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SAN DIEGO VOLUNTEER LAWYER PROGRAM INC

EIN 33-0016681 SAN DIEGO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$5,886,804
Expenses 2024
$5,003,410

Program services were 84.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
V26
Classification
1000
Street
110 W A ST STE 1100

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF SAN DIEGO VOLUNTEER LAWYER PROGRAM, INC. IS TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM BY SERVING AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN INDIGENT AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND THE VOLUNTEER LAWYERS WHO ARE WILLING TO DONATE THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES. SDVLP PROVIDES AN ORGANIZED STRUCTURE THROUGH WHICH ATTORNEYS AND OTHER LEGAL PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE PRO BONO ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME PERSONS, PRIMARILY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, FACING CRITICAL LEGAL ISSUES IMPACTING THEIR HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING, WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO AFFORD LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

  • SDVLP'S LARGEST AREA OF PROGRAM SERVICE IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/FAMILY LAW. SDVLP STAFF AND VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER CLINICS, LOCATED AT THREE COURTHOUSES AND TWO FAMILY JUSTICE CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SDVLP STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HELP SURVIVORS OF ABUSE TO OBTAIN LIFE-SAVING PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN FAMILY LAW MATTERS SUCH AS DIVORCE, CHILD CUSTODY, AND CHILD/SPOUSAL SUPPORT, TO EMPOWER SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN TO MAINTAIN PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL FREEDOM FROM THEIR ABUSERS AND END THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE.

    Expenses $2,495,620 · Revenue $15,289

  • SAN DIEGO VOLUNTEER LAWYER PROGRAM IS A VITAL LEGAL RESOURCE FOR SAN DIEGO CHILDREN AND YOUTH. SDVLP'S SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY PROGRAM ASSISTS DISABLED FOSTER YOUTH TO ENFORCE THEIR EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND REMAIN IN SCHOOL. SDVLP'S GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM HELPS CAREGIVERS OBTAIN LEGAL CUSTODY OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE OFTEN BEEN ABUSED OR ABANDONED, ENABLING THEM TO LIVE IN SAFE AND STABLE HOMES.

    Expenses $664,623

  • SDVLP IS ALSO A VITAL RESOURCE FOR LOW-INCOME SAN DIEGANS IN A VARIETY OF OTHER AREAS. SDVLP'S TENANTS' RIGHTS PROGRAM HELPS PREVENT UNLAWFUL EVICTIONS AND HOMELESSNESS. OUR MICROBUSINESS AND NONPROFIT SUPPORT PROGRAM HELPS LOW-INCOME ENTREPRENEURS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES THAT LIFT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY AND HELPS STRENGTHEN LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. OUR RECORD RELIEF FOR SURVIVORS PROGRAM ASSISTS SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT TO CLEAR THEIR RECORDS OF NON-VIOLENT OFFENSES THAT ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF THEIR VICTIMIZATION AND START NEW LIVES FREE FROM ABUSE. OUR HIV/AIDS LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM HELPS CLIENTS ACCESS MEDICAL CARE, HOUSING, AND FIGHT DISCRIMINATION. BECAUSE OF SDVLP, CLIENTS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE HAD TO NAVIGATE THE LEGAL SYSTEM ALONE RECEIVED LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN APPROXIMATELY 7,500 CASES LAST YEAR.

    Expenses $1,070,847 · Grants $54,678

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Edward D Vogel Esq

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Benjamin J Morris Esq

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rosalie A Kramm Csr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randall R Reed

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth L Brann Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy D Cohelan Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey M Byer Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharon L Cohen Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Koh Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael A Amon Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael A Attanasio Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Howie Bruno Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kirsten F Gallacher Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael J Gleason Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Hallagan Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Kaufman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mhairi L Marsh Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raymond Ray Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alejandro Alex E Moreno Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer M Oliver Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin J Patariu Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shane Shelley Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven R Smith Dean Emeritus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean M Sullivan Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher M Young Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,886,804
    Expenses
    $5,003,410
    Contributions
    $5,548,778
    Grants paid
    $54,678
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,494,585
    Expenses
    $4,527,130
    Contributions
    $4,335,469
    Grants paid
    $56,806
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,288,905
    Expenses
    $4,220,668
    Contributions
    $4,182,177
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,338,641
    Expenses
    $3,286,216
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,831,653

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,991,693
    Expenses
    $2,964,564
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,833,256

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,933,797
    Expenses
    $2,863,572
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,659,239

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,920,731
    Expenses
    $2,593,875
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,565,921

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,623,524
    Expenses
    $2,245,186
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,227,905

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,314,973
    Expenses
    $2,058,067
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,806,472

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,024,574
    Expenses
    $1,791,911
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,567,246

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,862,651
    Expenses
    $1,698,396
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,226,773

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,770,941
    Expenses
    $1,589,771
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,044,021

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,510,431
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,814,627

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.