Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$5,010,512

Total expenses

$4,228,652

Contributions and grants received

$4,749,408

Grants paid

$18,000

Program service revenue

$324,590

Investment income

$3,287

Other revenue

-$66,773

Total assets, end of year

$4,335,445

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,966,361

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,369,084

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,823,365

Management and general expenses

$342,193

Fundraising expenses

$63,094

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,823,365

Program services were 90.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• HOME - HOUSING STABILIZATION PROGRAM: THE ORGANIZATION HELPS LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AVOID HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES TO PREVENT UNLAWFUL EVICTIONS, ASSISTING CLIENTS WITH REMOVING BARRIERS TO HOUSING, NEGOTIATING SETTLEMENTS WITH LANDLORDS, AND PROVIDING FORECLOSURE PREVENTION SERVICES. A FULL RANGE OF LEGAL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE INCLUDING PREPARATION OF PLEADINGS, IN COURT REPRESENTATION AND SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED SERVICES TO 873 CLIENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM DURING THE YEAR. VOLUNTEER LAW STUDENTS/LEGAL CASEWORKERS DONATED APPROXIMATELY 940 HOURS OF SERVICE DURING THE YEAR.

  Expenses $1,674,026 · Grants $18,000

• SAFE - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES: THE ORGANIZATION HELPS ADULT AND ELDER VICTIMS AND CHILDREN OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CIVIL HARASSMENT BY PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE AND PROTECTIVE ORDERS WHICH HELP KEEP THEM SAFE AND SHELTERED. ASSISTANCE INCLUDES LEGAL FORMS PREPARATION, COUNSEL AND ADVICE, COURT REPRESENTATION, AND REFERRALS TO OTHER LEGAL AND NON-LEGAL RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY. SAFE SERVICES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR ATTORNEY AND CASEWORKER WHO ASSIST CLIENTS OFF-SITE AT THE SONOMA COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER.THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED SERVICES TO 513 CLIENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM DURING THE YEAR.VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS DONATED APPROXIMATELY 123 HOURS OF SERVICE, AND VOLUNTEER LAW STUDENTS DONATED APPROXIMATELY 46 HOURS OF SERVICE.

  Expenses $436,992

• ELDER - THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO ADULTS, AGE 60 AND OVER, INCLUDING MOBILE LEGAL SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE ISOLATED AND LIVE IN RURAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY. THE ELDER PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2015 TO ENSURE LEGAL ACCESS TO THESE MORE VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS. SERVICES INCLUDE HOUSING, ELDER ABUSE, SIMPLE ESTATE PLANNING, BANKRUPTCY, AND A RANGE OF OTHER LEGAL ISSUES.THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED SERVICES TO 444 CLIENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM DURING THE YEAR.VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS DONATED APPROXIMATELY 8 HOURS OF SERVICE, AND VOLUNTEER LAW STUDENTS/LEGAL CASEWORKERS DONATED APPROXIMATELY 392 HOURS OF SERVICE.

  Expenses $454,455

• DISASTER RELIEF: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND POLICY ADVOCACY TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AFFECTED BY THE 2017, 2019, AND 2020 WILDFIRES, AND THROUGH OUR ARPA FUNDED SMALL BUSINESS EQUITY AND RECOVERY PROGRAM (SBER) TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ON BUSINESS OPERATIONS.THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED SERVICES TO 27 CLIENTS IN-HOUSE AND TO HUNDREDS OF OTHERS AT COMMUNITY EDUCATION WORKSHOPS AND THROUGH ONGOING DISASTER RECOVERY POLICY ADVOCACY AT LOCAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVELS.VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS DONATED APPROXIMATELY 295 HOURS OF SERVICE, AND VOLUNTEER LAW STUDENTS/LEGAL CASEWORKERS DONATED APPROXIMATELY 505 HOURS OF SERVICE.EHP - EMPLOYMENT AND HEALTH PROGRAM: THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WITH LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS TO EMPLOYMENT AND HEALTH AND TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN REFERRED BY THE COUNTY OF SONOMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES WELFARE TO WORK PROGRAM AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED SERVICES TO 146 CLIENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM DURING THE YEAR.VOLUNTEER PARALEGALS DONATED APPROXIMATELY 76 HOURS OF SERVICE DURING THE YEAR, AND VOLUNTEER LAW STUDENTS/LEGAL CASEWORKERS DONATED APPROXIMATELY 36 HOURS OF SERVICE.VETERAN'S BENEFITS PROGRAM: THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTS VETERANS, TARGETING THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, WITH ACCESSING BENEFITS BY ESTABLISHING SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY, WITH DISCHARGE UPGRADES, AND WITH APPLICATIONS FOR VA PENSIONS AND BENEFITS, INCLUDING VA MEDICAL AND HOUSING BENEFITS.THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDED SERVICES TO 114 CLIENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM DURING THE YEAR.MLP MEDICAL LEGAL PARTNERSHIP: THE ORGANIZATION HAS A MEDICAL LEGAL PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOCAL HOSPITAL, PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH HEALTHCARE. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS DIRECTLY WITH SOCIAL WORKERS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORKERS THROUGH THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM TO HELP THEIR PATIENTS OVERCOME LEGAL BARRIERS THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH THEIR HEALTH. SERVICES INCLUDE HELP WITH ACCESSING PUBLIC BENEFITS, HOUSING, POWERS OF ATTORNEY, AND A RANGE OF OTHER SERVICES.THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED SERVICES TO 62 CLIENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM DURING THE YEAR.CAPP/REACH - CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM - THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES LEGAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO CARE FOR AND PROTECT ABANDONED AND/OR ABUSED CHILDREN BY OBTAINING LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP OF THOSE CHILDREN AND TO CLIENTS WHO ARE REFERRED BY COUNTY OF SONOMA CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE WITH FAMILY LAW AND OTHER LEGAL ISSUES IMPACTING ABUSED OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME AND SPANISH SPEAKING INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN SONOMA VALLEY THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. LEGAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDES HELP WITH LEGAL PLEADINGS, NOTICE PROCEDURES, AND COUNSEL AND ADVICE.THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED SERVICES TO 76 CLIENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM DURING THE YEAR.IMMIGRATION - THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES LEGAL SERVICES TO UNDOCUMENTED MINOR SURVIVORS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT TO ASSIST WITH OBTAINING SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS (SIJS).THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED SERVICES TO 55 CLIENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM DURING THE YEAR.

  Expenses $1,257,892 · Revenue $324,590

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• NORTH BAY ORGANIZING PROJECT (NBOP)

  $18,000

  COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT - FUNDED HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SERVICES, OPERATED A TENANT'S HOTLINE AND HELD "KNOW YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS" WORKSHOPS FOR TENANTS.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

11 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202423179349304717

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