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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,300,350
Total expenses
$17,347,371
Contributions and grants received
$18,335,469
Grants paid
$613,322
Program service revenue
$621,596
Investment income
$372,842
Other revenue
-$29,557
Total assets, end of year
$11,798,608
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,932,147
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,866,461
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,030,209
Management and general expenses
$3,105,199
Fundraising expenses
$211,963
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,030,209

Program services were 80.9% 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

    $84,575

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $14,603,842

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,647,052

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $9,829

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SETTLEMENT INCOME

    total $488,416 · related or exempt $488,416

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY FEE AWARDS

    total $133,180 · related or exempt $133,180

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $286,059 · excluded $286,059

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $963,040

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

    securities $876,257

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $86,783

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $86,783 · excluded $86,783

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $759

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

    $84,575

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $39,102

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$38,343 · excluded -$38,343

  • 11a · Other revenue: REFUND/REBATE

    total $8,786 · excluded $8,786

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,786

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $609,822 · program services $609,822

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,500 · program services $3,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,167,454 · program services $67,320 · management and general $1,097,890 · fundraising $2,244

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,335,992 · program services $9,063,486 · management and general $1,136,911 · fundraising $135,595

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $421,178 · program services $403,245 · management and general $9,861 · fundraising $8,072

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,441,605 · program services $1,225,055 · management and general $191,863 · fundraising $24,687

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $831,658 · program services $670,045 · management and general $148,034 · fundraising $13,579

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $66,580 · management and general $66,580

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $40,930 · management and general $40,930

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $187,523 · program services $156,688 · management and general $18,803 · fundraising $12,032

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,570 · program services $11,750 · management and general $2,850 · fundraising $970

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $377,903 · program services $322,350 · management and general $55,553

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $112,725 · program services $91,869 · management and general $20,856

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $542,239 · program services $445,963 · management and general $96,100 · fundraising $176

  • 17 · Travel

    total $87,337 · program services $70,924 · management and general $15,988 · fundraising $425

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,934 · program services $12,635 · management and general $3,283 · fundraising $2,016

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $145,625 · program services $118,967 · management and general $26,658

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $146,758 · program services $118,723 · management and general $26,662 · fundraising $1,373

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $294,834 · program services $237,355 · management and general $53,972 · fundraising $3,507

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $153,631 · program services $125,318 · management and general $28,124 · fundraising $189

  • 24c · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $141,899 · program services $115,271 · management and general $25,976 · fundraising $652

  • 24d · Other expenses: TEMPORARY SERVICES

    total $102,902 · program services $80,931 · management and general $18,838 · fundraising $3,133

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $101,772 · program services $78,992 · management and general $19,467 · fundraising $3,313

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $404,455 · end of year $379,546

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,184,452 · end of year $221,309

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,603,187 · end of year $1,526,636

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $21,171 · end of year $15,961

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $242,376 · end of year $264,633

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

    $5,261,443

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

    $3,069,522

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,138,733 · end of year $2,191,921

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,439,719 · end of year $6,524,341

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $604,929 · end of year $674,261

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,166,831 · end of year $1,293,512

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,947,460 · end of year $4,940,988

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $611,249 · end of year $697,647

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,215,321 · end of year $3,186,412

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,698,161 · end of year $1,680,049

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EMPOWER THE POOR TO IDENTIFY AND DEFEAT THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO THE POOR, SENIORS, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN OVER TWENTY THREE COUNTIES IN N. CALIFORNIA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO THE POOR, SENIORS, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

  • THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION PROVIDES 41.7% OF LSNC'S TOTAL FUNDING. THIS FUNDING IS USED TO PROVIDE QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN 23 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. CALIFORNIA STATE BAR FUNDS AND EQUAL ACCESS FUNDS ARE USED TO SUPPLEMENT FUNDS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE CLIENTS IN THE 23 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES SERVED BY LSNC. SENIOR SERVICES FUNDING PROVIDED BY AREA AGENCIES ON AGING AND THE ADMINISTRATION ON AGING TO PROVIDE HICAP, ELDER ABUSE, LEGAL SERVICES, AND A TELEPHONE HOTLINE TO ADDRESS ISSUES FACING THE ELDERLY.

    Expenses $14,030,209 · Grants $613,322 · Revenue $621,596

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ROBERT A STALKER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related

  • JANE B KOESCHE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related

  • ANNETTE SMITH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related

  • JOHN F DAVIS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related

  • JOSIE M PORAS CORPORON

    EXECUTIVE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related

  • DEVERA AYRES

    EXECUTIVE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related

  • MARY K DUBOSE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related

  • CLAUDIA COVARRUBIAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related

  • MARY U AKENS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 4 related

  • GARY F SMITH

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $224,399
    From this org
    $184,183
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,216
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,183
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,903
    Filer's total
    $224,399

  • ERIKA TRUJILLO - FROM 2122024

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $140,375
    From this org
    $130,362
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,013
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 2 related

  • SHARON HULETT

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $146,789
    From this org
    $114,107
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,682
    Hours/week
    19 + 1 related

  • ALYSA MEYER

    DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $231,525
    From this org
    $197,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,566
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,959
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,796
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,770
    Filer's total
    $231,525

  • JULIE AGUILAR-ROGADO

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $217,894
    From this org
    $189,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,678
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,216
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,872
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,806
    Filer's total
    $217,894

  • AMY WILLIAMS

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $206,472
    From this org
    $178,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,972
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,850
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,122
    Filer's total
    $206,472

  • SARAH STEINHEIMER

    REGIONAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $197,278
    From this org
    $169,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,778
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,791
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,987
    Filer's total
    $197,278

  • LIZA THANTRANON

    REGIONAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $186,316
    From this org
    $163,256
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,060
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,256
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,748
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,312
    Filer's total
    $186,316

  • JENNIFER ANDERS-GABLE

    REGIONAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $174,377
    From this org
    $151,440
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,937
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,440
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,630
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,307
    Filer's total
    $174,377

  • CATHY COBBAERT

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

    Total calculated
    $142,226
    From this org
    $111,780
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,446
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • CHARLYN DE WITT

    MANAGING ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $118,705
    From this org
    $105,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,657
    Hours/week
    37.5

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

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.

  • CAPITAL PRO BONO

    501(C)(3) · COORDINATES PANEL OF PRO BONO ATTORNEYS TO PERSONS IN NEED · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513109349302006

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