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VOLUNTEER LEGAL ADVOCATES

EIN 26-1089584 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2025
$5,486,445
Expenses 2025
$4,860,110

Program services were 85.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
L800
Classification
1000
Street
5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE SUITE 44

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 · 2025

Mission

TO ADVOCATE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS, AT-RISK CHILDREN, AND OTHER VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS BY PROVIDING OVER $22.8M IN PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICE REFERRALS, AND ON-GOING SUPPORT; TO TRAIN AND SUPPORT A STRONG NETWORK OF VOLUNTEER LAWYERS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO VULNERABLE LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN DC AND MD.

  • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM:LEGAL ASSISTANCE: VOLUNTEER AND STAFF LAWYERS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IN PROTECTION ORDER AND FAMILY LAW CASES AND ADVOCATE FOR VICTIM RIGHTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ABUSERS. WALK-IN LEGAL CLINICS: OUR LAWYERS PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE AT COMMUNITY-BASED CLINICS AND AT A COURT-BASED CLINIC. SUPPORT SERVICES: OUR ADVOCATES PROVIDE SAFETY PLANNING, TRAUMA-INFORMED CRISIS INTERVENTION, ONGOING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND ACCESS TO CRITICAL SOCIAL SERVICES. LEGAL HELP LINE: OUR ADVOCATES RESPOND TO HUNDREDS OF CALLERS' REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ON VICTIM RIGHTS, LEGAL SERVICES, AND PROVIDE REFERRALS TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $1,735,115

  • IMMIGRATION PROGRAM:VOLUNTEER AND STAFF LAWYERS ASSIST LOW-INCOME IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER FORMS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN WITH VAWA SELF-PETITIONS, BATTERED SPOUSE WAIVERS, U AND T VISAS, AFFIRMATIVE AND DEFENSIVE ASYLUM CLAIMS, SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS, TPS, DACA, WORK AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER FORMS OF IMMIGRATION RELIEF. THE GOAL IS TO HELP IMMIGRANT VICTIMS, A MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE NOT PERMITTED TO LEGALLY WORK IN THE U.S., IN ACHIEVING SAFETY, STABILITY, AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY BY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE AND TRAUMA-INFORMED LEGAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

    Expenses $1,045,009

  • CHILD ADVOCACY PROGRAM:OUR COURT-APPOINTED VOLUNTEER AND STAFF ATTORNEYS ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN GROWING UP IN HOMES WITH ABUSE, NEGLECT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OTHER DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONNECT THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH CRUCIAL SOCIAL SERVICES. IN OVER 95% OF THE CASES, JUDGES ACCEPT OUR ATTORNEYS' RECOMMENDATIONS.

    Expenses $862,623

  • MARYLAND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM:LEGAL ASSISTANCE: VOLUNTEER AND STAFF LAWYERS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE TRAUMA-INFORMED LEGAL, ADVOCACY, AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 220 LOW-INCOME VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND. WITH AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF ACCESS POINTS, COLLABORATIONS WITH CROSS-REFERRAL PARTNERS, AND TARGETED OUTREACH, WE REACH THE MOST UNDERSERVED VICTIMS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND.

    Expenses $515,649

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • SARA TENNEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $208,644
    From this org
    $191,689
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,955
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,689
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,671
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,284
    Filer's total
    $208,644

  • KAREN BARKER MARCOU

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • TRACEY COATES

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNETTE M STANLEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HENRY BREWSTER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA C ABRAHAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW COHEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEXIS COLLINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PHILLIP HURST

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEATHER LAMBERG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID LAST

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET MCKINNEY

    DIRECTOR (FROM 9/17/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PRINCESS MCDUFFIE

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 7/31/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAGGIE PRIETO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN RAPTIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAMIL R SHIELDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ILENE WEINREICH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHARINE WEYMOUTH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN YOURISH

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $151,416
    From this org
    $135,054
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,362
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,554
    Bonus
    $3,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,309
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,053
    Filer's total
    $151,416

  • AIDA VINDELL

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $138,241
    From this org
    $130,412
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,829
    Hours/week
    40

  • MARCY BASKIN

    DIR. OF GRANTS & FOUNDATIONAL GIVING

    Total calculated
    $129,571
    From this org
    $117,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,201
    Hours/week
    40

  • DANIELA HUERTA GARCIA

    DIRECTOR OF LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $127,791
    From this org
    $116,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,387
    Hours/week
    40

  • BESTY CRUMB

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,257
    From this org
    $108,358
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,899
    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $5,486,445
    Expenses
    $4,860,110
    Contributions
    $5,515,919
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,576,643
    Expenses
    $4,186,311
    Contributions
    $4,638,703
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,529,018
    Expenses
    $3,364,438
    Contributions
    $3,525,030
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,381,477
    Expenses
    $2,641,115
    Contributions
    $3,459,434
    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
    $2,766,602
    Expenses
    $1,833,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,904,409

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,847,073
    Expenses
    $1,657,673
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,226,785

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,437,337
    Expenses
    $1,630,569
    Assets (EOY)
    $846,245

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,808,998
    Expenses
    $1,465,499
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,043,107

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,214,324
    Expenses
    $1,427,094
    Assets (EOY)
    $687,988

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,404,028
    Expenses
    $1,426,411
    Assets (EOY)
    $861,873

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,252,294
    Expenses
    $1,185,163
    Assets (EOY)
    $893,677

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $920,886
    Expenses
    $695,013
    Assets (EOY)
    $544,948

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $375,230
    Assets (EOY)
    $299,114

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.