2024-12-20T16:22:15-08:00 2024-06-30 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2023-07-01 330042690 Legal Aid Association of California LEGA 5108933000 1832 Second Street Suite 105 Berkeley CA 94710 Salena Copeland Executive Dir. 2024-12-20 true true Tierna Jensen P02447146 5108352727 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Jora Trang 1644600 false X www.laaconline.org X 1983 CA LAAC is the statewide membership of civil legal nonprofits. We serve our community and their clients by advocating for more legal aid funding, by training legal aid staff, and by coordinating and connecting advocates throughout the state. 19 19 15 50 0 1647657 1532722 84746 99345 2497 8340 3328 4193 1738228 1644600 366572 387000 0 894015 884972 0 47291 383492 294445 1644079 1566417 94149 78183 776758 869022 183015 197096 593743 671926 X The Legal Aid Association of California, the statewide membership of legal services nonprofits, serves its members through advocacy and other support in efforts to provide legal assistance to low-income Californians and ensure access to justice. false false 833229 16000 44236 LAAC Core Programs: During FY2324, LAAC provided many meetings and online trainings for the legal services community, including the second annual California Legal Aid Executive Director Retreat and a first retreat for Deputy Directors. LAAC also provided summer fellowships for law students through LAACs Dan Bradley Fellowship program. LAAC undertook several advocacy efforts to protect funding for civil legal services in California's state budget. LAAC also supported a statewide resource and referral website at www.LawHelpCA.org. LAAC staff trained front-line helpers across the state on using LawHelpCA.org to help people in crisis access legal resources. Staff also recruited volunteer law students to help cite users find the information they needed, as people in legal crisis often want a real person (not a bot) to help them. 403928 371000 Legal Services Funders Network: In 2022, LAAC became the fiscal sponsor of LSFN. LSFN is comprised of many types of foundations, law firms, law schools, individuals, government staff, and bar associations. For some, funding legal services is a primary focus. For others, funding legal services is a strategy used to help amplify the impact of grants in specific focus areas. Network members provide support to a range of organizations, including community-based direct legal services providers, those involved with public policy, advocacy and impact litigation, and those that provide infrastructure support to the legal aid field. LAACs fiscal sponsorship of LSFN involves processing fellowship stipends for LSFNs robust post-graduate fellowship program, placing law school graduates in legal aid organizations prior to their passing the California Bar Exam. 52273 Self-Represented Litigation Network: In January 2023, LAAC became the temporary fiscal sponsor of the Self Represented Litigation Network. SRLN is a collaborative project of court staff, academics, judges, and other stakeholders dedicated to making the justice system more accessible to people who are self-represented in court. SRLN is transitioning to a new home and needed a temporary fiscal sponsor within our community to close out their nonprofit projects. For more information, see SRLN.org. 14247 55109 1303677 true true false true false false false false false false false false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 50 0 true 15 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 19 19 false false false false true true true true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X X Briones International 5108414585 360 14th Street Sixth Floor Oakland CA 94612 Salena Copeland Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 144300 0 19343 Amanda Alvarado Ford Co-Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Leon Dixson Co-Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Nicole Perez Vice Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Yeison Soto Valdez Vice Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Pablo Ramirez Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kim Kruckel Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Randi Sunshine Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kate Marr Past Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Laura Chiera Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Godbe Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sandra Chung Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Laura McMahon Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cori Racela Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jonathan Ota Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Shashi Hanuman Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tessie Solorzano Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lorin Bond Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Laruen Carden Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Adam Murray Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Hannah Brady Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eric Harris Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Carla Lopez Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 144300 19343 1 false true false 0 559793 384692 588237 1532722 Legal news subscription 900099 9720 9720 Partner projects 900099 55109 55109 Seminar fees 900099 34516 34516 99345 8340 8340 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other 900099 4193 4193 4193 1644600 99345 12533 0 387000 387000 0 0 177180 115198 51392 10590 0 557682 448259 85440 23983 15868 11973 2505 1390 77904 59054 12945 5905 56338 42956 10489 2893 0 0 15250 15250 0 0 0 136938 130858 6080 1549 1549 20023 13164 6456 403 20226 17658 1252 1316 0 32646 22669 9416 561 6119 6060 