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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,037,077
Total expenses
$9,595,451
Contributions and grants received
$11,770,423
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$266,654
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$15,013,484
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,275,687
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,737,797
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,070,253
Management and general expenses
$1,123,079
Fundraising expenses
$402,119
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,070,253

Program services were 84.1% 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)

    $11,653,702

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $116,721

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $272,578 · excluded $272,578

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,243,917

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

    securities $1,227,893 · other assets $21,948

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $16,024 · other assets -$21,948

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$5,924 · excluded -$5,924

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $339,498 · management and general $339,498

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,677,565 · program services $5,090,692 · management and general $421,302 · fundraising $165,571

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $164,305 · program services $131,957 · management and general $24,734 · fundraising $7,614

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,134,051 · program services $910,781 · management and general $170,718 · fundraising $52,552

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $442,671 · program services $355,519 · management and general $66,639 · fundraising $20,513

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $19,806 · management and general $19,806

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $335,477 · program services $309,046 · management and general $2,915 · fundraising $23,516

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $605,235 · program services $521,318 · management and general $61,463 · fundraising $22,454

  • 17 · Travel

    total $199,000 · program services $177,423 · management and general $14,149 · fundraising $7,428

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,935 · program services $6,013 · management and general $1,560 · fundraising $362

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $574,189 · program services $474,287 · management and general $22 · fundraising $99,880

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $64,814 · program services $63,015 · management and general $266 · fundraising $1,533

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $18,377 · program services $17,674 · management and general $7 · fundraising $696

  • 24d · Other expenses: LITIGATION COSTS

    total $12,528 · program services $12,528

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,114,889 · end of year $2,231,714

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,681,898 · end of year $10,668,168

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $474,511 · end of year $303,160

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $35,173 · end of year $35,263

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $305,253 · end of year $250,316

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

    $578,115

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

    $511,250

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $96,750 · end of year $66,865

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,841,908 · end of year $1,457,998

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $747,734 · end of year $863,656

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $5,946 · end of year $12,182

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,787,633 · end of year $1,399,849

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,768,030 · end of year $12,485,630

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $241,039 · end of year $252,167

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THROUGH LEGAL ADVOCACY, WE TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF THOSE IN POVERTY TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES, FAIRNESS, AND STABILITY, FOR A STRONGER COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF THOSE IN POVERTY BY GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTROL, IMPROVE, AND ENRICH THEIR LIVES AND COMMUNITY.

  • FAMILYWHEN FAMILIES STRUGGLE WITH THEIR INTERNAL DYNAMICS, IT CAN AFFECT STABILITY IN THE REST OF THEIR LIVES - FROM WHERE THEY LIVE, TO WHOM THEIR CHILDREN LIVE WITH, TO HOW MUCH THEY'RE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THEIR JOBS AND MAINTAIN AN INCOME. LEGAL AID ADVOCATES WORK WITH COUPLES WHO HAVE DECIDED THAT WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM IS A CLEAN BREAK AND A FRESH START, AND WITH VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE WHO NEED TO PERMANENTLY SEPARATE FROM THEIR ABUSER. BY HELPING RESOLVE THESE INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS WITH LEGAL SOLUTIONS, LEGAL AID RELEASES THE STRESS THEY FEEL IN THEIR HOME LIFE AND ALLOWS THEM TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES AND FOCUS ON BEING HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE, AND MEANINGFUL MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $2,483,992

  • HOUSINGFEW THINGS ROCK THE FOUNDATION OF SOMEONE'S LIFE LIKE NOT HAVING A SAFE, SECURE, AND STABLE HOME. NOT HAVING A HOME AFFECTS EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR LIFE - FROM THEIR EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, TO CONSISTENCY IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION, TO WHETHER THEY HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDED TO MAKE IT TO THEIR JOBS. MANY OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE WITH THESE ISSUES, AND WHEN LEGAL AID HELPS RESOLVE THEM, THE RESULT IS TRANSFORMATIVE. ADULTS STABILIZE, CHILDREN LEARN, AND FAMILIES GROW AND PROSPER. BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SEES LESS TRANSIENCY, BLIGHT IS REDUCED, AND HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES CAN BEGIN TO REJUVENATE.

    Expenses $2,402,507

  • CONSUMERDEBT CAN OVERWHELM SOMEONE'S LIFE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT PERSON IS IMPOVERISHED. LEGAL AID IS COMMITTED TO GIVING CLIENTS A FRESH START THROUGH BANKRUPTCY, TAX DEBT RELIEF, AND MORE. ADVOCATES HELP CLIENTS THROUGH THE PROCESS TO RELIEVE DEBT, REDUCE CREDITOR HARASSMENT, SAVE IMPORTANT ASSETS LIKE THEIR HOMES, AND REVERSE SHUT-OFFS OF NECESSARY THINGS LIKE UTILITIES. THIS ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO BE FINANCIALLY WELL, REDUCING STRESS, AND HELPING THEM GET BACK TO BEING CONTRIBUTING CONSUMERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $936,784

  • COMMUNITY

    Expenses $2,246,970

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

Listed in Part VII

  • David Butz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Duriya Dhinojwala

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Dickinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dionne Lacey

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Teodosio

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J Sean Keenan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Ferrise

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chantal Jackson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Athena Gough

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Palmer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Wilkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chelsea M Croy Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deaudra Edgerson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Akim Lattermore

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marcus Wainwright

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Wetherbee

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nan Kevin Gelhard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Annah Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven McGarrity

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $182,744
    From this org
    $145,391
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,353
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,391
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,675
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,678
    Filer's total
    $182,744

  • Lisa Carley

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $156,754
    From this org
    $138,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,330
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,424
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,330
    Filer's total
    $156,754

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512309349300406

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