LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I80Z

Classification

1000

Street

333 HEGENBERGER RD STE 850

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

• LEGAL - LAS HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY SENIORS FOR OVER 45 YEARS. WE PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES, INCLUDING REPRESENTATION IN COURT AND AT ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. OUR PRACTICE AREAS INCLUDE ELDER ABUSE, PUBLIC BENEFITS, GUARDIANSHIP OF MINOR CHILDREN, NATURALIZATION, HEALTH LAW, LIMITED CONSERVATORSHIPS, AND HOUSING. IN THE HOUSING AREA, LAS ALSO PROVIDES LIMITED CASE MANAGEMENT TO CLIENTS WHO NEED SUPPORT IN OBTAINING AND STABILIZING THEIR HOUSING. WE ARE ALSO COURT APPOINTED TO REPRESENT PROPOSED CONSERVATEES. WE MAKE HOME VISITS TO OUR CLIENTS WHO BECAUSE OF THEIR HEALTH OR ECONOMIC SITUATIONS CANNOT COME TO OUR OFFICE. DURING THE YEAR, OUR ATTORNEYS AND ADVOCATES PROVIDED LEGAL SERVICES TO 3,102 SENIORS.

  Expenses $1,531,689 · Grants $22,158 · Revenue $281,863

• HEALTH INSURANCE COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM (HICAP)-THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HICAP OF LAS PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON MEDICARE, SUPPLEMENTAL OPTIONS, MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLANS, LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE, AND SCREENING AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. THE HICAP DEPARTMENT PROVIDES THESE SERVICES THROUGH 7 PAID STAFF PERSONS AND 34 TRAINED AND STATE-REGISTERED VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS AT 24 COUNSELING SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. COMPLEX ISSUES ARE REFERRED TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR ASSESSMENT AND ACTION. IN FY 2024/25, HICAP COUNSELED 2,214 INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS AND RECORDED 6,203 SEPARATE CONTACTS WITH THESE CLIENTS. HICAP STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 2293, COUNSELING HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL 1,407 HOURS OF TRAINING, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND TRAVEL TIME. THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT REPRESENTED 34 CLIENTS WITH HEALTH LAW CASES.

  Expenses $479,662

• COMMUNITY EDUCATION-LAS PROVIDES GROUP EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS AND AGENCY REPRESENTATION AT COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS HEALTH AND SENIOR FAIRS. LEGAL PRESENTATION TOPICS INCLUDE CONSUMER PROTECTION, ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION, GUARDIANSHIP, HOUSING, SUPPORTIVE INFORMATION FOR AGING IN PLACE, NATURALIZATION, AND PUBLIC BENEFITS. IN FY 2024/25, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT PROVIDED 104 PRESENTATIONS, REACHING 2,392 PEOPLE. HICAP PRESENTATION TOPICS INCLUDE MEDICARE COVERAGE AND RIGHTS, OPTIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTING MEDICARE, LOW]INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH CARE, MEDICARE AND CONSUMER FRAUD, AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE. OUR HICAP PROGRAM PARTICIPATED IN 163 COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS, REACHING 5,118 ATTENDEES. TWO FULL]TIME STAFF PERSONS SCHEDULE AND COORDINATE ALL THE EVENTS AND DELIVER MOST PRESENTATIONS AND TRAINING IN THE COUNTY. ONE FULL TIME STAFF PROVIDES DATA ENTRY SUPPORT.

  Expenses $276,476

• CONSERVATORSHIP -LAS IS APPOINTED BY THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT TO REPRESENT CONSERVATEES. LAS SERVES THE CONSERVATEE, A PERSON WHOM THE COURT HAS DEEMED IS UNABLE TO HANDLE THEIR PERSONAL AFFAIRS, FINANCIAL AFFAIRS, OR IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO UNDUE INFLUENCE.

  Expenses $132,441

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.

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

  $2,746,758

  Expenses

  $3,543,663

  Contributions

  $2,398,120

  Grants paid

  $22,158

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,058,774

  Expenses

  $3,131,290

  Contributions

  $2,714,080

  Grants paid

  $25,275

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,192,074

  Expenses

  $2,813,051

  Contributions

  $2,037,623

  Grants paid

  $21,585

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

  $6,035,126

  Expenses

  $2,613,328

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,419,156

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,433,105

  Expenses

  $2,428,197

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,083,239

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,195,098

  Expenses

  $2,237,187

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,243,004

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,327,683

  Expenses

  $1,979,616

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,086,309

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,943,213

  Expenses

  $1,805,775

  Assets (EOY)

  $706,681

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,943,213

  Expenses

  $1,805,775

  Assets (EOY)

  $706,681

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,602,026

  Expenses

  $1,626,805

  Assets (EOY)

  $520,280

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,502,608

  Expenses

  $1,474,195

  Assets (EOY)

  $446,334

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,390,497

  Assets (EOY)

  $302,185

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

• LEGAL ACCESS ALAMEDA

  $25,275

  2023 · PROVIDE DIRECT FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME LITIGANTS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.

• LEGAL ACCESS ALAMEDA

  $22,158

  2024 · PROVIDE DIRECT FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME LITIGANTS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.

• LEGAL ACCESS ALAMEDA

  $21,585

  2022 · PROVIDE DIRECT FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME LITIGANTS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $225,000

  2023 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $75,000

  2022 · ADVISED - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $75,000

  2024 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• CALIFORNIA ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION

  $43,000

  2024 · Program Support

• EAST BAY FOUNDATION ON AGING

  $35,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $32,750

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $32,600

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• EAST BAY FOUNDATION ON AGING

  $30,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT TO SERVE SENIORS IN AREAS OF HIGH NEED

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $28,635

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $28,000

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

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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