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Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA)

TRLA is a legal aid society based in Mercedes, TX that was founded in 1970. As of 2019 they had $39 million in revenue and $15 million in assets.

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) is a nonprofit organization that provides free legal services to the poor in sixty-eight counties in Texas. Every year TRLA helps more than 25,000 low-income Texans with their civil legal needs.

EIN:

74-1675230

City:

Mercedes

State:

Texas

Metro:

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Website:

trla.org

Phone:

956-447-4800

Facebook:

facebook.com/TRLegalAid

Twitter:

@trla

Founded:

1970

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

I80: Legal aid services

Revenue:

$39,573,178

Assets:

$15,041,522

Employees:

474

Fiscal year end:

September

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at TRLA

Legal assistance to persons financially unable to afford Legal services.

Form 990s for TRLA

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2019-09	Sep 2, 2020	990	View PDF
2018-09	Mar 15, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-09	Mar 14, 2018	990	View PDF
2016-09	Jul 31, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-09	Mar 24, 2016	990	View PDF
...and six more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for TRLA

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$33,356,317	$31,368,445	6.3%
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$3,508,808	$2,440,329	43.8%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$0	$0
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$36,865,125	$33,808,774	9.0%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$36,865,125	$33,808,774	9.0%
Program services	$2,496,167	$3,565,228	-30.0%
Investment income and dividends	$732	$699	4.7%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$211,154	$191,468	10.3%
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$0	$0
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$0	$0
Total revenues	$39,573,178	$37,566,169	5.3%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$569,247	$504,523	12.8%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$22,634,185	$22,059,861	2.6%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$820,799	$765,558	7.2%
Other employee benefits	$4,986,086	$4,581,122	8.8%
Payroll taxes	$1,815,144	$1,720,125	5.5%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$0	$0
Accounting fees	$0	$0
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$0
Other fee-for-service	$0	$0
Advertising and promotion	$13,192	$16,586	-20.5%
Office expenses	$331,236	$281,423	17.7%
Information tech. expenses	$360,654	$355,988	1.3%
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$379,966	$312,637	21.5%
Travel	$907,061	$759,001	19.5%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$262,707	$146,852	78.9%
Interest	$139,538	$162,051	-13.9%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$311,389	$306,041	1.7%
Insurance	$123,277	$114,967	7.2%
All other expenses	$3,691,911	$3,172,229	16.4%
Total expenses	$37,346,392	$35,258,964	5.9%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$6,973,534	$12,770,499	-45.4%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$0	$0
Pledges and grants receivable	$1,140,500	$1,046,505	9.0%
Accounts receivable	$0	$0
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	$135,923	$233,854	-41.9%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$6,699,708	$7,011,099	-4.4%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$0	$0
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$91,857	$169,632	-45.8%
Total assets	$15,041,522	$21,231,589	-29.2%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$546,386	$324,422	68.4%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$3,638,770	$10,095,954	-64.0%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$91,857	$169,632	-45.8%
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$1,543,410	$3,730,231	-58.6%
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$1,576,540	$1,493,577	5.6%
Total liabilities	$7,396,963	$15,813,816	-53.2%

Field	2019	2018	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$3,686,042	$3,096,978	19.0%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$3,958,517	$2,142,952	84.7%
Permanently restricted net assets		$177,843	0.4%

Vendors for TRLA

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Gomez Fragoso& Associates P C	Tax accounting		2020-09-02
███████████	Content management system software		2020-04-10
█████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ███	Audit accounting		2020-01-15
███████ █████████ ███████████	Roof Repairs	$271,163	2019-09-01
████████████████ █████████ ███████	Insurance		2017-05-31
█████ ████ █████████ ███	Insurance		2017-05-31
██████ ███ ███████████	Insurance agent or broker	$26,258	2017-05-31
█████ ███████ ███████ ███████ ███	Tax accounting		2014-04-09

Personnel at TRLA

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Alma Rodriguez	Chief Financial Officer	-	Feb. 19, 2020
David Hall	Executive Director	$23,476	Sept. 30, 2019
█████ █████████	Director of Administration FRM 6 and 8 and 19	$88,607	Sept. 2, 2020
███████ █████	Director of Administration	$106,508	Sept. 30, 2019
█████ ██████	PD Division Director	$107,274	Sept. 30, 2019
█████ ████████	Director of Pai	$105,719	Sept. 30, 2019
███████ ██████	Branch Manager	$105,598	Sept. 30, 2019
█████████ █████████	Past Chief Financial Officer FRM 6 and 21 and 19	$64,518	Sept. 30, 2019
████ ███████	Past Chief Financial Officer To 6 and 21 and 19	$99,642	Sept. 30, 2019
█████ ██████	Group Coordinator	$105,598	Sept. 30, 2019
...and seven more key personnel

Peer legal aid services

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	Lone Star Legal Aid	501(c)(3)	$30 million	Houston, TX
2	Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas (LANWT)	501(c)(3)	$23 million	Fort Worth, TX
3	Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES)	501(c)(3)	$56 million	San Antonio, TX
4	Community Legal Aid (CLA)	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Worcester, MA
5	The Children's Law Center	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Brooklyn, NY
6	Legal Assistance Foundation (LAF)	501(c)(3)	$15 million	Chicago, IL
7	Legal Services of Eastern Missouri (LSEM)	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Saint Louis, MO
8	Indiana Legal Services (ILS)	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Indianapolis, IN
9	Inner City Law Center (ICLC)	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Los Angeles, CA
10	Northwest Justice Project (NJP)	501(c)(3)	$27 million	Seattle, WA
11	Legal Services of Northern California	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Sacramento, CA
12	Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (LSHV)	501(c)(3)	$18 million	White Plains, NY
13	Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC)	501(c)(3)	$26 million	Raleigh, NC
14	Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles (NLS-LA)	501(c)(3)	$16 million	Glendale, CA
15	Legal Assistance of Western New York (LAWNY)	501(c)(3)	$11 million	Geneva, NY
16	Mobilization for Justice (MFY)	501(c)(3)	$14 million	New York, NY
17	California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA)	501(c)(3)	$15 million	Oakland, CA
18	Connecticut Legal Services (CLS)	501(c)(3)	$14 million	Middletown, CT
19	New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)	501(c)(3)	$29 million	New York, NY
20	Neighborhood Defender Service	501(c)(3)	$10 million	New York, NY
21	Maryland Legal Aid	501(c)(3)	$29 million	Baltimore, MD
22	Bet Tzedek	501(c)(3)	$11 million	Los Angeles, CA
23	Federal Defender Program	501(c)(3)	$15 million	Atlanta, GA
24	Lakeshore Legal Aid	501(c)(3)	$10 million	Warren, MI
25	Atlanta Legal Aid Society	501(c)(3)	$11 million	Atlanta, GA

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