ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION (EIN 72-0832432)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-06-15
IRS object ID: 202101669349300420
Schema version: 2020v4.1
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 D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-06-15T09:13:18-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	720567396	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DUPLANTIER HRAPMANN HOGAN & MAHER LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1615 POYDRAS STREET SUITE 2100	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW ORLEANS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	LA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	70112	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	720832432	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ACAD	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3372374320	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1020 SURREY STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	LAFAYETTE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	LA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	70502	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GREGORY L LANDRY	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	3372374320	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-06-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	GREGORY	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	LANDRY	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MICHELLE H CUNNINGHAM CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01343336	PTIN
Phone	5045868866	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	GREGORY L LANDRY	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1020 SURREY STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	LAFAYETTE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	LA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	70501	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$8,948,202	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.LA-LAW.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1977	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	LA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE MISSION OF ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION IS TO MAKE HOPE, DIGNITY, AND JUSTICE AVAILABLE PRIMARILY TO LOW-INCOME, DISADVANTAGED, CHILDREN IN NEED OF CARE, AND OTHER ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS THROUGH HIGH QUALITY AND AGGRESSIVE CIVIL (NON-CRIMINAL) LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION. THESE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO AN ESTIMATED 650,000 PERSONS IN ALSC'S FORTY-TWO PARISH SERVICE AREA. STATISTICS FOR 2020 INCLUDE 111,995 ENCOUNTERS, 6,453 CASES OPENED, AND 6,244 CASES CLOSED.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	17	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	134	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	5	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$5,914,206	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$8,667,936	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$57,744	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$18,708	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$94,975	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$261,558	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,066,925	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$8,948,202	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$132,026	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$120,502	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$5,142,005	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$7,307,424	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$4,805	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,152,652	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,200,427	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$6,426,683	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$8,628,353	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$359,758	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$319,849	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$5,419,030	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$7,102,911	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$1,915,295	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$3,279,327	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$3,503,735	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,823,584	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE MISSION OF ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION IS TO MAKE HOPE, DIGNITY, AND JUSTICE AVAILABLE PRIMARILY TO LOW-INCOME, DISADVANTAGED, CHILDREN IN NEED OF CARE, AND OTHER ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS THROUGH HIGH QUALITY AND AGGRESIVE CIVIL (NON-CRIMINAL) LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION. THESE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO AN ESTIMATED 650,000 PERSONS IN ALSC'S FORTY-TWO PARISH SERVICE AREA. STATISTICS FOR 2019 INCLUDE 27,553 ENCOUNTERS, 7,905 CASES OPENED, AND 5,966 CASES CLOSED.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$7,661,247	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$120,502	GrantAmt
Revenue	$261,558	RevenueAmt
Desc	THE ORGANIZATION UTILIZES A SPECIALIZED APPROACH TO DELIVERY OF SERVICES THROUGH THE FOLLOWING UNITS: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW UNIT HANDLES CASES INVOLVING TANF, SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY, FOOD STAMPS, VETERAN'S BENEFITS, MEDICAID, MEDICARE, ETC. IN 2020, $1.3 MILLION IN BENEFITS WERE RECOVERED ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS OF THIS UNIT UNDER THE CAPABLE LEADERSHIP OF ITS SENIOR ATTORNEY/UNIT LEADER. LITIGATION UNIT HANDLES CASES INVOLVING BANKRUPTCY/DEBTOR RELIEF, COLLECTION, CONTRACTS, UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE SALES AND PRACTICES, LANDLORD/TENANT ISSUES, DISCRIMINATION, PREDATORY LENDING, WAGE CLAIMS, WILLS, ETC. FAMILY LAW UNIT HANDLES CASES INVOLVING DIVORCE, CHILD SUPPORT, INTRA-FAMILY ADOPTIONS, VISITATION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NAME CHANGE, ETC. CHILDREN IN NEED OF CARE UNIT HANDLES CASES INVOLVING ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT OF CHILDREN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SENIOR ATTORNEY OF THE UNIT. ALSC DESIGNS AND DISTRIBUTES NUMEROUS BROCHURES ON GENERAL LEGAL TOPICS FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC. STAFF ATTORNEYS AND PARALEGALS REGULARLY CONDUCT COMMUNITY EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS STRESSING PREVENTATIVE LAW TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO STAFFS OF SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCIES WHO WORK WITH THE POOR. EACH YEAR THOUSANDS OF DISADVANTAGED CITIZENS BENEFIT FROM THE INFORMATION DISSEMINATED AT THESE EVENTS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$7,661,247	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	Yes (1)	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	62	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	134	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	17	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (1)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (1)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	LA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
