Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$31,639,095

Total expenses

$21,759,113

Contributions and grants received

$30,867,509

Grants paid

$18,666,621

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$736,968

Other revenue

$34,618

Total assets, end of year

$40,007,923

Total liabilities, end of year

$10,306,150

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$29,701,773

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$19,966,220

Management and general expenses

$840,157

Fundraising expenses

$952,736

Program service expenses (Part III)

$19,966,220

Program services were 91.8% 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 · 2023

• IOLTA PROGRAM - INTEREST ON LAWYER TRUST ACCOUNT:THE IOLTA PROGRAM WAS CREATED BY THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT AND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE LBF. IOLTA GENERATES INTERST THAT HELPS FINANCE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE POOR. THE INTEREST IS GRANTED ANNUALLY BY THE LBF TO LOUISIANA'S LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, PRO BONO PROGRAMS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE CIVIL LEGAL AID TO LOUISIANA'S POOR.

  Expenses $14,471,513 · Grants $10,201,179 · Revenue $24,445,414

• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, STATE OF LOUISIANA COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (CEA):THE SCOPE OF THE CEA IS 1. [TO] PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN IN CHILD PROTECTION CASES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATIONS, THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES, AND THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT AND; 2. RESOLVE LEGAL PROBLEMS OF LOW INCOME PEOPLE; STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES BY SERVICING SPECIAL POPULATIONS INCLUDING VETERANS, HOMELESS, DISASTER SURVIVORS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS, AND SENIORS; DEVELOP THE BEST PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRMS POSSIBLE.

  Expenses $4,220,853 · Grants $4,084,853 · Revenue $4,220,853

• ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGREEMENT:THE CHILD WELFARE POLICY MANUAL ALLOWS TITLE IV-E AGENCIES TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF CHILD AND PARENTS IN CHILD WELFARE CASES INCLUDING INDEPENDENT LEGAL REPRESENTATION BY AN ATTORNEY.

  Expenses $787,731 · Grants $748,344 · Revenue $787,731

• LOUISIANA HOUSING CORPORATION COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (CEA):EDUCATION, COUNSELING, AND DIRECT REPRESENTATION AIDING IMPOVERISHED CITIZENS IN MATTERS OF TITLE CLEARING (AS IT RELATES TO HOMEOWNER FORECLOSURE), FORECLOSURE PREVENTION, MEDIATION AND MORTGAGE LOAN MODIFICATIONS.

  Expenses $333,333 · Grants $333,333 · Revenue $333,333

• ACCESS TO JUSTICE:A COOPERATIVE VENTURE OF THE LOUISIANA BAR FOUNDATION, THE LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE LOUISIANA LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS. THE COMMITTEE WORKS TO MAKE OTHERS AWARE OF THE UNMET NEEDS OF THE POOR FOR CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES, AND CAN BEST ASSIST BY WORKING TOWARD SOLUTIONS THAT CAN BE REALIZED IM PROPER FUNDING OF LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS AND INCREASED PARTICIPATION BY LEGAL COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $50,000 · Grants $50,000 · Revenue $50,000

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $102,790 · Grants $102,790 · Revenue $108,200

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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. 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

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

• ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION

  $5,939,360

  LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

• SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LEGAL SERVICES

  $4,910,153

  LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

• LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS COLLEGE OF LAW (OLSCLS)

  $1,006,000

  CHILDREN'S LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM

• LAGNIAPPE LAW LAB

  $584,713

  SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP GRANT

• THE PRO BONO PROJECT

  $450,500

  PRO BONO PROJECT

• SHREVEPORT BAR FOUNDATION

  $402,577

  PRO BONO PROJECT

• THE WELLSPRING ALLIANCE FOR FAMILIES

  $397,000

  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM

• BATON ROUGE BAR FOUNDATION

  $335,250

  PRO BONO PROJECT

• LOUISIANA APPLESEED

  $291,940

  SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP GRANT

• CATHOLIC CHARITIES - DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE

  $232,222

  OTHER LEGAL SERVICES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

20 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202500209349300610

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