IMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: Form 990, tax year 2022

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Organization: IMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT (EIN 22-3260883)
Tax period: 2022-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Filed: 2023-08-21
IRS object ID: 202312339349300506
Schema version: 2022v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2023-08-21T09:36:57-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2022-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	010462899	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AL AUCELLA DBA THE BOTTOM LINE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	69 FIELD RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	FALMOUTH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	041051101	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2022-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	223260883	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	IMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	IMMI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2077801593	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 17917	AddressLine1Txt
City	PORTLAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04112	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	AMY BRUNING	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2077801593	PhoneNum
Signature	2023-08-16	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	AMY	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	BRUNING	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	false	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	AL AUCELLA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00076293	PTIN
Phone	2077813853	PhoneNum
Preparation	2023-08-21	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2022	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ALICIA CURTIS	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	C/O PO BOX 17917	AddressLine1Txt
City	PORTLAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04112	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,706,143	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.ILAPMAINE.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1993	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	ME	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	AS MAINE'S ONLY STATE-WIDE IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION, ILAP ADVANCES JUSTICE AND EQUITY FOR IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND SYSTEMIC ADVOCACY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	19	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	19	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	31	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	200	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,543,883	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,661,392	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,302	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$150	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$2,033	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$18,232	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	-$1,186	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,546,032	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,679,774	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,512,114	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,798,247	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$305,564	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$406,921	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$557,230	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,919,035	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,355,477	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$626,997	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$675,703	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,760,852	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,092,994	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$49,430	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$57,305	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,711,422	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,035,689	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT HELPS LOW-INCOME IMMIGRANTS IMPROVE THEIR LEGAL STATUS, AND WORKS FOR MORE JUST AND HUMANE LAWS AND POLICIES AFFECTING IMMIGRANTS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,505,555	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$150	RevenueAmt
Desc	DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES: ILAP OFFERS A RANGE OF DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS, INCLUDING FULL REPRESENTATION, BRIEF INTERVENTION, CONSULTATIONS, AND APPLICATION ASSISTANCE. IN 2022, WE PROVIDED DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES TO 1,613 PEOPLE AND BENEFITED 1,131 OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD FAMILY MEMBERS, MAINTAINING A GREATER THAN 98% APPROVAL RATE FOR FULL REPRESENTATION CASES THAT RECEIVED A FINAL DECISION. IN ADDITION, 200 PRO BONO ATTORNEYS DONATED 5,000 HOURS OF THEIR TIME AT A VALUE OF MORE THAN 1 MILLION.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$282,895	ExpenseAmt
Desc	COMMUNITY EDUCATION: ILAP PROVIDES ACCURATE AND ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION ON COMPLEX LEGAL ISSUES IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, GROUPS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE STATE. IN 2022, WE HOSTED 71 IN- PERSON OR VIRTUAL OUTREACH EVENTS ATTENDED BY 1,975 INDIVIDUALS. WE ALSO EXPANDED THE LEGAL EDUCATION AND SELF-HELP TOOLS AVAILABLE ONLINE. OUR WEBSITE HAD 130,000 UNIQUE VISITORS AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES REACHED NEARLY 15,000 PEOPLE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$66,596	ExpenseAmt
Desc	SYSTEMIC ADVOCACY: ILAP COLLABORATES WITH IMMIGRANT-LED GROUPS, PARTNERS IN MAINE'S IMMIGRANT JUSTICE MOVEMENT, AND REGIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SAFEGUARD AND PROMOTE LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR THE STATE'S IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. IN 2022, WE SERVED AS A SOURCE OF ACCURATE INFORMATION FOR THE MEDIA ON 50 OCCASIONS, JOINED 38 SIGN-ON LETTERS, SUBMITTED 3 PUBLIC STATEMENTS OR TESTIMONIES, AND SHARED TIMELY POLICY AND ACTION UPDATES WITH THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,855,046	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	16	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	31	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	19	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	19	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	IMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2077801593	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	489 CONGRESS STREET 3RD FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	PORTLAND	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04101	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (21 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
ALICIA CURTIS
PRESIDENT	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GLORIA APONTE CLARKE
VICE PRESIDE	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
AMY BRUNING
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
THOMAS DOUGLAS
SECRETARY		Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN ROCHE
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00		Yes (X)	$117,727	$0	$14,929
EBEN ALBERT
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JENNY BEVERLY
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
AMY HAGEMEIER
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DEANNA HARNETT
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LINDSAY KAY
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PETER LANDIS
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ARNOLD MACDONALD
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBYN MARCH
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DIANE MUTAGOMA
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PRIYA NATARAJAN
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SHAFAAT QAZI
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BLANCA SANTIAGO
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LESLIE SILVERSTEIN
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANDREA SUMMERS
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CAROLINE TESCHKE
MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RON STEGALL
MEMBER(LEFT		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$117,727	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$14,929	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Federated Campaigns	$45,058	FederatedCampaignsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,616,334	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$30,941	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,661,392	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	SPEAKING FEE	Desc
Business	541100	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$150	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$150	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$150	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$23,898	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$23,898	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$20,703	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$26,369	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$5,666	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$5,666	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$5,666	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,679,774	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$150	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$18,232	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$134,156	TotalAmt
Program Services	$75,128	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$38,905	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$20,123	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,314,108	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,069,815	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$80,949	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$163,344	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$51,619	TotalAmt
Program Services	$42,023	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,180	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,416	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$183,038	TotalAmt
Program Services	$149,011	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,275	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$22,752	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$115,326	TotalAmt
Program Services	$95,698	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,504	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,124	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,080	TotalAmt
Management And General	$14,080	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$136,724	TotalAmt
Program Services	$71,974	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,336	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$43,414	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,384	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,447	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$642	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,295	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$89,124	TotalAmt
Program Services	$74,881	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,123	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,120	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$103,161	TotalAmt
Program Services	$85,603	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,818	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,740	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$96,781	TotalAmt
Program Services	$80,309	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,458	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,014	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,757	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,756	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$663	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,338	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,263	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,263	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,681	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,681	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,556	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,738	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$934	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,884	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
DUES & PUBLICATIONS	$22,859	$22,859
VOLUNTEERS	$11,117	$11,117
NEWSLETTER	$7,840	$7,840
CLINIC/REPRESENT. EXPS	$903	$903

