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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CENTRAL VIRGINIA LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,292,041
Total expenses
$6,183,544
Contributions and grants received
$7,181,605
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$110,436
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,916,549
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,543,511
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,373,038
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,533,876
Management and general expenses
$466,145
Fundraising expenses
$183,523
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,533,876

Program services were 89.5% 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)

    $6,152,187

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,029,418

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $110,436 · excluded $110,436

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $130,328 · program services $115,883 · management and general $10,626 · fundraising $3,819

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,456,500 · program services $3,073,408 · management and general $281,811 · fundraising $101,281

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $137,399 · program services $122,171 · management and general $11,202 · fundraising $4,026

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $970,673 · program services $863,090 · management and general $79,140 · fundraising $28,443

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $266,447 · program services $236,916 · management and general $21,724 · fundraising $7,807

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,000 · program services $918 · management and general $82

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $61,086 · program services $56,106 · management and general $4,980

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $60,522 · program services $53,815 · management and general $4,934 · fundraising $1,773

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $150,306 · program services $133,647 · management and general $12,255 · fundraising $4,404

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $354,971 · program services $315,629 · management and general $28,941 · fundraising $10,401

  • 17 · Travel

    total $41,872 · program services $37,231 · management and general $3,414 · fundraising $1,227

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,475 · program services $5,029 · management and general $446

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,038 · program services $29,376 · management and general $2,694 · fundraising $968

  • 24a · Other expenses: HUD SUB-RECIPIENT

    total $333,694 · program services $333,694

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $47,791 · program services $43,895 · management and general $3,896

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $36,641 · program services $36,641

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & FEES

    total $31,002 · program services $31,002

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $64,799 · program services $45,425 · fundraising $19,374

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,696,317 · end of year $3,684,959

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $141,256 · end of year $629,040

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $111,384 · end of year $134,383

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

    $114,593

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

    $110,621

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,447 · end of year $3,972

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $772,974 · end of year $464,195

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $58,534 · end of year $191,701

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $313,665 · end of year $532,798

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $17,540 · end of year $17,246

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,077,098 · end of year $801,766

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,119,555 · end of year $3,110,868

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $144,986 · end of year $262,170

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

CENTRAL VIRGINIA LEGAL AID SOCIETY (CVLAS) PROVIDES FREE CIVIL (NON-CRIMINAL) LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEGAL PROBLEM ARISING IN THE CITIES OF RICHMOND, PETERSBURG, HOPEWELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS AND CHARLOTTESVILLE; AND THE COUNTIES OF ALBEMARLE, CHARLES CITY, CHESTERFIELD, DINWIDDIE, FLUVANNA, GOOCHLAND, GREENE, HANOVER, HENRICO, LOUISA, NELSON, NEW KENT, POWHATAN, PRINCE GEORGE AND SURRAY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CVLAS PROVIDES FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION TO LOW INCOME AND ELDERLY CLIENTS IN MANY AREAS OF CIVIL (NON-CRIMINAL) LAW.

  • PROVIDE FREE CIVIL (NON-CRIMINAL) LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME AND ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $5,533,876

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christopher E Trible Esq

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Earl J Gee Esq

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patrice Shelton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lonnie D Nunley III Esq

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sean P Byrne Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harry M Johnson III Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christy Kiely Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James A McCauley Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Brook Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cora Hayes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dora-Ann Callahan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joel McClellan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bridgette Bowman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vanessa Hale

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tina Washington

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerald Lewis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Dickinson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,857
    From this org
    $130,328
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,529
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sylvia Jones

    DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $123,156
    From this org
    $121,084
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,072
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lisa Bennett

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PRO B

    Total calculated
    $111,202
    From this org
    $110,071
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,131
    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
2025
Filed
12 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202641689349300009

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