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BAY AREA LEGAL AID

EIN 94-1631316 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2024
$31,426,545
Expenses 2024
$30,238,844

Program services were 83.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
1735 TELEGRAPH 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 · 2024

Mission

BAYLEGAL PROVIDES FREE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA TO ADDRESS LEGAL BARRIERS TO HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, PERSONAL SAFETY, FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND STABILITY SO TO ESCAPE POVERTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BAY AREA LEGAL AID (BAYLEGAL) PROVIDES FREE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME BAY AREA RESIDENTS.

  • HEALTH CARE ACCESS, ECONOMIC SECURITY, AND CONSUMER RIGHTS: IN 2024, BAYLEGAL PROVIDED SERVICES TO 7,828 LOW-INCOME SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING SENIORS, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN NEED OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO ACCESS ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SUCH AS MEDICARE, MEDI-CAL, SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI), CALWORKS (FEDERALLY KNOWN AS TANF) AND CALFRESH (FEDERALLY KNOWN AS SNAP). BAYLEGAL ALSO HELPED TO REMOVE FINANCIAL IMPEDIMENTS TO HOUSING, INCOME, HEALTHCARE, AND ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR LOW-INCOME CONSUMERS. THROUGH THIS WORK, BAYLEGAL SECURED OVER $23.5 MILLION IN QUANTIFIABLE BENEFITS TO HELP LOW-INCOME BAY AREA RESIDENTS MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS AND IMPROVE THEIR SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

    Expenses $11,660,776 · Revenue $433,550

  • HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION: IN 2024, BAY AREA LEGAL AID (BAYLEGAL) HELPED 9,719 LOW-INCOME SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING SENIORS, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AVOID HOMELESSNESS AND PRESERVE HOUSING. BAYLEGAL'S ADVOCACY TO ENFORCE HOUSING LAWS AND REGULATIONS ALSO HELPED PRESERVE AND EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA. BAYLEGAL COUNSELED AND REPRESENTED CLIENTS WHO FACED ILLEGAL EVICTIONS, INCLUDING EVICTION AFTER FORECLOSURE, DISCRIMINATION, SUBSTANDARD HOUSING, AND OTHER HOUSING RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. THROUGH THIS WORK, BAYLEGAL SECURED OVER $15.4 MILLION IN QUANTIFIABLE BENEFITS TO HELP LOW-INCOME BAY AREA RESIDENTS SECURE THEIR BASIC NEED FOR SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND HABITABLE HOUSING.

    Expenses $7,888,871 · Grants $3,896,303 · Revenue $168,819

  • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION: IN 2024, BAYLEGAL PROVIDED INTEGRATED AND HOLISTIC LEGAL SERVICES TO HELP 4,637 LOW-INCOME SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SURVIVORS OF INTER-PERSONAL VIOLENCE AND THEIR CHILDREN ESCAPE ABUSE AND BUILD NEW INDEPENDENT AND SAFE FUTURES. BAYLEGAL PROVIDED LEGAL ASSISTANCE WITH RESTRAINING ORDERS, CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION ORDERS, DIVORCES, CHILD AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT, AND OTHER FAMILY LAW PROTECTIONS AND SUPPORTS. BAYLEGAL ALSO ASSISTED IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABUSE, AS WELL THEIR CHILDREN, IN FILING FOR IMMIGRATION RELIEF UNDER THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (VAWA) AND THE VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT.THROUGH THIS WORK, BAYLEGAL SECURED OVER $11.1 MILLION IN QUANTIFIABLE BENEFITS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, FAMILY LAW, AND IMMIGRATION MATTERS, TO HELP INTER-PERSONAL VIOLENCE SURVIVORS ACHIEVE LASTING SAFETY AND IMPROVE THEIR SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

    Expenses $3,740,661 · Revenue $3,500

  • BAYLEGAL ALSO PROVIDES TARGETED SERVICES FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS INCLUDING FOSTER AND TRANSITION AGE YOUTH, COMMERCIALLY SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN, YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND/OR INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEPENDENCY OR DELINQUENCY SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS VETERANS AND PEOPLE WHO WERE FORMERLY INCARCERATED.

    Expenses $2,091,672 · Grants $3,124

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.

  • ROBERT A GOODIN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN DWYER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ARLENE HIPP

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALLAN STEYER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREW M COHEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANNA T PLETCHER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ASHOK RAMANI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BIVETT BRACKETT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRISTOPHER B HOCKETT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CLAUDIA VETESI

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 01/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID MCCLAIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID STEUER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • D'LONRA ELLIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELAINE ALLEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ENNOAJA FRAZIER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FRED M FELLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GLADYS DEAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GREG EDMONDS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOE LINUS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN DUCKWORTH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSEPH J TABACCO JR

    BOARD MEMBER (THROUGH 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KARLA FLORES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHERYN J FRITZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIRT SWITZER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MOLLY MORIARITY LANE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $31,426,545
    Expenses
    $30,238,844
    Contributions
    $29,543,484
    Grants paid
    $3,899,427
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $29,245,155
    Expenses
    $27,825,325
    Contributions
    $28,392,283
    Grants paid
    $3,411,057
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $26,986,861
    Expenses
    $26,176,950
    Contributions
    $23,554,828
    Grants paid
    $2,838,506

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,860,765
    Expenses
    $21,310,211
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,967,093

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,495,332
    Expenses
    $20,508,111
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,693,498

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,065,816
    Expenses
    $19,673,286
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,427,168

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,081,332
    Expenses
    $16,995,552
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,485,427

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,081,332
    Expenses
    $16,995,552
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,485,427

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

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

Where these grants went next →

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.