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← CHARLESTON LEGAL ACCESS

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHARLESTON LEGAL ACCESS.

Totals

Total revenue
$839,308
Total expenses
$679,240
Contributions and grants received
$767,967
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$66,419
Investment income
$9,027
Other revenue
-$4,105
Total assets, end of year
$710,125
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,579
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$700,546
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$545,845
Management and general expenses
$23,070
Fundraising expenses
$110,325
Program service expenses (Part III)
$545,845

Program services were 80.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $73,865

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $10,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $684,102

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,671

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL SERVICE FEES

    total $66,419 · related or exempt $66,419

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,027 · excluded $9,027

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $23,800

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

    $73,865

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $27,905

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$4,105 · excluded -$4,105

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,700 · program services $49,020 · management and general $8,170 · fundraising $24,510

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $386,691 · program services $348,034 · fundraising $38,657

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,780 · program services $8,680 · management and general $271 · fundraising $829

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,778 · program services $31,777 · management and general $441 · fundraising $4,560

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $252 · program services $252

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,210 · management and general $8,210

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $44,700 · program services $17,169 · management and general $107 · fundraising $27,424

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $593 · program services $593

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36,535 · program services $30,218 · management and general $3,654 · fundraising $2,663

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,857 · program services $7,713 · management and general $115 · fundraising $5,029

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $43,892 · program services $37,207 · management and general $766 · fundraising $5,919

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,828 · program services $3,245 · management and general $67 · fundraising $516

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $381 · program services $381

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,434 · program services $7,740 · management and general $476 · fundraising $218

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $4,010 · program services $3,510 · management and general $500

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $306 · program services $306

  • 24c · Other expenses: STATE REGISTRATION

    total $293 · management and general $293

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $545,890 · end of year $277,550

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $380,792

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,872 · end of year $39,083

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,608 · end of year $7,700

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

    $1,376

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

    $1,376

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,655 · end of year $5,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $768 · end of year $768

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $16,068 · end of year $8,811

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $543,189 · end of year $700,546

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EXPAND ACCESS TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND RIGHTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

  • CHARLESTON LEGAL ACCESS WAS CREATED TO FILL A VOID IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY AND OFFER SERVICES NOT PROVIDED BY ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE. OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE: TO PROVIDE LOW-COST LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND ASSISTANCE TO THE WORKING POOR AND OTHERS OF MODEST MEANS WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FREE LEGAL SERVICES BUT WHO CANNOT AFFORD A PRIVATE ATTORNEY. SPECIFICALLY, WE SERVE THOSE BETWEEN 125% (THE CUT-OFF FOR FREE LEGAL SERVICES ABSENT A WAIVER) AND 400% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE. WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE BELOW 125% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE IF THERE IS SOME REASON THAT THEY CANNOT OBTAIN FREE LEGAL SERVICES ELSEWHERE, CAN PAY OUR MINIMUM RETAINER (OR CONSULTATION FEE), AND OTHERWISE MEET OUR CASE SELECTION CRITERIA.(CONT. ON SCHEDULE O)

    Expenses $545,845 · Revenue $66,419

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

Listed in Part VII

  • ALI TITUS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • JULIE L MOORE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • LUCY BRENNER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • ANNIE ANDREWS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • TEMITOPE LEYIMU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • TOLA A FAMILONI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • FERNANDO SOTO GAULDEN - TERM ENDED

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MELISSA SPENCE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOHN B LINTON JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SUE CHANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • EMMA CREGG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JANE DIANGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ERIC ELLIOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MEGAN DENTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LANA LILINSHTEIN KLEIMAN

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $53,925
    From this org
    $53,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411319349301031

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