Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by BENTON-FRANKLIN LEGAL AID SOCIETY.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $294,679
- Total expenses
- $290,640
- Contributions and grants received
- $288,815
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $5,864
- Total assets, end of year
- $38,554
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,688
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $33,866
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $227,088
- Management and general expenses
- $54,825
- Fundraising expenses
- $8,727
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $227,088
Program services were 78.1% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$148,958
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$139,857
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3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$15,734
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$9,870
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $5,864 · excluded $5,864
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
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
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $63,815 · program services $44,670 · management and general $15,954 · fundraising $3,191
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $87,745 · program services $61,422 · management and general $21,936 · fundraising $4,387
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $10,051 · program services $7,036 · management and general $2,513 · fundraising $502
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $12,947 · program services $9,063 · management and general $3,237 · fundraising $647
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $65,423 · program services $65,423
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,729 · management and general $3,729
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $178 · program services $178
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13 · Office expenses
total $6,351 · program services $5,081 · management and general $1,270
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14 · Information technology
total $18,525 · program services $14,820 · management and general $3,705
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $9,898 · program services $7,919 · management and general $1,979
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17 · Travel
total $1,576 · program services $1,576
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $7,677 · program services $7,677
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $500 · program services $250 · management and general $250
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24a · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $1,720 · program services $1,720
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24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES
total $505 · program services $253 · management and general $252
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $34,499 · end of year $38,553
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
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
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$6,521
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$6,521
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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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
end of year $1
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,672 · end of year $4,688
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $29,827 · end of year $33,866
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The Benton-Franklin Legal Aid Society provides legal assistance to Qualified Low-Income individuals who would otherwise be denied access to the Justice system because of the inability to pay for the cost of counsel.
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THE BENTON FRANKLIN LEGAL AID SOCIETY ARRANGED FOR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR QUALIFIED LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS THAT OTHERWISE COULD NOT AFFORD LEGAL COUNSEL. THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF LEGAL SERVICES WERE PERFORMED DURING THE YEAR BY LOCAL ATTORNEYS AND THEIR STAFF. THE TOTAL VALUE OF 1,978 LEGAL SERVICE HOURS DONATED AMOUNTED TO APPROXIMATELY $593,280. THE SOCIETY ALSO TEACHES A FAMILY LAW CLASS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS PREPARING THEIR OWN FORMS. THE SOCIETY ALSO PROVIDES COURT DOCUMENTS AND FORMS.
Expenses $227,088
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Barbara PotterBARBARA POTTER
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $63,815
- From this org
- $63,815
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Lori MendozaLORI MENDOZA
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bronson BrownBRONSON BROWN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sherry RiceSHERRY RICE
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Robert SchultzROBERT SCHULTZ
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ruby OchoaRUBY OCHOA
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ernesto ToscanoERNESTO TOSCANO
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Diana GarciaDIANA GARCIA
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Claudia LuxCLAUDIA LUX
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rebecca SaitzREBECCA SAITZ
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dave PetersonDAVE PETERSON
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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David TrujilloDAVID TRUJILLO
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 21 August 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202512339349301686
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