Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,509,334

Total expenses

$1,486,610

Contributions and grants received

$989,752

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$519,582

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$740,458

Total liabilities, end of year

$59,229

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$681,229

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,278,485

Management and general expenses

$208,125

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,278,485

Program services were 86.0% 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 · 2022

• LEGAL SERVICES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS - THE LEGAL SERVICES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON LATINO POPULATION IN DELAWARE. WHILE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CROSSES ALL SOCIO-ECONOMIC LINES, IT IS ESPECIALLY HIGH AMONG POVERTY CLIENTS. ATTORNEY'S MEET WITH CLIENTS AT THE LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER IN WILMINGTON AS WELL AS OTHER LOCATIONS.

  Expenses $62,740 · Revenue $62,740

• PFA PRO BONO PROGRAM - THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF PRO BONO ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY WITH PFA HEARINGS. A STAFF ATTORNEY AND A LAW CLERK INTERVIEW VICTIMS IN COURT ON THE DAY OF THE HEARING AND ASSESS EACH REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE AND DISCUSS THE PFA PROCESS WITH THE VICTIMS. THE STAFF ATTORNEY THEN REFERS MERITORIOUS CASES TO THE PRO BONO ATTORNEY OR DVLS FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY FOR REPRESENTATION ON THAT DAY. IN ADDITION, THE FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY IS AVAILABLE TO OFFER ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION TO OTHER VICTIMS THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE GET ASSISTANCE.

  Expenses $94,000 · Revenue $94,000

• LEGAL SERVICES FOR VICTIMS - THE LEGAL SERVICES FOR VICTOMS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF CRIME IN FAMILIY COURT PROTECTIVE ORDER AND CUSTODY MATTERS.

  Expenses $254,585 · Revenue $254,585

• DVLS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO DELIVER PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO NEEDY DELAWAREANS. EACH CLIENT, OTHER THAN VICTIMS OF CRIME, MUST MEET A PERCENTAGE OF THE OFFICIAL POVERTY THRESHOLD, AS DEFINED EACH YEAR BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET - FEDERAL POVERTY STANDARDS (45 C.F.R. PART 1611) FOR INCOME ELIGIBILITY. DVLS TARGETS THOSE HAVING INCOMES AT OR BELOW 125% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. A PERSON WHOSE GROSS INCOME EXCEEDS 125% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LIMIT, BUT DOES NOT EXCEED 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LIMIT MAY IN CERTAIN CASES BE PROVIDED LEGAL ASSISTANCE. CERTAIN CLIENTS, SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTOMS, THOSE OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE AND THE TERMINALLY ILL, FACE THE LESS RESTRICTIVE STANDARD OF 200% OF THE POVERTY LEVEL. IN ADDITION, DVLS CLIENTS MUST HAVE A MERITORIOUS CIVIL LEGAL PROBLEM THAT IS NOT FEE GENERATING. CASES MEETING THESE CRITERIA ARE PLACED WITH ONE OF THE AGENCY'S PRO BONO ATTORNEYS, STAFF OR LAW STUDENTS. LEGAL REPRESENTATION RANGES FROM BRIEF CONSULTATIONS TO LITIGATION. THE CLIENTS DVLS SERVES ARE EACH UNIQUE, BUT ONE CHARACTERISTIC THEY SHARE IS THAT THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE. DVLS VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS, STAFF AND LAW STUDENTS ENSURE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES RECEIVE QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES AT NO COST. IN ADDITION TO DIRECT REPRESENTATION OF CLIENTS, DVLS HAS VOLUNTEERS WHO ACT AS CONSULTANTS AND MENTORS FOR OTHER VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS.

  Expenses $867,160 · Revenue $400,000

• THE LEGAL SERVICES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN DELAWARE. WHILE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CROSSES ALL SOCIO-ECONOMIC LINES, IT IS ESPECIALLY HIGH AMONG POVERTY LEVEL CLIENTS. ATTORNEY'S MEET WITH CLIENTS AT THE LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER IN WILMINGTON AS WELL AS OTHER LOCATIONS

As filed on the 2022 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

• DELAWARE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

  501(C)(3) · SEE SCHEDULE O · DE · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by SEE FORM 990 SCH R PART VII

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

28 February 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202440599349301124

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