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	GREGORY L LANDRY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3372374320	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1020 SURREY STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	LAFAYETTE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	LA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	70501	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	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
SUSAN KUTCHER JONES
PRESIDENT	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GEORGE ERNEST III
VICE PRESIDENT	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JULHELENE JACKSON
TREASURER	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHANTELL SMITH
ATTORNEY	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
THERESA RICHARD
ELIGIBLE CLIENT	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LINDSAY MEADOR YOUNG
ATTORNEY	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID M WILLIAMS
ATTORNEY	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CYNTHIA COBB
ELIGIBLE CLIENT	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANNA SIMMONS
SECRETARY	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KAREN C MCLELLAN
ATTORNEY	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARY WINCHELL
ATTORNEY	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT OWSLEY
ATTORNEY	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STACY GUICE
ATTORNEY	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRANNON MENARD
ELIGIBLE CLIENT	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANN POOLE
ELIGIBLE CLIENT	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
SYLVIA HILL
ELIGIBLE CLIENT	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MELODY TROUT
ELIGIBLE CLIENT	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GREGORY L LANDRY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	37.50		Yes (X)	$146,460	$0	$13,696
SHARON A JONES
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR	37.50			$111,811	$0	$12,178	Yes (X)
SACHIDA RAMAN
DEPUTY DIRECTOR	37.50			$107,776	$0	$11,950	Yes (X)
FRANCHESCA HAMILTON-ACKER
SR. ATTORNEY/UNIT LEADER	37.50			$105,056	$0	$11,541	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$471,103	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$49,365	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$8,546,457	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$121,479	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$20,894	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$8,667,936	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$18,708	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$18,708	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
SETTLEMENT INCOME	541100	$75,981	$75,981
PRO HAC VICE	541100	$60,462	$60,462
LAFAYETTE PARISH COURT	541100	$30,153	$30,153

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$94,962	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$94,962	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$261,558	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$8,948,202	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$261,558	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$18,708	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$120,502	TotalAmt
Program Services	$120,502	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$160,156	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,836	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$118,515	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,805	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,739,485	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,343,165	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$396,320	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$964,635	TotalAmt
Program Services	$788,207	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$176,428	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$443,148	TotalAmt
Program Services	$362,098	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$81,050	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$29,727	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,290	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,437	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$191,532	TotalAmt
Program Services	$156,502	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$35,030	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$203,022	TotalAmt
Program Services	$165,890	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$37,132	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$215,718	TotalAmt
Program Services	$189,832	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,886	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,683	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,382	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,301	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,724	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,481	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,243	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,648	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,648	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$141,289	TotalAmt
Program Services	$115,448	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,841	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$96,656	TotalAmt
Program Services	$78,978	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$17,678	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
EQUIPMENT RENTAL MAINTE	$75,059	$61,331	$13,728
TELEPHONE	$65,422	$53,457	$11,965
MISCELLANEOUS	$51,916	$42,421	$9,495
LIBRARY AND OTHER SUPPL	$50,688	$50,688

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,343	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,739	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$604	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,628,353	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,661,247	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$962,301	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,805	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$53,705	BOYAmt
EOY	$162,691	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,997,518	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,015,944	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$217,335	BOYAmt
EOY	$275,621	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$44,848	BOYAmt
EOY	$59,604	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$5,203,104	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$1,638,020	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,083,890	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,565,084	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,734	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,967	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,419,030	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,102,911	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$458,886	BOYAmt
EOY	$620,222	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,434,175	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,435,023	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,234	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,967	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$200,115	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,915,295	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,279,327	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	$444,276	BOYAmt
