SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID INC: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization: SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID INC (EIN 86-0143449)
Tax period: 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
Filed: 2014-05-13
IRS object ID: 201401339349305665
Schema version: 2013v3.1
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2014-05-13T15:52:23-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2013-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	HBL CPAs PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5656 E Grant Rd Ste 200	AddressLine1
City	Tucson	City
State	AZ	State
ZIP Code	85712	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2013-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	860143449	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SOUT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5206239465	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2343 E Broadway Ste 200	AddressLine1
City	Tucson	City
State	AZ	State
ZIP Code	85719	ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Cathleen Dooley	PersonNm
Person Title	Sec/Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2014-05-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MICHAEL J DEVRIES	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00748581	PTIN
Phone	5208863181	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2013	TaxYr
Build TS	2015-11-30 17:44:51Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Scott D Gibson	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2343 E Broadway Ste 200	AddressLine1
City	Tucson	City
State	AZ	State
ZIP Code	857196007	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$4,300,891	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.sazlegalaid.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1951	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	AZ	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To provide quality legal services to people who would not otherwise have equal access to justice, in ways which affirm their individual and collective dignity, integrity, and power.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	21	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	21	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	74	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1184	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$3,927,808	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,606,284	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$38,161	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$693,757	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$1,459	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$850	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$3,967,428	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,300,891	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,013,150	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,122,102	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$15,052	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,022,218	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,191,094	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$4,035,368	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$4,313,196	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$67,940	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$12,305	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$621,956	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$624,387	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$386,313	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$406,540	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$235,643	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$217,847	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	To provide quality legal services to people who would not otherwise have equal access to justice, in ways which affirm their individual and collective dignity, integrity, and power.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$3,549,798	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$693,757	RevenueAmt
Desc	Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc. (SALA) was able to provide direct civil legal assistance to meet the fundamental human needs of more than 21,454 low income individuals and families in 7,946 cases and matters.Services included safety and protection for children and women who are victimized by domestic violence; preservation of shelter for those wrongfully evicted from their homes; protection for those facing foreclosure; access to food stamps for people who were in need of food security; access to long-term health care for those denied services; a means to survive for disabled persons who are unable to obtain government benefits; and access to debtor relief for the protection of income and property. The impact of services provided resulted in $1,273,461 either saved or obtained on behalf of clients benefiting communities in SALAs service area. For every $1 invested in Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc., $7.92 of actual value is returned to the community.Out of the total individuals served by SALA, 2,657 were served by volunteer lawyers and law students participating in SALAs Volunteer Lawyers Program. The volunteer attorneys and students donated 3,250 hours of free civil legal services valued at $650,000.In addition, SALA raised community awareness of individual legal rights and responsibilities by teaching clients how to use the law and legal system prevent legal problems and self-help in accessing the courts. SALA made presentations and distributed brochures and self-help materials to 3,068 individuals.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$3,549,798	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	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
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
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 With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	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
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	19	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	74	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	21	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	21	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	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	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	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	the organization	PersonNm
Phone	5206239465	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2343 E Broadway Ste 200	AddressLine1
City	Tucson	City
State	AZ	State
ZIP Code	857196007	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (24 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Scott D Gibson
President	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Shirley Molina
Vice President	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Cathleen Dooley
Sec/Treasurer	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Juan Perez-Medrano
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lisa Kimmel
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas G Hippert
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Leslie Nixon
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Frederick J Petersen
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Andrew Silverman
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Don Riddle
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sanford Edelman
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard T Platt
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bernardo P Velasco
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Carl A Piccarreta
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gregory L Droeger
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Maria Antonieta Morales-Smith
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Victoria Castro
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jim Rice
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Barbi Urias
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anna Stevens-Denae
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Veronica Boone
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anthony Young
Executive Dir.	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$92,279	$0	$10,459
Doris Lee Butler
COO	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$74,987	$0	$5,714
Rose Marie Castro
CFO	40.00	0.00		Yes (X)	$72,620	$0	$5,682