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,355,477	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,855,046	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$194,867	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$305,564	FundraisingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part X	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXInd

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$782,041	BOYAmt
EOY	$374,745	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,960,703	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,685,925	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$46,620	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$23,134	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,812	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,486	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$4,542	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,296	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,296	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,760,852	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,092,994	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$49,430	BOYAmt
EOY	$57,305	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$49,430	BOYAmt
EOY	$57,305	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,694,523	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,985,898	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,899	BOYAmt
EOY	$49,791	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,711,422	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,035,689	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,760,852	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,092,994	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$675,703	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$30	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Other	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingOtherInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consol And Sep Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolAndSepBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,333,549	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,851,878	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,883,362	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,543,883	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,661,392	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,274,064	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,333,549	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,851,878	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,883,362	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,543,883	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,661,392	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,274,064	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,191,820	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$8,082,244	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$6,003	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$21,905	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,886	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,068	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$23,898	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$57,760	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$9,331,824	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$6,331	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.86610	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.78820	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,369	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$28,609	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$29,978	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$2,325,500	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$2,355,478	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$267,774	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$66,944	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$183,079	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$226,661	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$245,952	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$267,774	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$923,466	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$1,385,199	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$9,587	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$9,449	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$6,898	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$29,978	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$55,912	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$45,770	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$56,665	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$61,488	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$66,944	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$230,867	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$346,301	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$1,329	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,312	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$1,429	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$1,369	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$5,439	TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$23,975	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$17,238	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$6,737	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,031	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,031	DepreciationAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$21,614	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$4,865	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$16,749	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$23,486	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,696,571	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$1,016,797	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$1,016,797	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,679,774	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,679,774	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,372,274	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$1,016,797	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$1,016,797	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,355,477	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,355,477	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REQUIRES MANAGEMENT TO EVALUATE TAX POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE ORGANIZATION AND RECOGNIZE A TAX LIABILITY IF THE ORGANIZATION HAS TAKEN AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION THAT MORE LIKELY THAN NOT WOULD NOT BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND STATE TAXING AUTHORITIES. THE ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO ROUTINE AUDITS BY TAXING JURISDICTIONS; HOWEVER, THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO AUDITS FOR ANY TAX PERIODS IN PROGRESS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	6	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$30,941	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (true)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE M, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 32B	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ILAP USES UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. TO PROCESS STOCK GIFTS AND SELL THEM UPON ILAP'S REQUESST.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	A COPY OF THE 990 WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE IT IS FILED, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO BOARD MEMBERS TO FORWARD ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. IF NO COMMENTS ARE RECEIVED, IT WILL BE PRESUMED THAT THE BOARD HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE 990 AS PREPARED AND THE 990 WILL BE FILED WITH THE IRS. IF BOARD MEMBERS RAISE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT ARE DEEMED VALID AND RESULT IN ANY CHANGES TO THE 990, THOSE CHANGES WILL BE MADE BEFORE THE 990 IS FILED.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	OUR CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY REQUIRES BOARD MEMBERS TO DISCLOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AT THE TIME THAT THEY BECOME AWARE OF ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT, BUT WE DO NOT PRESENTLY REQUIRE ANNUAL DISCLOSURE.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE BOARD REVIEWS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, INCLUDING LOOKING AT COMPARABILITY INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE MAINE ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFITS FOR SIMILARLY SIZED NONPROFITS, AND LOOKING AT DATA FROM MAINE'S OTHER LEGAL AID PROVIDERS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THERE ARE NO PAID OTHER OFFICERS OR KEY EMPLOYEES, BUT A PROCESS SIMILAR TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PROCESS IS USED BY THE ED IN DETERMINING STAFF PAY.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE VIA ILAP'S WEBSITE AND ALSO AVAILABLE ON GUIDESTAR. ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND POLICIES ARE AVAILABLE IN PRINT OR PDF FORMAT FOR ALL REASONABLE REQUESTS.
FORM 990, PART X	LINE 17, BALANCE SHEET: THE ORGANIZATION USES A MODIFIED CASH BASIS OF ACCOUNTING--CASH BASIS WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF SHOWING YEAR-END DEPRECIATION AND ACCRUED PENSION LIABILITIES DURING THE YEAR. THE LINE 17 PAYABLE & ACCRUAL FIGURE REPRESENTS SEP-IRA PAYABLES ACCRUED DURING THE YEAR AND PAID PRIOR TO THE FILING OF THE 990.