Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by GREATER BAKERSFIELD LEGAL ASSISTANCE INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $6,394,724
- Total expenses
- $6,216,175
- Contributions and grants received
- $6,354,535
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $40,189
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,009,449
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,668,819
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $3,340,630
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,175,659
- Management and general expenses
- $40,516
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,175,659
Program services were 99.3% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$6,342,645
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$11,890
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3 · Investment income
total $40,796 · excluded $40,796
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $563,252
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $563,859
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$607
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$607 · excluded -$607
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $126,116 · program services $126,116
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $4,019,469 · program services $4,019,469
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $521,725 · program services $521,725
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $10,226 · management and general $10,226
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11g · Fees: other
total $27,500 · management and general $27,500
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $163,218 · program services $163,218
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $185,451 · program services $185,451
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17 · Travel
total $21,556 · program services $21,556
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $2,790 · management and general $2,790
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $35,374 · program services $35,374
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23 · Insurance
total $36,491 · program services $36,491
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24a · Other expenses: Contract services
total $407,649 · program services $407,649
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24b · Other expenses: volunteer attorneys
total $279,191 · program services $279,191
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24c · Other expenses: Telephone
total $97,750 · program services $97,750
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24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous
total $68,876 · program services $68,876
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24e · All other expenses
total $212,793 · program services $212,793
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $200 · end of year $200
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,353,393 · end of year $1,528,705
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $352,683 · end of year $841,939
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $56,555 · end of year $66,508
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,748,245
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$619,206
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,017,659 · end of year $1,129,039
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,302,064 · end of year $1,443,058
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $225 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $573,084 · end of year $348,287
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $1,651,067 · end of year $1,285,406
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $76,340 · end of year $35,126
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $621,885 · end of year $1,204,129
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,160,403 · end of year $2,136,501
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
GBLA's mission is to "promote social change and justice by providing high quality legal services to Kern County's low-income and elderly."
Activities or mission (Part I)
Non-profit, tax exempt corporation organized for the purpose of providing free legal assistance in civil matters to persons unable to afford legal assistance in Bakersfield, CA and surrounding areas of Kern County.
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State Bar of CaliforniaFunds from the State Bar are used to support the Community Homeless Law Center (funded by HUD), a program focused on removing legal barriers that are prohibiting the homeless from securing housing and jobs; it is also used to support Older American Act projects such as the Seniors Law Center and the Grandparent Guardianship Program as well as other similar projects of GBLA.
Expenses $2,042,846
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Legal Services Corporation Provides free legal aid in civil matters to low-income individuals and families throughout Kern County. Core areas of practice include health law, housing and homelessness, family and children services, domestic violence, guardianship, consumer law, and elder law.
Expenses $1,915,911
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Other ProgramsSee Schedule O
Expenses $640,951
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Danita Melton
Grant Admin
- Total calculated
- $160,788
- From this org
- $144,333
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,455
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $144,333
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $15,521
- Nontaxable benefits
- $934
- Filer's total
- $160,788
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Carol Bracy
Supervising Attorn
- Total calculated
- $158,126
- From this org
- $135,600
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,526
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $135,600
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $20,015
- Nontaxable benefits
- $2,511
- Filer's total
- $158,126
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Tim Denari
Dir. of Finance
- Total calculated
- $157,771
- From this org
- $152,436
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,335
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $152,436
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $3,629
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,706
- Filer's total
- $157,771
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Valentin Narvaez
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $152,485
- From this org
- $140,525
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,960
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $140,525
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $11,960
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $152,485
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Giovanna Fournier-Ocampo
Interim Ex. Dir
- Total calculated
- $148,899
- From this org
- $139,670
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,229
- Hours/week
- 40
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Estela Casas
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $131,103
- From this org
- $126,116
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,987
- Hours/week
- 37.5
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James A Yoro
Sec/Treas
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Vanessa Chavez
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jack Chavolla
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lydia E Ortiz
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Teryl D Wakeman
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David Rivera
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 2023
- Filed
- 10 October 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202402849349301315
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