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← THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF COLUMBUS

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF COLUMBUS.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,972,353
Total expenses
$11,235,665
Contributions and grants received
$11,435,803
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$338,790
Investment income
$204,776
Other revenue
-$7,016
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,611,967
Management and general expenses
$1,386,057
Fundraising expenses
$237,641
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,611,967

Program services were 85.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $144,869

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $48,445

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $2,388,444

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,432,212

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $421,833

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SHARED SERVICES

    total $267,748 · related or exempt $267,748

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY FEES

    total $41,151 · related or exempt $41,151

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $29,891 · related or exempt $29,891

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $211,872 · excluded $211,872

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $105,589

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $112,685

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$7,096

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$7,096 · excluded -$7,096

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,042

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $48,445

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $10,058

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$7,016 · excluded -$7,016

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,903,299 · program services $5,023,004 · management and general $748,283 · fundraising $132,012

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $336,062 · program services $287,626 · management and general $39,602 · fundraising $8,834

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,747,980 · program services $1,496,047 · management and general $205,985 · fundraising $45,948

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $464,747 · program services $397,764 · management and general $54,766 · fundraising $12,217

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,280 · program services $8,120 · management and general $981 · fundraising $179

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $83,249 · program services $29,104 · management and general $53,503 · fundraising $642

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $20,774 · management and general $20,774

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,297,030 · program services $1,134,900 · management and general $137,097 · fundraising $25,033

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $213,194 · program services $187,485 · management and general $21,740 · fundraising $3,969

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $45,096 · program services $39,459 · management and general $4,767 · fundraising $870

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $717,870 · program services $636,937 · management and general $76,942 · fundraising $3,991

  • 17 · Travel

    total $74,012 · program services $64,761 · management and general $7,823 · fundraising $1,428

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $45,710 · program services $39,996 · management and general $4,832 · fundraising $882

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $27,420 · program services $23,993 · management and general $2,898 · fundraising $529

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $37,210 · program services $32,559 · management and general $3,933 · fundraising $718

  • 24a · Other expenses: LITIGATION COSTS

    total $93,935 · program services $93,935 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES

    total $60,606 · program services $60,606 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $38,033 · program services $38,033 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,158 · program services $17,638 · management and general $2,131 · fundraising $389

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,412,718 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $944,011 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $86,727 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $132,148 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,455,138 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,484,294 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,262,782 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $23,564 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,542,696 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,685,994 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR LOW-INCOME AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND EMPOWERMENT.

  • THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF COLUMBUS (LASC) IS A TAX-EXEMPT, NON-PROFIT CORPORATION GOVERNED BY A VOLUNTEER BOARD COMPRISED OF ATTORNEYS AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES. LASC WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1954 THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE COLUMBUS BAR ASSOCIATION AND UNITED WAY. LASC PROVIDES LEGAL AID IN CIVIL MATTERS TO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS LIVING AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES IN OUR SIX COUNTY SERVICE AREA - DELAWARE, FRANKLIN, MADISON, MARION, MORROW, AND UNION. SINCE 1954, LASC HAS GIVEN A LEGAL VOICE TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FACING CRITICAL, LIFE-CHANGING LEGAL PROBLEMS - FAMILIES, SENIOR CITIZENS, VETERANS, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O.LASC PARTNERS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS AND VOLUNTEERS TO EXTEND OUR REACH AND ADDRESS ISSUES THAT HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON FAMILY ECONOMIC STABILITY AND ON POLICIES/PROCEDURES THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.

    Expenses $9,611,967 · Revenue $338,790

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Doug Anderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Bonasera

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • John Boyer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chandra Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Molly Crabtree

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicol Ghazi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Gilligan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Glaros

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Heritage

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J Todd Kennard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tanya Long

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jane Higgins Marx

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles W Noble III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shawn Organ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jaiza Page

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Pierce Reisz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jesse Rowe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leah Sellers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Marie Sferra

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sergio A Tostado

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debra Willet

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sue Wolfe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janica A Pierce Tucker

    PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Kathleen McGarvey

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $227,234
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $178,380
    Other
    $48,854
    Hours/week
    16 + 24 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $178,380 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,176 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,678 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $227,234 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423169349302842

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