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← SAN DIEGO VOLUNTEER LAWYER PROGRAM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SAN DIEGO VOLUNTEER LAWYER PROGRAM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,886,804
Total expenses
$5,003,410
Contributions and grants received
$5,548,778
Grants paid
$54,678
Program service revenue
$15,289
Investment income
$244,941
Other revenue
$77,796
Total assets, end of year
$9,491,517
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,129,588
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,361,929
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,231,090
Management and general expenses
$550,887
Fundraising expenses
$221,433
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,231,090

Program services were 84.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $286,215

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,289,812

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,972,751

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRAINING AND SEMINARS

    total $15,289 · related or exempt $15,289

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $150,370 · excluded $150,370

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $605,176

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

    securities $510,605

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $94,571

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $94,571 · excluded $94,571

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $286,215

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $28,123

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$28,123 · excluded -$28,123

  • 11a · Other revenue: GAIN ON DISPOSAL OF LE

    total $51,930 · related or exempt $51,930

  • 11b · Other revenue: ATTORNEY'S FEES/SETTLE

    total $28,593 · related or exempt $28,593

  • 11c · Other revenue: CY PRES AWARDS

    total $25,396 · related or exempt $25,396

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $105,919

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $54,678 · program services $54,678

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $203,803 · program services $173,168 · management and general $21,587 · fundraising $9,048

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,071,181 · program services $2,560,965 · management and general $359,530 · fundraising $150,686

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $75,184 · program services $60,454 · management and general $10,380 · fundraising $4,350

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $253,487 · program services $203,823 · management and general $34,996 · fundraising $14,668

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $245,636 · program services $204,381 · management and general $29,071 · fundraising $12,184

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,119 · program services $14,615 · management and general $1,157 · fundraising $347

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $260,012 · program services $235,764 · management and general $18,656 · fundraising $5,592

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $160 · program services $130 · management and general $30

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $129,107 · program services $103,824 · management and general $19,452 · fundraising $5,831

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,177 · program services $958 · management and general $219

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $280,663 · program services $249,272 · management and general $23,375 · fundraising $8,016

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,076 · program services $13,081 · management and general $2,995

  • 20 · Interest

    total $84,037 · program services $72,916 · management and general $8,556 · fundraising $2,565

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $28,661 · program services $24,868 · management and general $2,918 · fundraising $875

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $94,483 · program services $81,979 · management and general $9,620 · fundraising $2,884

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAVEL & OTHER EXPENSES

    total $77,363 · program services $72,510 · management and general $2,609 · fundraising $2,244

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $55,711 · program services $55,711

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $24,161 · program services $19,472 · management and general $3,277 · fundraising $1,412

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE/INTERENT

    total $23,958 · program services $20,788 · management and general $2,439 · fundraising $731

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,753 · program services $7,733 · management and general $20

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $559,438 · end of year $667,620

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $253,160 · end of year $555,360

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $551,914

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $346,538 · end of year $15,995

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $92,077 · end of year $61,063

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

    $3,604,563

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $354,193

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $832,067 · end of year $3,250,370

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,950,316 · end of year $4,357,395

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $21,982 · end of year $31,800

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $463,558 · end of year $454,910

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $318,484 · end of year $281,344

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $818,610 · end of year $3,393,334

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,183,357 · end of year $4,129,092

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $271,569 · end of year $1,232,837

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF SAN DIEGO VOLUNTEER LAWYER PROGRAM, INC. IS TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BY SERVING AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN INDIGENT AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND THE VOLUNTEER LAWYERS WHO ARE WILLING TO DONATE THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES. SDVLP PROVIDES AN ORGANIZED STRUCTURE THROUGH WHICH ATTORNEYS AND OTHER LEGAL PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE PRO BONO ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME PERSONS, PRIMARILY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, FACING CRITICAL LEGAL ISSUES IMPACTING THEIR HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING, WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO AFFORD LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

  • SDVLP'S LARGEST AREA OF PROGRAM SERVICE IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/FAMILY LAW. SDVLP STAFF AND VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER CLINICS, LOCATED AT THREE COURTHOUSES AND TWO FAMILY JUSTICE CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SDVLP STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HELP SURVIVORS OF ABUSE TO OBTAIN LIFE-SAVING PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN FAMILY LAW MATTERS SUCH AS DIVORCE, CHILD CUSTODY, AND CHILD/SPOUSAL SUPPORT, TO EMPOWER SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN TO MAINTAIN PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL FREEDOM FROM THEIR ABUSERS AND END THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE.

    Expenses $2,495,620 · Revenue $15,289

  • SAN DIEGO VOLUNTEER LAWYER PROGRAM IS A VITAL LEGAL RESOURCE FOR SAN DIEGO CHILDREN AND YOUTH. SDVLP'S SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY PROGRAM ASSISTS DISABLED FOSTER YOUTH TO ENFORCE THEIR EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND REMAIN IN SCHOOL. SDVLP'S GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM HELPS CAREGIVERS OBTAIN LEGAL CUSTODY OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE OFTEN BEEN ABUSED OR ABANDONED, ENABLING THEM TO LIVE IN SAFE AND STABLE HOMES.

    Expenses $664,623

  • SDVLP IS ALSO A VITAL RESOURCE FOR LOW-INCOME SAN DIEGANS IN A VARIETY OF OTHER AREAS. SDVLP'S TENANTS' RIGHTS PROGRAM HELPS PREVENT UNLAWFUL EVICTIONS AND HOMELESSNESS. OUR MICROBUSINESS AND NONPROFIT SUPPORT PROGRAM HELPS LOW-INCOME ENTREPRENEURS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES THAT LIFT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY AND HELPS STRENGTHEN LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. OUR RECORD RELIEF FOR SURVIVORS PROGRAM ASSISTS SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT TO CLEAR THEIR RECORDS OF NON-VIOLENT OFFENSES THAT ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF THEIR VICTIMIZATION AND START NEW LIVES FREE FROM ABUSE. OUR HIV/AIDS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM HELPS CLIENTS ACCESS MEDICAL CARE, HOUSING, AND FIGHT DISCRIMINATION. BECAUSE OF SDVLP, CLIENTS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE HAD TO NAVIGATE THE LEGAL SYSTEM ALONE RECEIVED LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN APPROXIMATELY 7,500 CASES LAST YEAR.

    Expenses $1,070,847 · Grants $54,678

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Edward D Vogel Esq

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin J Morris Esq

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rosalie A Kramm Csr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randall R Reed

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth L Brann Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy D Cohelan Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey M Byer Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon L Cohen Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Koh Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael A Amon Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael A Attanasio Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Howie Bruno Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kirsten F Gallacher Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael J Gleason Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Hallagan Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Kaufman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mhairi L Marsh Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raymond Ray Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alejandro Alex E Moreno Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer M Oliver Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin J Patariu Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shane Shelley Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven R Smith Dean Emeritus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean M Sullivan Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher M Young Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Nelson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $199,379
    From this org
    $181,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,938
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,441
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,613
    Filer's total
    $199,379

  • Siobhan A Graham

    DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES & ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $119,307
    From this org
    $110,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,113
    Hours/week
    40

  • Yulienka Cortez

    SENIOR ACCOUNTING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $127,531
    From this org
    $112,964
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,567
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather Carmody

    SUPERVISING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $125,513
    From this org
    $112,757
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,756
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christine Hall

    SUPERVISING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $118,708
    From this org
    $104,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,875
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630649349301663

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