Brooklyn Defender Services

Civic and community
Brooklyn, New York
EIN 11-3305406
Tax-exempt since 1996

Firms paid: 3
Fees reported, 2020–2021: $502K
Fees reported in 2021: $242K
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $75.6M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2021

$242,313 to 1 fundraiser · $242,313 in professional fundraising fees on the return

Fundraisers Brooklyn Defender Services paid in 2021, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
Laurence a Pagoni and AssocFundraising	Fundraising	$242,313

Also among its largest contractors in 2021

From Part VII-B of the return, which lists its five best-paid contractors of any kind paid over $100,000. These can repeat the lines above.

LAPA FundraisingCapital campaignsFundraising$225,987

All firms paid

Fundraisers Brooklyn Defender Services reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
Laurence a Pagoni Associa	2020	$259,430
Laurence a Pagoni and Assoc	2021	$242,313

Form 990 Snapshot

Brooklyn Defender Services's Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2022	$75.6M	$75.7M	$347K	$0K
2021	$68.1M	$68.1M	$340K	$242K
2020	$60.7M	$60.7M	$364K	$259K
2019	$61.5M	$61.3M	$105K	$7K
2018	$49.1M	$49.2M	$56K	$0K
2017	$42.1M	$42.1M	$52K	$0K

Fees are what Brooklyn Defender Services reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.