LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLANDS
EIN 62-0800756 NASHVILLE, TN
- Revenue 2024
- $15,110,563
- Expenses 2024
- $13,738,251
Program services were 82.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1321 MURFREESBORO PIKE 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
Mission
TO ENFORCE, ADVANCE AND DEFEND THE CIVIL LEGAL RIGHTS OF LOW INCOME AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY ON BEHALF OF ELDERLY, CHILDREN, VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, BY PROVIDING FREE, CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP OBTAIN FOR THEM THE BASIC NECESSITIES OF LIFE, INCLUDING FOOD, SHELTER, SAFETY AND HEALTHCARE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO PROVIDE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY GIVES FREE LEGAL AID TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN. IT PROVIDES DIRECT LEGAL ASSISTANCE, SELF-HELP BROCHURES AND ADVICE TO INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS AND LEGAL EDUCATION TO GROUPS AND THE PUBLIC. ITS FUNDAMENTAL MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND STABILITY TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. IT HELPS THEM BY PREVENTING AND ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; OBTAINING INCOME (FROM PUBLIC BENEFITS SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY, FOOD STAMPS AND WELFARE AND EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION); RESOLVING INCOME TAX DISPUTES; OBTAINING HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH SERVICES; RESOLVING CONSUMER DISPUTES; GAINING AND PROTECTING HOUSING, AND ASSURING APPROPRIATE EDUCATION AND OTHER SERVICES FOR CHILDREN. IN 2024, LEGAL AID HANDLED 7,143 CASES. VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS WORKING THROUGH LEGAL AID SOCIETY VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM HANDLED AN ADDITIONAL 1,191 CASES. AN ADDITIONAL 59 CASES WERE HANDLED THROUGH OUR CONTRACT ATTORNEY PROGRAM (CAP). DONATED LEGAL SERVICES FOR 2024 TOTAL $1,210,688.
Expenses $11,275,879 · Revenue $7,248
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.
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ERIN PALMER POLLY
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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SUSAN L KAY
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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WALTER H STUBBS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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TREY RELIFORD
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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JAMES L WEATHERLY JR
MEMBER AT LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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CHRISTINA SANDERS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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DAVID A WEIL
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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CAMERON R HOFFMEYER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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KONDAL REDDY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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JOEL LUCAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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BRAD HORNSBY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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MISTY M PHY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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MARGARET DODSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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KATIE M ZIPPER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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TRACI BROOKS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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JAMES CONLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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DIANE DAVIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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FRANK TOUB
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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MELINDA BROWN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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ASHLEY WATERS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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JOHN T BLANKENSHIP
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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KATIE BELL KLINGHARD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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SHARON CRANE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.3
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DARKENYA WALLER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $184,996
- From this org
- $178,117
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,879
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $178,117
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,774
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,105
- Filer's total
- $184,996
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ANNA CATLIN
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
- Total calculated
- $103,876
- From this org
- $100,219
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,657
- Hours/week
- 40
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. 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $15,110,563
- Expenses
- $13,738,251
- Contributions
- $14,727,111
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $11,749,705
- Expenses
- $11,757,039
- Contributions
- $11,601,556
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $9,270,024
- Expenses
- $9,380,106
- Contributions
- $9,255,156
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $10,472,394
- Expenses
- $8,912,584
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,528,233
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $8,012,328
- Expenses
- $8,796,671
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,552,343
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,437,978
- Expenses
- $8,396,159
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,792,382
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,638,089
- Expenses
- $7,156,486
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,477,164
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,818,851
- Expenses
- $6,907,660
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,990,483
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,421,392
- Expenses
- $6,991,571
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,992,794
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,052,134
- Expenses
- $6,743,094
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,398,285
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,262,296
- Expenses
- $6,186,409
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,136,522
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
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$4,530,808
2024 CIVIL LEGAL AID
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$4,500,027
2022 CIVIL LEGAL AID
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$4,445,688
2023 CIVIL LEGAL AID
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TENNESSEE ALLIANCE FOR LEGAL SERVICES
$2,405,158
2024 LEGAL SUPPORT FOR TENNESSEE RESIDENTS
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$695,120
2023 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
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2023 FAIR HSNG/EVICT PREV
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2024 Fair Housing & Eviction Prevention
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$322,702
2024 LEGAL SERVICES
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$225,276
2022 LEGAL SERVICES
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UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC
$107,000
2025 PROGRAM OPNS (CIF)
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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.