EOY	$407,921	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,059,459	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,415,663	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,503,735	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,823,584	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,419,030	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,102,911	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$319,849	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (1)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

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	$2,822,636	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$7,873,368	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,142,707	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,914,206	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$7,701,368	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$30,454,285	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,822,636	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$7,873,368	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,142,707	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,914,206	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$7,701,368	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$30,454,285	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$30,454,285	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$7,650	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$7,777	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$22,481	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$18,708	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$56,616	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$6,227	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,659	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$10,886	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$30,521,787	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$431,198	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99780	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.99790	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 D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agent Trustee Etc	Yes (1)	AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Beginning Balance	$22,234	BeginningBalanceAmt
Additions During Year	$28,883	AdditionsDuringYearAmt
Distributions During Year	$27,150	DistributionsDuringYearAmt
Ending Balance	$23,967	EndingBalanceAmt
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	Yes (1)	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
Explanation Provided	Yes (X)	ExplanationProvidedInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,026,665	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$1,026,665	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,488,529	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,157,753	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,330,776	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$649,827	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$442,656	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$207,171	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$38,083	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$37,611	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$472	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$3,565,084	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER NOTES PAYABLE	Desc
Amt	$200,115	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$200,115	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$8,952,611	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$4,409	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$4,409	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$8,948,202	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$8,948,202	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$8,632,762	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$4,409	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$4,409	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$8,628,353	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$8,628,353	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART IV, LINE 2B:	FUNDS RECEIVED FROM CLIENTS ARE DEPOSITED INTO A SEPARATE CASH ACCOUNT AND RESTRICTED FOR THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH RELATED LITIGATION.
PART X, LINE 2:	THE CORPORATION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. IN ADDITION, THE CORPORATION HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION UNDER SECTION 509(A)(2). ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES HAS BEEN MADE. HOWEVER, IF THE CORPORATION WOULD ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES UNRELATED TO THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS CREATED, TAXABLE INCOME COULD RESULT. IN MANAGEMENT'S JUDGEMENT, THE CORPORATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY TAX POSITIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN A LOSS CONTINGENCY CONSIDERING THE FACTS, CIRCUMSTANCES, AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE REPORTING DATE.
PART IV, LINE 1B:	FUNDS RECEIVED FROM CLIENTS ARE DEPOSITED INTO A SEPARATE CASH ACCOUNT AND RESTRICTED FOR THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH RELATED LITIGATION. THE FUNDS ARE HELD FOR SPECIFIC CLIENT RELATED EXPENSES AND CANNOT BE USED TO FUND OPERATIONS.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (5 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
CENTRAL LOUISIANA PRO BONO
3600 JACKSON STREET SUITE 126	ALEXANDRIA	LA	71303	721198792	$11,884	LEGAL SERVICE
LAFAYETTE VOLUNTEER LAWYER PROJECT
PO BOX 2194	LAFAYETTE	LA	70501	581875564	$23,118	LEGAL SERVICE
SHREVEPORT BAR FOUNDATION PRO BONO PROJECT
625 TEXAS STREET	SHEREVEPORT	LA	71101	721115393	$45,000	LEGAL SERVICE
SOUTHWEST LA BAR FOUNDATION
518 PUJO STREET	LAKE CHARLES	LA	70602	270316235	$17,500	CHILD IN NEED CARE
CENTRAL LOUISIANA PRO BONO
3600 JACKSON STREET SUITE 126	ALEXANDRIA	LA	71303	721198792	$23,000	CHILD IN NEED CARE

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GREGORY L LANDRY	PersonNm
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$146,460	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$0	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$13,696	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$160,156	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	THE BYLAWS PROVIDE THAT SEVERAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES MAY APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE BOARD.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	PRIOR TO FILING, THE DRAFT IS REVIEWED BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THEN SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EACH RECEIVE A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND COMPLETE A FORM ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT AND DISCLOSING ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS IN WRITING. ALL CONTRACTS ARE EXAMINED FOR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS PRIOR TO EXECUTION AND SIGNING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE COMPENSATION SCALE FOR ALL POSITIONS, AS WELL AS INTERIM ADJUSTMENTS. ALL DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS ARE DOCUMENTED IN MINUTES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITORS OFFICE.