Legal Aid Society CEO salary and executive pay
Legal Aid Society paid its CEO, Twyla J Carter, $374,850 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $48,163 (14.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $439,700,805, up 5.7% from $415,813,177 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Legal Aid Society has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-5562265, New York, NY.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$374,850
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$404,385Scott A RosenbergGENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY
- Total revenue
- $439,700,805
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 3%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631269349301388.View the filing
Peers: the 207 other organizations on this site with revenue of $50 million to $500 million. Ranked 200th of 208 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.09% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
No one on the latest return was paid more than $500,000.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Scott A RosenbergGENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY | $404,385 |
| Dawne A MitchellCHIEF ATTORNEY - JRP | $383,789 |
| Justine LuongoCHIEF ATTORNEY - CDP | $381,237 |
| Twyla J Carter CEO ATTORNEY-IN-CHIEF/CEO | $374,850 |
| Lauren SicilianoCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $365,721 |
Also paid on the latest return: Adriene L Holder (CHIEF ATTORNEY - CIVIL), $344,043; Surya Sayed-Ganguly (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $315,789; Jason Wu (ATTORNEY-IN-CHARGE), $301,939; Louis S Sartori (CHIEF COUNSEL, PRO BONO PRACTICE), $298,679; Jamal L Johnson (ATTORNEY-IN-CHARGE), $279,797; Irwin Shaw (ATTORNEY-IN-CHARGE-BOROUGH), $273,278; Connie A Park (CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER), $271,862; Premali Shah (FORMER CFO), $148,431.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Richard F Albert (DIRECTOR), Deborah N Archer (DIRECTOR), Christopher D Belelieu (DIRECTOR), Barry A Bohrer (DIRECTOR), John K Carroll (DIRECTOR), Nancy Chung (DIRECTOR), Eva W Cole (DIRECTOR), Roger A Cooper (DIRECTOR), Sarah Coyne (DIRECTOR), Jenna M Dabbs (DIRECTOR), Mary Eaton (DIRECTOR), Mauricio Espana (DIRECTOR), Natasha I Fapohunda (DIRECTOR), Robert Finzi (DIRECTOR (FROM 12/18/24)), Edward Flanders (DIRECTOR), Jeffrey A Fuisz (DIRECTOR), Matthew Furman (DIRECTOR), Raj Gandesha (DIRECTOR), Elyse Glazer (DIRECTOR (FROM 12/18/24)), Jeffrey Glen (DIRECTOR), Mia N Gonzalez (DIRECTOR), Meaghan Gragg (DIRECTOR), Carol Greene-Vincent (DIRECTOR), Helen Gugel (DIRECTOR), Adam Hakki (DIRECTOR), and 39 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Twyla J Carter CEO ATTORNEY-IN-CHIEF/CEO | $374,850 | $439,700,805 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Twyla J Carter CEO ATTORNEY-IN-CHIEF/CEO | $326,687 | $415,813,177 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Twyla J Carter CEO ATTORNEY-IN-CHIEF/CEO (FROM 8/1/22) | $185,645 | $376,584,946 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Janet Sabel CEO ATTORNEY-IN-CHIEF/CEO (THRU 5/31/22) | $281,072 | $351,396,267 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631269349301388.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Scott A RosenbergGENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY | $287,717 | $116,668 | $282,306 | $0 | $5,411 | $44,346 | $72,322 | $404,385 |
| Dawne A MitchellCHIEF ATTORNEY - JRP | $289,478 | $94,311 | $284,068 | $0 | $5,410 | $26,297 | $68,014 | $383,789 |
| Justine LuongoCHIEF ATTORNEY - CDP | $289,516 | $91,721 | $284,106 | $0 | $5,410 | $21,128 | $70,593 | $381,237 |
| Twyla J CarterATTORNEY-IN-CHIEF/CEO | $322,150 | $52,700 | $320,503 | $0 | $1,647 | $23,400 | $29,300 | $374,850 |
| Lauren SicilianoCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $291,835 | $73,886 | $286,623 | $0 | $5,212 | $21,128 | $52,758 | $365,721 |
These figures come from Legal Aid Society's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Legal Aid Society compares
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Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
SRI International$1,440,820 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance$2,056,676 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
American Institutes for Research$1,647,659 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Environmental Defense Fund$1,233,884 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Aspen Institute$911,570 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Twyla J Carter (ATTORNEY-IN-CHIEF/CEO) was paid $374,850 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $322,150 from Legal Aid Society and $52,700 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Scott A Rosenberg (GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY), at $404,385. That is $29,535 more than the CEO, Twyla J Carter.
Legal Aid Society paid its CEO, Twyla J Carter, $374,850 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $48,163 (14.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Janet Sabel, paid $281,072. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $281,072 (Janet Sabel); June 2023, $185,645 (Twyla J Carter); June 2024, $326,687; June 2025, $374,850.
Legal Aid Society's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $431,317,714 and total revenue of $439,700,805 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $8,383,091. Expenses were $405,558,235 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 6.4%. The CEO's pay of $374,850 equals 0.09% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Legal Aid Society filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 6, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.