59 0 41514 40820 444 250 0 0 0 12172 12172 Research subscriptions 8008 8008 0 1566417 1303677 215449 47291 153546 239700 347498 460838 0 190835 95319 0 0 0 0 15657 24123 0 0 0 0 0 69222 49042 776758 869022 94626 118302 19167 29085 69222 49709 183015 197096 X 114797 132887 478946 539039 593743 671926 776758 869022 78183 X false true X true false X 853364 877207 1156412 1647657 1532722 6067362 0 0 853364 877207 1156412 1647657 1532722 6067362 700336 5367026 1211 337 1201 2497 8340 13586 0 4075 9495 3328 4193 21091 6102039 776059 0.87950 0.92910 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 8209 8209 1558208 1566417 228321 57080 false 172765 208434 232204 228321 841724 1262586 9120 8773 8999 8209 35101 43191 52109 58051 57080 210431 315647 Right of use asset - operating lease 49042 49042 Operating lease liability 49709 49709 X 1644600 1644600 1644600 1566417 1566417 1566417 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board have determined that the Organization is exempt from federal and state income taxes under IRC 501(c)(3) and California RTC 23701(d). The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of June 30, 2024 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. true 0 0 Dan Bradley Fellows 4 16000 LSFN Fellows 29 371000 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used We give several grants to support law students for summer employment in nonprofit work ("Dan Bradley Fellows"). We confirm with supervisors that the employees completed the work. Additionally, we give several grants directly to post-law school graduates who work in legal aid, pending Bar Exam results ("LSFN Fellows"). X X false false false false false false false false false Salena Copeland Executive Dir. 144300 4329 15014 163643 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: California Access to Justice Commission: During FY2324, the Legal Aid Association of California continued the partnership with the California Access to Justice Commission (CalATJ). CalATJ is a separate, independent nonprofit made up of lawyers, judges, academics, and other stakeholders dedicated to making the civil justice system accessible to all. CalATJ is a small organization without its own staff, so they contract with LAAC through an MOU for staffing needs. For more information on CalATJ and our partnership, please visit www.CalATJ.org. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b LAAC organizational members are, pursuant to the bylaws, voting members. Also pursuant to the bylaws, voting members have the authority to review and overrule decisions by the Bd. of Dir., provided that the voting members have no authority to abrogate an otherwise binding contractual obligation entered into by the Bd. of Dir., executive committee, president, or other person authorized to do so. Voting members shall have the right to vote on the disposition of all or substantially all of the organizations assets, any merger and its principle terms, and any amendment of those terms, any election to dissolve the corporation, the amendment of the corporations Articles of Incorporation or bylaws, and such other matters as set forth in LAACs bylaws or otherwise required by state law. The bylaws also prohibit the board from making specific changes to the bylaws without approval of the voting members, including bylaw provisions that specify or change a fixed number of directors, the minimum or maximum number of directors, increase the quorum required for members meetings, and others. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Boards Finance Committee first reviewed, commented on, and then approved with changes a draft of the Form 990. A copy of the final Form 990, incorporated the changes recommended by the Finance Committee, was provided to all current members of the organizations governing body before it was filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c LAACs conflict of interest policy requires board members to disclose, on an annual basis, any interests that could give rise to conflicts. Board members are given a disclosure form with a list of vendors, consultants, and grantees with a prompt to disclose conflicts. The policy also requires any director who is affiliated with any prospective vendor, paid consultant, or grantee to abstain from voting with regard to any transaction with financial consequences to LAAC involving that person, and after disclosing his or her interest, to leave the room during discussion and while the vote is taken. At board meetings, the Board Chair routinely reminds board members about this requirement before any votes are taken involving transactions with financial consequences to LAAC. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a LAAC Board Members are involved in the annual compensation evaluation and review of the Executive Director. The LAAC BOD delegated the executive compensation review and approval to the executive committee of the board, which consists of the Chair, Vice Chair, Secy and Treasurer of the board, all of whom are independent persons. The ED is not involved in the review and approval process. The committee reviewed comparable executive compensation packages in the broader nonprofit sector and the legal services nonprofit sector, using data from several sources. The board used the information in those studies and considered LAAC's annual budget and the possibility of significant increases or decreases in revenue in making its compensation offer. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b LAAC Board Members are involved in setting the annual salary scale for all staff and use available comparison data to set the scale. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 They are available upon request, as noted on our website at https://www.laaconline.org/about/financials/