LEGAL AID OF WESTERN OHIO INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I80Z

Classification

1000

Street

525 JEFFERSON AVE STE 400

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

• LAWO REPRESENTS CLIENTS IN SEVERAL AREAS OF LAW, INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER FAMILY-LAW RELATED ISSUES; HOUSING, INCLUDING ISSUES SURROUNDING PUBLIC HOUSING AND HOUSING CONDITIONS; ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT BENEFITS; DEBT COLLECTION DEFENSE AND BANKRUPTCY; CONSUMER FRAUD ISSUES; EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT; AND THE LEGAL PROBLEMS THAT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, VETERANS, THE HOMELESS, AND OLDER ADULTS FACE.EACH YEAR LAWO'S EXPERIENCED STAFF OF ATTORNEYS, PARALEGALS, AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS LIVING IN POVERTY THROUGHOUT 32 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE HAVE OFFICES LOCATED IN DAYTON, DEFIANCE, FINDLAY, LIMA, SANDUSKY, SPRINGFIELD, AND TOLEDO.IN 2024 WE MET THE LEGAL NEEDS OF OUR CLIENTS WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PARTNER LAW FIRM, ADVOCATES FOR BASIC LEGAL EQUALITY, INC. (ABLE). THE SERVICES WE PROVIDED BENEFITED CHILDREN, OLDER ADULTS, VETERANS, IMMIGRANTS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PERSONS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE, FAMILIES FACING EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE, HOMELESS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, CHILDREN STRUGGLING TO SECURE APPROPRIATE EDUCATION SERVICES, AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, AMONG OTHERS. OUR ATTORNEYS AND ADVOCATES WORK IN AREAS THAT PRIVATE ATTORNEYS USUALLY DO NOT, INCLUDING REPRESENTATION OF TENANTS, LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS, IMMIGRANTS, VETERANS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND PEOPLE SEEKING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.WHAT WE DO IS IMPORTANT TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDE POWERFUL SOLUTIONS TO CRITICAL SOCIETAL ISSUES. THROUGH OUR EFFORTS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE RETURNED TO THE COMMUNITY OR SAVED FOR OUR CLIENTS. WE CONSERVE VALUABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCES BY ADDRESSING ISSUES BEFORE THEY BECOME A CRISIS AND WORK WITH OTHER NON-PROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ADVOCACY FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.TOGETHER LAWO AND ABLE CONSTITUTE THE LARGEST PROVIDERS OF FREE, COMPREHENSIVE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME PERSONS IN OHIO. OVER 23% OF OHIO'S POVERTY POPULATION LIVES IN OUR 32 COUNTY SERVICE AREA. LAWO ALSO SERVES AGRICULTURAL WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. OURADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND HEADQUARTERS ARE LOCATED IN TOLEDO AT THE CENTER FOR EQUAL JUSTICE. IN 2024, LAWO RECEIVED 15,721 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE AND CLOSED 5,198 CASES. OUR ADVOCACY IN 2024 BENEFITED 15,721 INDIVIDUALS. LAWO ALSO SECURED $6,656,240 IN TOTAL MONETARY AWARDS FOR ITS CLIENTS.

  Expenses $8,688,915 · Grants $464,306 · Revenue $100,208

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.

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

  $8,974,773

  Expenses

  $9,015,767

  Contributions

  $8,833,362

  Grants paid

  $464,306

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,582,897

  Expenses

  $8,525,868

  Contributions

  $8,354,371

  Grants paid

  $330,370

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,690,267

  Expenses

  $7,766,483

  Contributions

  $7,565,431

  Grants paid

  $292,472

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

  $6,593,584

  Expenses

  $6,546,556

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,882,076

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,242,798

  Expenses

  $7,163,885

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,471,708

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,718,457

  Expenses

  $7,267,428

  Assets (EOY)

  $699,692

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,737,772

  Expenses

  $6,676,009

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,049,111

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,013,432

  Expenses

  $6,240,240

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,512,900

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,142,798

  Expenses

  $5,789,129

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,700,336

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,601,743

  Expenses

  $5,463,757

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,222,299

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,548,545

  Expenses

  $5,676,237

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,151,518

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,073,122

  Expenses

  $6,087,368

  Assets (EOY)

  $502,685

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,367,767

  Assets (EOY)

  $931,890

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

• GREATER DAYTON VLP

  $172,500

  2024 · SUPPORT

• GREATER DAYTON VLP

  $159,438

  2023 · SUPPORT

• GREATER DAYTON VLP

  $155,308

  2022 · SUPPORT

• TOLEDO BAR ASSOCIATION

  $80,361

  2024 · SUPPORT

• TOLEDO BAR ASSOCIATION

  $77,500

  2023 · SUPPORT

• LUCAS COUNTY JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER

  $72,107

  2024 · SUPPORT

• TOLEDO BAR ASSOCIATION

  $70,525

  2022 · SUPPORT

• CHILDREN'S RIGHTS COLLABORATIVE OF NORTHWEST OHIO

  $53,563

  2024 · SUPPORT

• ADVOCATES FOR BASIC LEGAL EQUALITY INC

  $48,473

  2022 · SUPPORT

• FRANCISCAN SHELTERS DBA BETHANY HOUSE

  $43,766

  2024 · SUPPORT

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

  $4,416,650

  2022 · CIVIL LEGAL AID

• LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

  $4,416,636

  2024 · CIVIL LEGAL AID

• LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

  $4,395,886

  2023 · CIVIL LEGAL AID

• ADVOCATES FOR BASIC LEGAL EQUALITY

  $1,898,662

  2024 · SUPPORT

• ADVOCATES FOR BASIC LEGAL EQUALITY

  $1,838,654

  2023 · SUPPORT

• OHIO ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION

  $263,145

  2023 · Funding to support civil legal services for low-income and underserved Ohioans.

• OHIO ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION

  $182,000

  2024 · Funding to support civil legal services for low-income Ohioans.

• OHIO ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION

  $125,000

  2022 · Funding to support civil legal services for low-income and underserved Ohioans

• OHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2023 · GETTING LEGAL PROTECTION FROM ABUSE

• TOLEDO LAW ASSOCIATION

  $39,475

  2022 · CASE MGMT SYSTEM

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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