Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,440,673
- Total expenses
- $3,239,039
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,416,036
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $6,300
- Investment income
- $18,337
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,262,610
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $874,766
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,387,844
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,003,106
- Management and general expenses
- $199,873
- Fundraising expenses
- $36,060
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,003,106
Program services were 92.7% 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)
$2,961,287
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$454,749
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2a · Program service revenue: POST-CONVICTION RELIEF
total $3,250 · related or exempt $3,250
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2b · Program service revenue: DRIVERS RELICENSING
total $3,050 · related or exempt $3,050
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3 · Investment income
total $18,337 · related or exempt $18,337
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,270,448 · program services $1,152,812 · management and general $112,247 · fundraising $5,389
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $180,853 · program services $180,853
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,338 · program services $2,338
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $93,926 · program services $83,594 · management and general $9,393 · fundraising $939
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11a · Fees: management
total $134,850 · program services $134,850
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11b · Fees: legal
total $10,850 · program services $10,850
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $107,856 · program services $97,070 · management and general $10,786
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $1,000 · management and general $1,000
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11g · Fees: other
total $718,394 · program services $718,394
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $34,634 · program services $34,634
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13 · Office expenses
total $368,677 · program services $331,808 · management and general $36,869
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16 · Occupancy
total $100,455 · program services $80,363 · management and general $10,046 · fundraising $10,046
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17 · Travel
total $142,496 · program services $117,064 · management and general $12,716 · fundraising $12,716
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $15,434 · program services $12,348 · management and general $1,543 · fundraising $1,543
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $2,197 · program services $2,197
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23 · Insurance
total $52,647 · program services $43,931 · management and general $4,358 · fundraising $4,358
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24a · Other expenses: DONATION
total $1,069 · fundraising $1,069
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24b · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT FEES
total $915 · management and general $915
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $906,835 · end of year $1,561,041
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $715,489 · end of year $700,423
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$16,033
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$14,887
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $1,146
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $214,463 · end of year $143,874
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $40,000 · end of year $715,000
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $178,771 · end of year $7,369
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $2,880 · end of year $8,523
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,186,210 · end of year $1,387,844
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ADVOCACY AND ACCESS.
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OUR CLIENTS AND THEIR LOVED ONES HAVE BEEN UNJUSTLY IMPACTED BY OUR LEGAL SYSTEM. TOO OFTEN, ACCESS TO JUSTICE IS DENIED DUE TO POVERTY AND STRUCTURAL BIAS. IN OUR WORK, WE FOCUS ON ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACISM, REMOVING BARRIERS, EMPOWERING THE MOST VULNERABLE, AND AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF THE IMPACTED COMMUNITY TO CREATE A MORE JUST SYSTEM. WE UNDERSTAND THAT CHANGE WILL NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, SO ANOTHER ASPECT OF OUR WORK IS FOCUSED ON NAVIGATING SYSTEMS AS THEY ARE, TO FIND THE WAY TO JUSTICE.
Expenses $3,003,106 · Revenue $6,300
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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VIRLA SPENCER
CEO
- Total calculated
- $269,427
- From this org
- $269,427
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $247,427
- Bonus
- $22,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $269,427
-
QUINTON BAKER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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JEREMIAH BOURGEOIS
MEMBER AT-LA
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MICHAELA BROWN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
F JEROME JD DAVIS
MEMBER AT-LA
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ORAY FIFER
MEMBER AT-LA
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KATIE HOWARD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
KAREN LINDHOLDT
MEMBER AT-LA
- 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. 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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 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
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
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202523219349315652
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