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$239,886	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$21,855	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$3,467,326	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$138,958	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$3,606,284	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Attorney fees and costs	$34,342	$34,342
Vendor Contracts	$659,415	$659,415

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$693,757	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$850	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$850	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,300,891	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$693,757	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$850	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$274,290	TotalAmt
Program Services	$195,303	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$77,442	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,545	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,584,419	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,132,651	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$442,893	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,875	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,108	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,621	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,399	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$88	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$28,392	TotalAmt
Program Services	$22,629	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,650	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$113	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$212,893	TotalAmt
Program Services	$169,683	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$42,362	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$848	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,988	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,040	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,869	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$79	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$209,087	TotalAmt
Program Services	$154,016	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$53,970	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,101	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$408,105	TotalAmt
Program Services	$368,178	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,129	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$798	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$386,814	TotalAmt
Program Services	$329,367	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$56,298	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,149	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$75,034	TotalAmt
Program Services	$61,197	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,560	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$277	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,080	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,080	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,206	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,253	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,774	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$179	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
Library	$31,478	$31,478
Litigation costs	$26,823	$26,823
Other	$12,479	$12,479

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,313,196	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,549,798	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$748,346	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,052	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,497	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,299	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$230,886	BOYAmt
EOY	$74,129	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$289,284	BOYAmt
EOY	$426,287	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$66	BOYAmt
EOY	$40	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$47,060	BOYAmt
EOY	$64,739	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$265,079	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$248,540	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,651	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,539	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,471	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,430	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,041	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,924	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$621,956	BOYAmt
EOY	$624,387	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$328,446	BOYAmt
EOY	$350,954	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$53,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,277	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,867	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,309	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$386,313	BOYAmt
EOY	$406,540	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$225,643	BOYAmt
EOY	$217,847	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,000	BOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$235,643	BOYAmt
EOY	$217,847	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$621,956	BOYAmt
EOY	$624,387	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$12,305	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$6,959	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$12,450	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	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 (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (true)	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	$4,392,789	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,373,351	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,347,965	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,927,808	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,265,699	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$21,307,612	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,392,789	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,373,351	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,347,965	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,927,808	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,265,699	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$21,307,612	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$0	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$21,307,612	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,452	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,280	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,241	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,459	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$850	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,282	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$21,315,894	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$72,503	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99960	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.99910	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

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$42,222	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$41,878	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$344	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$222,857	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$206,662	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$16,195	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$16,539	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Client trust accounts	Desc
Amt	$8,309	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$8,309	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,312,850	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$6,959	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$5,000	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$11,959	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,300,891	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,300,891	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,318,196	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$5,000	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$5,000	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$4,313,196	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$4,313,196	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification No. 740-10 (ASC 740-10), SALA holds no uncertain tax positions and, therefore, has no policy for evaluating them.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The Form 990 will be reviewed and signed by the Secretary/Treasurer of the Board of Directors. Prior to filing the Form 990, a copy will be circulated to all Board members by email requesting their review and comments be directed to the Secretary/Treasurer.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	SALAs Conflict of Interest policy is part of the Employee Policy and Procedure Manual and the Board Orientation Manual. These policies are discussed at orientation of new staff and board. All new hires and new board members are required to complete the disclosure statement. SALAs policy requires that a disclosure statement be completed at least once and at any time that a change occurs which may give rise to a conflict or there is a change to the policy itself.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The Audit/Finance Committee of the Board of Directors is responsible for reviewing and approving key employee compensation and reporting to the Board of Directors on an annual basis. The Audit/Finance Committee is provided with information for comparable compensation paid to others similarly situated. The information is obtained from salary surveys conducted by the Economic Research Institutes Non-profit Salary Survey Assessor, the Legal Services Corporations annual salary reports, Form 990 information for similar positions in other legal services programs and other non-profits, and other salary surveys which may be conducted by other legal services organizations and non-profits. The deliberations and decisions regarding compensation are recorded in the Board minutes and preserved as employment related records under SALAs Document Retention and Destruction Policy.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	SALAs governing documents, policies, financial statements and other information open to the public are made available upon request.