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← SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,297,070
Total expenses
$5,734,550
Contributions and grants received
$5,521,896
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$774,972
Investment income
$202
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,993,429
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,850,834
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$142,595
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,949,822
Management and general expenses
$767,546
Fundraising expenses
$17,182
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,949,822

Program services were 86.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,316,397

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $205,499

  • 2a · Program service revenue: VENDOR CONTRACTS

    total $770,851 · related or exempt $770,851

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $2,921 · related or exempt $2,921

  • 2c · Program service revenue: GAIN ON DISPOSAL OF EQUIPMENT

    total $1,200 · related or exempt $1,200

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $202 · related or exempt $202

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $276,084 · program services $266,421 · management and general $9,663

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $3,692,568 · program services $3,050,328 · management and general $642,240

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $388,412 · program services $388,412

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $286,497 · program services $282,899 · fundraising $3,598

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $118,250 · program services $118,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $192,515 · program services $187,189 · fundraising $5,326

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $557,246 · program services $448,242 · management and general $101,486 · fundraising $7,518

  • 17 · Travel

    total $96,137 · program services $92,362 · management and general $3,135 · fundraising $640

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,607 · program services $17,607

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,453 · program services $36,453

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL & MAINTE

    total $34,892 · program services $33,193 · management and general $1,699

  • 24b · Other expenses: CLIENT LITIGATION COSTS

    total $19,669 · program services $19,669

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISC EXPENSES

    total $18,220 · program services $8,797 · management and general $9,323 · fundraising $100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $605 · end of year $606

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $197,449 · end of year $583,854

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $278,338 · end of year $565,905

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $70,997 · end of year $71,337

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

    $406,540

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

    $374,762

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $41,405 · end of year $31,778

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $831,949 · end of year $1,656,858

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $65,951 · end of year $83,091

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $325,959 · end of year $377,030

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $768,679 · end of year $762,323

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $811,981 · end of year $1,711,481

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$419,925 · end of year $142,595

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE, IN WAYS WHICH AFFIRM THEIR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE DIGNITY, INTEGRITY, AND POWER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDING QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE.

  • SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID, INC. (SALA) WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE DIRECT CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO MEET THE FUNDAMENTAL UNMET CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS OF MORE THAN 10,900 INDIVIDUALS; 83% RECEIVED COUNSEL, ADVICE OR LIMITED ACTION SERVICES SUCH AS COUNSELING CONCERNING LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, HELP IN A PRO SE CLINIC, OR PREPARATION OF COURT OR OTHER LEGAL DOCUMENTS; 17% WERE ASSISTED WITH EXTENDED SERVICES SUCH AS OBTAINING A COURT DECISION, NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT ON MORE COMPLEX CIVIL LEGAL MATTERS, REPRESENTATION IN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS OR COURT PROCEEDINGS. SALA RAISED COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGH OUTREACH, BY TEACHING PREVENTION AND SELF-HELP METHODS, MAKING PRESENTATIONS AND DISTRIBUTING LEGAL INFORMATION BROCHURES AND SELF-HELP MATERIALS TO OVER 4,400 INDIVIDUALS. THE IMPACT OF SERVICES PROVIDED RESULTED IN RECOVERY OF 858,948 IN THE VALUE OF HOMES SAVED, CHILD AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT AWARDS, LUMP SUM BENEFIT PAYMENTS AND MONEY JUDGEMENTS. SALA AVOIDED 250,654 IN GARNISHMENTS AND COURT JUDGEMENTS FOR CLIENTS. FOR EVERY 1 INVESTED IN SALA, 6.42 OF ACTUAL VALUE IS RETURNED TO THE COMMUNITY BASED UPON A 2019 SOCIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT ANALYSIS PERFORMED BY COMMUNITY SERVICES ANALYSIS, LLC THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM (VLP) SALA ACCEPTED 680 NEW CASES, CONDUCTED 437 CLINICS AND CLASSES AND COMPLETED 542 CASES AND MATTERS BENEFITTING OVER 1,653 PERSONS. THE VLP PROGRAM PROVIDED 1,261 HOURS OF FREE LEGAL AID VALUED AT 315,275.

    Expenses $4,949,822 · Revenue $774,972

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Anthony L Young

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $111,775
    From this org
    $111,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Doris L Butler

    COO

    Total calculated
    $87,315
    From this org
    $87,315
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Michael Kochanski

    COMPTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $76,994
    From this org
    $76,994
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • M Roxanne Veliz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Keith A Singer

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Beverly B Parker

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • C Benson Hufford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Alex Winkelman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Brooke H Bedrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Judge Gary M Israel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Brian Clymer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Kim Cromwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Shirley Molina

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Rt Judge James L Conlogue

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Gregory L Droeger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Katherine Winkley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Matthew Scarber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Rose Taulton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Andy Silverman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Matthew A Ramirez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Daniel Dominguez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
19 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202423179349302472

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