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GREATER BAKERSFIELD LEGAL ASSISTANCE INC

EIN 95-2829257 BAKERSFIELD, CA

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Revenue 2023
$6,394,724
Expenses 2023
$6,216,175

Program services were 99.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I83
Classification
1000
Street
615 CALIFORNIA AVE

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 · 2023

Mission

GBLA's mission is to "promote social change and justice by providing high quality legal services to Kern County's low-income and elderly."

Activities or mission (Part I)

Non-profit, tax exempt corporation organized for the purpose of providing free legal assistance in civil matters to persons unable to afford legal assistance in Bakersfield, CA and surrounding areas of Kern County.

  • State Bar of CaliforniaFunds from the State Bar are used to support the Community Homeless Law Center (funded by HUD), a program focused on removing legal barriers that are prohibiting the homeless from securing housing and jobs; it is also used to support Older American Act projects such as the Seniors Law Center and the Grandparent Guardianship Program as well as other similar projects of GBLA.

    Expenses $2,042,846

  • Legal Services Corporation Provides free legal aid in civil matters to low-income individuals and families throughout Kern County. Core areas of practice include health law, housing and homelessness, family and children services, domestic violence, guardianship, consumer law, and elder law.

    Expenses $1,915,911

  • Other ProgramsSee Schedule O

    Expenses $640,951

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Danita Melton

    Grant Admin

    Total calculated
    $160,788
    From this org
    $144,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,455
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,333
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $15,521
    Nontaxable benefits
    $934
    Filer's total
    $160,788

  • Carol Bracy

    Supervising Attorn

    Total calculated
    $158,126
    From this org
    $135,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,526
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,600
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $20,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,511
    Filer's total
    $158,126

  • Tim Denari

    Dir. of Finance

    Total calculated
    $157,771
    From this org
    $152,436
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,335
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,436
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,629
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,706
    Filer's total
    $157,771

  • Valentin Narvaez

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $152,485
    From this org
    $140,525
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,960
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,525
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,960
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $152,485

  • Giovanna Fournier-Ocampo

    Interim Ex. Dir

    Total calculated
    $148,899
    From this org
    $139,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,229
    Hours/week
    40

  • Estela Casas

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $131,103
    From this org
    $126,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,987
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • James A Yoro

    Sec/Treas

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vanessa Chavez

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jack Chavolla

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lydia E Ortiz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teryl D Wakeman

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Rivera

    Director

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,394,724
    Expenses
    $6,216,175
    Contributions
    $6,354,535
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,280,312
    Expenses
    $5,583,868
    Contributions
    $5,251,056
    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
    $4,945,867
    Expenses
    $5,030,085
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,514,322

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,690,133
    Expenses
    $5,108,501
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,363,661

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,365,337
    Expenses
    $4,325,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,361,286

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,967,232
    Expenses
    $3,978,788
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,264,656

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,967,232
    Expenses
    $3,978,788
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,264,656

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,942,668
    Expenses
    $4,025,259
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,957,069

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,910,142
    Expenses
    $4,001,490
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,799,597

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,776,415
    Expenses
    $3,760,608
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,863,238

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,858,134
    Expenses
    $3,881,037
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,098,574

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.