2024-08-06T13:03:01-05:00 2023-12-31 SARFINO AND RHOADES LLP 11921 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 501 NORTH BETHESDA MD 208522794 990 2023-01-01 530196600 LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA % KATHERINE HAYS LEGA 2026281161 1331 H STREET NW SUITE 350 WASHINGTON DC 20005 VIKRAM SWARUUP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2026281161 2024-08-06 true true BRIAN W DOW CPA P00367740 3017705500 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z VIKRAM SWARUUP 1331 H STREET NW SUITE 350 WASHINGTON DC 20005 15870047 false X WWW.LEGALAIDDC.ORG WWW.MAKINGJUSTICEREAL.ORG X 1934 DC TO PROVIDE CIVIL LEGAL AID TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER. 50 50 124 300 0 12396017 14323334 32307 94617 94900 295839 -126704 -123822 12396520 14589968 0 15000 0 0 9257531 9647656 0 0 682007 1671875 1725726 10929406 11388382 1467114 3201586 14917002 17960096 4536928 3810431 10380074 14149665 X LEGAL AID'S MISSION IS TO 'MAKE JUSTICE REAL' - IN INDIVIDUAL AND SYSTEMIC WAYS - FOR PERSONS LIVING IN POVERTY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN PARTICULAR, LEGAL AID PROVIDES CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES IN THE DISTRICT WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER. LEGAL AID STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES FROM CLIENT EDUCATION TO FULL REPRESENTATION BEFORE A COURT OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL. TYPES OF CASES INCLUDE PREVENTING EVICTIONS AND HOMELESSNESS, PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PRESERVING HOME OWNERSHIP, ENSURING A SAFE AND DECENT PLACE TO LIVE, CURBING ABUSIVE DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES, SECURING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, NUTRITION, AND PUBLIC BENEFITS, PROTECTING FAMILIES AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PROMOTING FAMILY STABILITY THROUGH CHILD SUPPORT AND CUSTODY ARRANGEMENTS, AND PROVIDING A RANGE OF CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO THE IMMIGRANT CLIENT COMMUNITY. LEGAL AID SHIFTED ITS OPERATIONS TO BE HYBRID, BUT IN ALL OTHER RESPE false false 9323233 THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WORKS TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS, AND COMMUNITIES LIVING IN POVERTY HAVE EQUAL AND MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO JUSTICE. LEGAL AID PROVIDES ADVICE, BRIEF ASSISTANCE, REPRESENTATION, AND REFERRALS TO THOUSANDS OF CLIENTS EACH YEAR. IN ADDITION TO DIRECT CLIENT SERVICES, LEGAL AID STAFF ADVOCATE FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE ON MATTERS THAT GROW DIRECTLY OUT OF OUR INDIVIDUAL CASES. WHILE THE DEMAND FAR OUTSTRIPS OUR CAPACITY, WE ATTEMPT TO TAKE THOSE CASES IN WHICH AN ATTORNEY CAN MAKE THE MOST DIFFERENCE. OUR CORE PRIORITIES INCLUDE: KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED: HUNDREDS OF TENANTS EACH YEAR AVOID EVICTION OR HAVE SERIOUS HOUSING CONDITIONS CORRECTED AS A RESULT OF LEGAL AID'S WORK. OUR HOUSING LAWYERS DEFEND AGAINST IMPROPER EVICTIONS IN COURT, ASSIST PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS TO PRESERVE SUBSIDIES, FIGHT ILLEGAL RENT INCREASES, AND WORK TO ENSURE THAT TENANTS ARE NOT IMPROPERLY DISPLACED BY DEVELOPMENT. SECURING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC BENEFITS: LEGAL AID ASSISTS CLIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WRONGFULLY DENIED ENROLLMENT, IMPROPERLY TERMINATED, OR UNJUSTLY DENIED SERVICES. THROUGH DIRECT REPRESENTATION IN ADMINISTRATIVE LITIGATION, TRAINING OF CLIENTS TO ADVOCATE ON THEIR OWN BEHALF, AND ADVOCACY WITH AGENCY OFFICIALS TO ACHIEVE REFORM, LEGAL AID WORKS TO ENSURE THAT NECESSARY BENEFITS AND SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL WHO QUALIFY. SECURING SAFETY FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FINDING FAMILY STABILITY: POVERTY HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT ON FAMILIES. NOT SUPRISINGLY, MOST CASES HANDLED BY LEGAL AID TOUCH ON THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN SOME WAY, EITHER BECAUSE THEY DIRECTLY INVOLVE ISSUES OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, CUSTODY AND CHILD SUPPORT, OR BECAUSE THEY ADDRESS CONDITIONS IN A CHILD'S HOME OR INCOME FOR A CHILD'S FAMILY. LEGAL AID GIVES PRIORITY TO THOSE ISSUES MOST SEVERELY BURDENING POOR FAMILIES. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD CUSTODY, VISITATION RIGHTS AND CHILD SUPPORT MAKE UP THE CORE OF OUR FAMILY LAW PRACTICE. CONSUMER LAW: LEGAL AID PROVIDES MUCH-NEEDED REPRESENTATION TO HOMEOWNERS FACING FORECLOSURE AND TO PERSONS FACING ABUSIVE DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES. IMMIGRANT LEGAL SERVICES: LEGAL AID PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES INCLUDING IMMIGRANT LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF DC'S IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. APPELLATE: LEGAL AID HAS A NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED APPELLATE PROGRAM, THE BARBARA MCDOWELL APPELLATE ADVOCACY PROGRAM, WHICH LITIGATES POVERTY LAW CASES BEFORE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S HIGHEST COURT. 