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Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto is a legal aid society based in East Palo Alto, CA that was founded in 2002. As of 2019 they had $4.8 million in revenue and $5.0 million in assets.

To provide transformative Legal Services that enable diverse communities in East Palo Alto and beyond to achieve a secure and thriving future. To provide transformative legal services that enable diverse communities in East Palo Alto and beyond to ach...

EIN:

22-3866910

City:

East Palo Alto

State:

California

Metro:

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Website:

clsepa.org

Founded:

2002

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

I80: Legal aid services

Revenue:

$4,877,880

Assets:

$5,030,840

Employees:

Fiscal year end:

June

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Immigration program provided legal assistance with 663 cases.

Economic Advancement Program provided legal assistance with 441 cases

Housing program provided legal assistance with 468 cases.

Form 990s for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2019-06	Sep 3, 2020	990	View PDF
2018-06	Jun 19, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-06	Aug 23, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-06	Aug 1, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-06	Mar 2, 2016	990	View PDF
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Federated campaigns	$140	$0	999%
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$261,965	$254,795	2.8%
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$1,218,437	$1,309,425	-6.9%
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$3,344,423	$4,090,851	-18.2%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$11,150	$11,650	-4.3%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$4,824,965	$5,655,071	-14.7%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$4,824,965	$5,655,071	-14.7%
Program services	$64,901	$42,701	52.0%
Investment income and dividends	$6,462	$3,953	63.5%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$459	$0	999%
Net income from fundraising events	$-18,907	$-33,296	43.2%
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$0	$10,520	-100%
Total revenues	$4,877,880	$5,678,949	-14.1%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$216,135	$273,608	-21.0%
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$268,167	$226,719	18.3%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$2,745,711	$2,702,580	1.6%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$67,400	$32,660	106.4%
Other employee benefits	$176,039	$127,827	37.7%
Payroll taxes	$250,787	$246,060	1.9%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$0	$0
Accounting fees	$23,791	$65,640	-63.8%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$0
Other fee-for-service	$589,915	$902,206	-34.6%
Advertising and promotion	$2,110	$9,737	-78.3%
Office expenses	$143,864	$176,024	-18.3%
Information tech. expenses	$0	$0
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$249,265	$228,095	9.3%
Travel	$23,134	$28,308	-18.3%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$29,976	$46,478	-35.5%
Interest	$8,877	$11,135	-20.3%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$37,075	$41,299	-10.2%
Insurance	$19,945	$14,979	33.2%
All other expenses	$70,020	$67,715	3.4%
Total expenses	$4,922,211	$5,201,070	-5.4%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$650,828	$175,401	271.1%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$2,641,744	$2,921,774	-9.6%
Pledges and grants receivable	$568,464	$603,231	-5.8%
Accounts receivable	$330,221	$421,030	-21.6%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$82,117	$24,535	234.7%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$757,466	$777,930	-2.6%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$0	$0
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$0	$16,426	-100%
Total assets	$5,030,840	$4,940,327	1.8%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$542,737	$459,666	18.1%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$78,243	$35,200	122.3%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$415,072	$406,195	2.2%
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$0	$0
Total liabilities	$1,036,052	$901,061	15.0%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$1,950,061	$1,791,964	8.8%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$2,044,727	$2,247,302	-9.0%
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
WordPress	Content management system software		2020-09-18
████████ ███████	Marketing software		2020-09-18
██████ ███ ██████ █████████ ██████ ███████████	Tax accounting		2020-09-03
██████ ███	Software		2019-09-16
█████ ██ ██████	Community Organizing	$121,600	2019-06-01
█████ ██████ █████████ ██████	Community Organizing	$107,430	2019-06-01

Personnel at Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Rebecca Pinger	Finance Dir.	$94,169	Sept. 3, 2020
Joyce Song	Immigration Dir.	$108,098	June 30, 2019
████ ██ ████	Treasurer	$0	Aug. 25, 2020
███████ ███████	Co - Chair	$0	Aug. 25, 2020
████ █████	Executive Dir.	$170,189	June 30, 2019
████ ████	Chair	$0	June 30, 2019
█████ ███████	Secretary	$0	June 30, 2019

Peer legal aid services

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	East Bay Sanctuary Covenant	501(c)(3)	$1.8 million	Berkeley, CA
2	Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County	501(c)(3)	$3.9 million	Redwood City, CA
3	Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach	501(c)(3)	$4.2 million	San Francisco, CA
4	Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP)	501(c)(3)	$12 million	Seattle, WA
5	Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland	501(c)(3)	$2.0 million	Baltimore, MD
6	Legal Services of Southern Piedmont	501(c)(3)	$2.7 million	Charlotte, NC
7	Justice at Work / Friends of Farmworkers Inc	501(c)(3)	$2.1 million	Philadelphia, PA
8	Immigrant Legal Center	501(c)(3)	$3.8 million	Omaha, NE
9	Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project	501(c)(3)	$11 million	Tucson, AZ
10	Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC)	501(c)(3)	$15 million	New York, NY
11	Micronesian Legal Services Corporation (MLSC)	501(c)(3)	$1.9 million	Saipan, MP
12	Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota	501(c)(3)	$2.5 million	St Paul, MN
13	American Gateways	501(c)(3)	$2.6 million	Austin, TX
14	Oklahoma Indian Legal Services	501(c)(3)	$1.3 million	Oklahoma City, OK
15	Children's Legal Services of San Diego A Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation	501(c)(3)	$3.7 million	San Diego, CA
16	Legal Services of Northern California	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Sacramento, CA
17	California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA)	501(c)(3)	$15 million	Oakland, CA
18	Inner City Law Center (ICLC)	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Los Angeles, CA
19	Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles (NLS-LA)	501(c)(3)	$16 million	Glendale, CA
20	Legal Assistance to the Elderly	501(c)(3)	$1.4 million	San Francisco, CA
21	Public Interest Law Project	501(c)(3)	$1.3 million	Oakland, CA
22	Dependency Advocacy Center	501(c)(3)	$3.0 million	San Jose, CA
23	Elder Law and Advocacy (ELA)	501(c)(3)	$1.9 million	San Diego, CA
24	East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC)	501(c)(3)	$8.4 million	Berkeley, CA
25	Law Foundation of Silicon Valley	501(c)(3)	$11 million	San Jose, CA

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Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Program areas at Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Form 990s for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Financials for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Vendors for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

Personnel at Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

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