| 2024 | $18,586,593 | $39,145,521 | $38,756,190 | $4,134,459 | 4 | $158,341 |
| 2023 | $18,801,792 | $32,261,449 | $31,742,206 | $2,409,122 | 5 | $118,525 |
| 2022 | $16,021,588 | $25,652,419 | $25,352,261 | $1,288,339 | 4 | $115,154 |
| 2021 | $11,292,945 | $21,651,708 | $21,220,939 | $669,977 | 4 | $215,513 |
| 2020 | $11,192,186 | $19,899,197 | $19,843,654 | $606,760 | 4 | $40,869 |
| 2019 | $9,678,812 | $18,830,218 | $18,919,181 | $882,837 | 5 | $129,968 |
About Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
Based on IRS filings
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley is a public charity, based in White Plains, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $21.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $4.4M. Net investment income was $203K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley is led by Rachel Halperin, CEO since 2021 (on filings since 2019); 12 of 40 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Rachel Halperin
CEO
Cheif Program O → CEO, 2021
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$159K (2019) → $251K (2025)
Vicki Walcott-Edim
President
Secretary → Vice President, 2023
Vice President → President, 2024
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ray Sigel Simons
Senior Director Opera
Attorney in → Operations C, 2024
Operations C → Senior Director Opera, 2025
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$112K (2022) → $139K (2025)
Brian Payamps
Director Acc
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$137K (2023) → $147K (2025)
Jill Bradshaw Soto
Chief Program O
Attorney in → Chief Program O, 2022
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$115K (2019) → $194K (2025)
Joanne Sirotkin
Attorney in
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$109K (2019) → $156K (2025)
Melinda Bellus
Attorney in
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$115K (2019) → $158K (2025)
Myra Loewenstein
CFO
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$147K (2019) → $212K (2025)
Lara Kasper-Buckareff
Chief Oper O
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$163K (2022) → $201K (2025)
Rachel Saunders
Attorney in
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$118K (2022) → $148K (2025)
Sheeba Roy Mathai
Chief Eng O
Diversity of → Chief Eng O, 2024
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$127K (2022) → $145K (2025)
Christa Ring
Chief Hr Officer
Hr Director → Chief Hr Officer, 2024
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$137K (2023) → $149K (2025)
Jazmine Leon
Chief Development of
Development → Chief Development of, 2024
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$143K (2023) → $155K (2025)
Amber Jeunegens
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Charles S. Biener
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Clifford Weber
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Owens
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jane Rembert-Wigfall
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kerri Foley
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kiara Taylor
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nathalie Riobe-Taylor
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alison J. Plenge
Board Member
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Evelicia Rodriguez
Board Member
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Luis Rivera
Board Member
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard Gluckselig
Board Member
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Tarr
Board Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Rose
Treasurer
Board Member → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lorraine Lopez
Secretary
Board Member → Secretary, 2024
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nicholas Groombridge
Board Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Diana B. Kolev
Board Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Greg Blankinship
Board Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Murphy Ryan
Board Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tanya Southerland
Board Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Waleska Suero Garcia
Board Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alejandro Cruz
Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Briana Elliot
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Greg McLaughlin
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Kimura
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sima Saran Ahuja
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Dornfeld
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (39)
- Former: Corinna Carrillo (2019–2025) — Board Member · Filing note: Resigned 925
- Former: Christopher Cabanillas (2019–2024) — Board Member · Filing note: Until 424
- Former: Jane Sovern Esq. (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Jeremiah Frei-Pearson (2019–2024) — Board Member · Filing note: Until 424
- Former: Nelida Lara-Garduno (2019–2024) — Board Member · Filing note: Until 424
- Former: Russell M. Yankwitt (2019–2024) — Board Member · Filing note: Until 424
- Former: Sean Brady (2019–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Sidney Rosdeitcher (2019–2024) — Board Member · Filing note: Until 42024
- Former: Alejandro Cruzesq (2021–2024) — Vice President
- Former: Tina Hwa Joe (2021–2024) — Board Member · Filing note: Until 424
- Former: Sima Saran Ahujaesq (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Andrew Williams (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Sarmad Khojasteh (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Nelida Lara-Gardunoesq (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Frances Pantaleoesq (2019–2022) — President
- Former: Willie Wimbush (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Jaclyn Goldberg Esq. (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Erik Haas Esq. (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Jonathan Harris Esq. (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Paul Adler Esq. (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: William D. Marsillo Esq. (2019–2021) — Board Member · Filing note: Resigned
- Former: Maureen Fox (2020–2021) — Chief Development of
- Former: Alfred E. Donnellan Esqresigned (2021) — Past President
- Former: David L. Posner Esqresigned (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Dawn Bennett (2021) — Director of Accou
- Former: Eric L. Gordonesqresigned (2021) — Past Secretary
- Former: Vanessa Kaye Watson Esqresigned (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Alfred E. Donnellan Esq. (2019–2020) — President
- Former: Barbara Finkelstein (2019–2020) — CEO
- Former: David L. Posner Esq. (2019–2020) — Vice President
- Former: Eric L. Gordonesq (2019–2020) — Secretary
- Former: Justin Sher Esq. (2019–2020) — Board Member · Filing note: Resigned 10/2020
- Former: Kenneth Thompson (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Philip Halpern Esq. (2019–2020) — Board Member · Filing note: Resigned 10/2020
- Former: Sarah Chianese (2019–2020) — Board Member · Filing note: Resigned 920
- Former: Vanessa Kaye Watson Esq. (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Jonathan M. Kozakesq (2020) — Board Member · Filing note: Resigned 420
- Former: Jonathan M. Kozak Esq. (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Thomas Gabriel (2019) — Chief Development of
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $251K, to Rachel Halperin (CEO). 12 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
How much does Legal Services of the Hudson Valley give each year?
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley gave $4.4M across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $4.1M across 4 grants.
What is Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's typical grant size?
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's median grant in 2025 was $500,070, and its average grant was $1,451,591, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Legal Services of the Hudson Valley give grants?
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley gives mostly in New York: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there.
Does Legal Services of the Hudson Valley give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Civil Legal Services" (3 grants).
How large is Legal Services of the Hudson Valley?
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley reported $21.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $41.4M.
What is Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's EIN?
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-6265606. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 30, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 2, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 2, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 29, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 2, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 29, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 4, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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