9323233 true true false true false false false false false true true false false true true false true false false false false false false false true false false false true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 14 0 true 124 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 50 50 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X X X KATHERINE HAYS 2023866673 1331 H STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20005 VIKRAM SWARUUP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 200026 0 7503 ROBERT PERGAMENT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 177279 0 21550 STEPHANIE N TROYER LEGAL DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 165079 0 21700 KATHERINE HAYS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 40.0 0.0 X 160890 0 13708 RACHEL RINTELMANN LEGAL DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 149457 0 18522 JONATHAN LEVY DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 145136 0 17185 JENNIFER MEZEY LEGAL DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 141262 0 14002 DEBORAH BRAND BAUM BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 JOHN RELMAN BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 JOHN T BYRNES BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 STEVE BRODY BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 DAVID S DANTZIC BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 JOAN E MCKOWN IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT 4.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 PHILIP HORTON BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 DANIEL JARCHO BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 MARY LOU SOLLER BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 KURT RICHTER BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 PETER SPIVACK BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER LEVY VICE PRESIDENT 2.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 BRADLEY S LUI BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 PHILIP BARTZ AT-LARGE EXE. COMMITTEE MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 ANNEMARGARET CONNOLLY BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 KIMBERLY PARKER BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 SHEILA CHESTON BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL CALHOON BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 KWAKU AKOWUAH SECRETARY 2.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 RANDALL BRATER BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 NADIRA CLARKE PRESIDENT 4.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 CHRISTIE GRYMES THOMPSON BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 KARA BROCKMEYER BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 BRAD FAGG BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 JOHN MCCARTHY BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 LEAH QUADRINO BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 ALEXANDRA WALSH BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 MARY BORJA BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 JESSICA HOUGH BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 SARAH KIRKPATRICK BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 SARA RAZI BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 SHAWN WRIGHT BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 MEL BOSTWICK BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 RAJESH DE BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 ALLISON FOLEY BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 CHIOMA ACHEBE BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 VINCENT COHEN BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 STEVEN HERMAN BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 VALERIE KELLY BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 RAKESH KILARU BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 JANE O'BRIEN BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 SCOTT NEMEROFF TEARSURER 2.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 RENA REISS BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 ANTHONY PIERCE BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 JONICE GRAY AT-LARGE EXE. COMMITTEE MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 DAVID BROWN BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 ASHLEY JOYNER CHAVOUS BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 M ALEXANDER KOCH BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 DEBODHONYAA SENGUPTA BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 JASON RUBINSTEIN BOARD MEMBER 0.5 0.0 X 0 0 0 1139129 0 114170 14 false true false YOUR PART-TIME CONTROLLER LLC POBOX 7247 PHILADELPHIA PA 19170 ACCOUNTING 107011 1 1352896 747940 12222498 14323334 LEGAL FEES 541100 94617 94617 94617 274623 274623 0 0 0 0 0 1085778 1064562 21216 21216 91695 1352896 