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COLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES

EIN 91-0974503 SEATTLE, WA

Revenue 2024
$1,151,800
Expenses 2024
$7,360,154

Program services were 58.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I800
Classification
1000
Street
1301 5TH AVE STE 1200

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).

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.

  • MERF EHMAN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $174,999
    From this org
    $159,632
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,367
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,632
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,367
    Filer's total
    $174,999

  • AMY CREWDSON

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $168,953
    From this org
    $144,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,886
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,067
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,886
    Filer's total
    $168,953

  • JOACHIM MORRISON

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $136,289
    From this org
    $131,617
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,672
    Hours/week
    35

  • BLANCA RODRIGUEZ

    DEPT DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $145,808
    From this org
    $130,578
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,230
    Hours/week
    35

  • ANTONIO GINATTA

    POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $152,308
    From this org
    $128,831
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,477
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,831
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,477
    Filer's total
    $152,308

  • DENISE DAVIS

    CONTROLLER (THRU 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $151,220
    From this org
    $122,165
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,055
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $55,286
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $66,879
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,055
    Filer's total
    $151,220

  • JEFFREY GRANT

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.66

  • KATHLEEN ALBRECHT

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.58

  • MATTHEW MOERSFELDER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.58

  • MEGAN YOSHIMURA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KARLA PARTIDA CASTRO

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • BERNICE J BLESSING

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.33

  • ANTHONY E HAMILTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.33

  • RUTHY GONZALEZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • CARMEN MIRELES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • MACY STORMONT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • BRENDA CARLSTROM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • JORDAN CLARK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • NYJAT ROSE-AKINS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • BRENDA MORBAUCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • STEVEN MARCHESE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JAMILA JOHNSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 — 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,151,800
    Expenses
    $7,360,154
    Contributions
    $752,604
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $16,347,669
    Expenses
    $6,887,028
    Contributions
    $15,986,730
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,712,344
    Expenses
    $5,786,254
    Contributions
    $8,178,249
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,748,661
    Expenses
    $5,668,676
    Contributions
    $7,878,249
    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.

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 10 September 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.