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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,151,800
Total expenses
$7,360,154
Contributions and grants received
$752,604
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,287,378
Management and general expenses
$2,810,181
Fundraising expenses
$262,595
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,287,378

Program services were 58.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MERF EHMAN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $174,999
    From this org
    $159,632
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,367
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,632
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,367
    Filer's total
    $174,999

  • AMY CREWDSON

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $168,953
    From this org
    $144,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,886
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,067
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,886
    Filer's total
    $168,953

  • JOACHIM MORRISON

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $136,289
    From this org
    $131,617
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,672
    Hours/week
    35

  • BLANCA RODRIGUEZ

    DEPT DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $145,808
    From this org
    $130,578
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,230
    Hours/week
    35

  • ANTONIO GINATTA

    POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $152,308
    From this org
    $128,831
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,477
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,831
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,477
    Filer's total
    $152,308

  • DENISE DAVIS

    CONTROLLER (THRU 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $151,220
    From this org
    $122,165
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,055
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $55,286
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $66,879
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,055
    Filer's total
    $151,220

  • JEFFREY GRANT

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.66

  • KATHLEEN ALBRECHT

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.58

  • MATTHEW MOERSFELDER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.58

  • MEGAN YOSHIMURA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KARLA PARTIDA CASTRO

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • BERNICE J BLESSING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.33

  • ANTHONY E HAMILTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.33

  • RUTHY GONZALEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • CARMEN MIRELES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • MACY STORMONT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • BRENDA CARLSTROM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • JORDAN CLARK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • NYJAT ROSE-AKINS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • BRENDA MORBAUCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • STEVEN MARCHESE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JAMILA JOHNSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 — 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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4A
IN 2024, DENISE DAVIS BOBINO RECEIVED SEVERANCE OF $66,879.

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
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543179349305824

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