215517 -123822 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14589968 94617 274623 0 15000 15000 0 0 400126 339478 40863 19785 0 7617636 6463010 777952 376674 160274 135981 16368 7925 861203 730668 87951 42584 608417 516197 62135 30085 0 0 65000 65000 0 0 12533 12533 211863 60289 151488 86 0 247695 121871 39753 86071 122600 92572 7123 22905 0 733220 622084 74880 36256 0 0 0 0 0 110922 94109 11328 5485 48017 38319 9698 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTION 35114 25115 8513 1486 BAD DEBT 10000 10000 MISCELLANEOUS 128762 68540 17557 42665 11388382 9323233 1383142 682007 X 755025 857935 128573 2048894 5236932 6294911 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99232 101719 945936 657801 350030 288135 5041338 5752005 0 0 0 0 0 0 3305872 2616497 14917002 17960096 296651 365323 0 0 0 41000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4240277 3404108 4536928 3810431 X 4832274 7665755 5547800 6483910 10380074 14149665 14917002 17960096 3201586 568005 X false true X true true true X 7881026 9180729 10304559 12396017 14323334 54085665 0 0 7881026 9180729 10304559 12396017 14323334 54085665 718287 53367378 140610 82139 121553 133990 274623 752915 0 342488 50798 122902 -94397 -29205 392586 55231166 0.96625 0.97728 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED true true false true true false true 37752 false false 37752 false PART II - B, LINE 1A, 1B, 1D, 1G Legal Aid endeavors to make justice real in individual and systemic ways. One small portion of our advocacy involves direct and grassroots lobbying on issues of importance to our client community with respect to both legislative and regulatory activity. In 2023, our lobbying efforts included advocating for continued access to justice funding, immigration, fair and equitable eviction procedures, amendments to wage garnishment laws that provide greater income protections for low-income workers, more robust and effective enforcement of housing code violations, and the preservation and proper administration of major public benefits programs in the District. 589641 5000 80774 32163 643252 1088050 70363 -148883 33156 976374 946572 62841 108875 30238 1088050 797973 98367 79065 28833 946572 545935 190609 88306 26877 797973 0.00000 0.94950 0.05050 443857 288748 155109 410850 337779 73071 91229 31274 59955 288135 DEPOSITS 42348 INTEREST RECEIVABLE 2755 OPERATING LEASE RIGHT OF USE 2571394 2616497 0 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY 3404108 3404108 34548034 568005 19360932 -173855 19755082 14792952 12533 -215517 -202984 14589968 30778443 19360932 215517 19576449 11201994 12533 173855 186388 11388382 SCHEDULE D, PART V, Q4 BARBARA MCDOWELL ENDOWMENT FUND Under the terms of the Barbara McDowell Endowment Fund for Appellate Litigation, funds available annually for expenditure by the Legal Aid Society shall be used to fund attorneys at Legal Aid working in the Barbara McDowell Appellate Advocacy Program or, if there is no such program, to support other appellate work undertaken by Legal Aid. SCHEDULE D, PART V, Q4 Under the terms of the Klepper Endowment Fund, funds available annually for expenditure by the Legal Aid Society shall be used to fund an annual cash prize to an attorney who has demonstrated outstanding volunteer commitment to Legal Aid and for other permissible purposes including, but not limited to, publicizing the award, supporting the cost of a volunteer recognition event and underwriting the cost of training for legal attorneys. SCHEDULE D, PART V, Q4 MAKING JUSTICE REAL ENDOWMENT: under the terms of the making justice real endowment, funds available for expenditure by legal aid society shall be used to support the mission of the legal aid society of the District of Columbia to make justice real - in individual and systemic ways - for persons in poverty in DC. Making Justice Real Endowment was incorrectly reported as a donor restricted endowment on the prior year 990 and was reclassified during the current year to board designated endowment as there were no restrictions on the initial donation. SCHEDULE D, PART XII, LINE 2D DIRECT BENEFITS TO DONORS NETTED AGAINST REVENUES ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BUT NOT ON 990. SCHEDULE D, PART XII, LINE 4B EXPENSES FOR FUNDRAISING EVENTS NETTED AGAINST REVENUES. 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FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEWED COMPARABLE SALARY INFORMATION FROM THE 990'S OF SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. USING THIS INFORMATION, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED A SALARY FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD, WHICH VOTED TO ADOPT THE SALARY. THE BOARD ALSO APPROVES COMPENSATION AND THE SALARY SCALE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND DISCLOSURE FORM MUST BE COMPLETED ANNUALLY BY ALL BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS, AND OFFICERS. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT CHANGED EITHER ITS OVERSIGHT PROCESS OR SELECTION PROCESS DURING THE TAX YEAR.