CAPITAL DISTRICT WOMENS BAR ASSOCIATION LEGAL PROJECT INC: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: CAPITAL DISTRICT WOMENS BAR ASSOCIATION LEGAL PROJECT INC (EIN 13-3841519)
Tax period: 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31
Filed: 2013-08-22
IRS object ID: 201342349349300109
Schema version: 2012v2.0
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 G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-08-22T07:20:39-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Lubbe & Hosey CPAs PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	187 Wolf Road Suite 305	AddressLine1
City	Albany	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12205	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	133841519	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Capital District Womens Bar Association	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	Legal Project Inc	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	CAPI	NameControl
Phone	5184351770	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1475 Western Ave - Stuyvesant Plaza	AddressLine1
City	Albany	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12203	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Colleen Campoli CPA	Name
Title	President	Title
Date Signed	2013-08-09	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Thomas W Hosey	Name
PTIN	P01404628	PTIN
Phone	5184549355	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Lisa A Frisch	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 706	AddressLine1
City	No Chatham	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12132	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	902874	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.legalproject.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1995	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	The mission of the Legal Project is to make the law more accessible to those in need, to increase the legal community's involvement in pro bono work, and to serve as a resource on legal issues.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	15	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	15	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	14	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	300	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	741068	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	788494	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	35102	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	94091	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	678	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	303	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	158634	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	580	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	935482	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	883468	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	801153	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	644112	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	25780	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	227177	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	202418	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	1028330	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	846530	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-92848	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	36938	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	301750	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	407009	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	41134	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	171747	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	260616	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	235262	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	The mission of the Legal Project is to make the law more accessible to those in need, to increase the legal community's involvement in pro bono work, and to serve as a resource on legal issues.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	716249	Expense
Revenue	94091	Revenue
Description	The Legal Project believes that all people should have access to legal services. This belief represents a deep commitment to fairness and equal justice under the law. The mission of the Legal Project is to make the law more accessible to those in need, to increase the legal community's involvement in pro bono work, and to serve as a resource on legal issues. The Legal project feels a special commitment to women and others who may have difficulty obtaining legal assistance.	Description
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Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	true	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
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Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	6	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	14	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	false	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Number Of8282 Filed	0	NumberOf8282Filed
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	15	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	15	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Linda Filarecki	NamePerson
Telephone Number	5184351770	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1475 Western Ave	AddressLine1
City	Albany	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	12203	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (16 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Average Hours Per Week RelatedAverageHoursPerWeekRelated	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
Pershia Wilkins
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Michelle H Wildgrube Esq
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Joann Sternheimer Esq
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Bridget Ball Shaw
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
David Levy Esq
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Victoria P Lane Esq
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Rebecca Kannan Esq CPA
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Kathleen A Copps DiPaola Esq
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Heather Diddel Esq
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Melissa M Bezio CPA
Director	1.00	0.00	X	0	0	0
Elizabeth A Lott Esq
Secretary	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
Johanne Floser CBA
Treasurer	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
Cynthia Feathers Esq
Vice President	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
Jennifer K Corona Esq
Vice President	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
Colleen Campoli CPA
President	2.00	0.00	X	0	0	0	X
Lisa A Frisch
Executive Dir.	40.00	0.00	X	80000	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	80000	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Fundraising Events	54630	FundraisingEvents
Government Grants	566350	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	167514	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	788494	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Fees for Program Service	Description
Business Code	541100	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	94091	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	94091	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	94091	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	303	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$303	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

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

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

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

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

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

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	16983	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	54630	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	19406	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-2423	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	-$2,423	ExclusionAmount

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

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

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

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

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	Other revenues	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	3003	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$3,003	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	3003	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	883468	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	94091	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$883	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	80000	Total
Program Services	37600	ProgramServices
Management And General	30400	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	12000	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	495470	Total
Program Services	473281	ProgramServices
Management And General	17588	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4601	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23933	Total
Program Services	21159	ProgramServices
Management And General	1996	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	778	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	44709	Total
Program Services	39528	ProgramServices
Management And General	3728	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1453	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7756	Total
Management And General	7756	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7500	Total
Management And General	7500	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	33700	Total
Program Services	25730	ProgramServices
Management And General	7970	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3804	Total
Program Services	2663	ProgramServices
Management And General	1141	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9964	Total
Program Services	9294	ProgramServices
Management And General	596	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	74	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7012	Total
Program Services	5296	ProgramServices
Management And General	1716	ManagementAndGeneral

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	57643	Total
Program Services	51151	ProgramServices
Management And General	6492	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8038	Total
Program Services	6596	ProgramServices
Management And General	1367	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	75	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	462	Total
Management And General	462	ManagementAndGeneral

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5126	Total
Management And General	5126	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11809	Total
Program Services	9636	ProgramServices
Management And General	2173	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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Miscellaneous	5841	4063	1451	327
Printing and Publications	6490	838	934	4718
Telephone	7118	6675	443
Litigation expense	8256	8206	50

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

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Total	21899	Total
Program Services	14533	ProgramServices
Management And General	5612	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1754	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	846530	Total
Program Services	716249	ProgramServices
Management And General	104501	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	25780	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9660	BOY
EOY	112739	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	119613	BOY
EOY	92453	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	149378	BOY
EOY	169461	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	7500	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10299	BOY
EOY	17182	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	36089	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	28415	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	12800	BOY
EOY	7674	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	301750	BOY
EOY	407009	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	40506	BOY
EOY	51737	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	628	BOY
EOY	120010	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	41134	BOY
EOY	171747	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	198324	BOY
EOY	231305	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	62292	BOY
EOY	3957	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	260616	BOY
EOY	235262	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	301750	BOY
EOY	407009	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Reconcilation Prior Adjustment	-62292	ReconcilationPriorAdjustment
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	699173	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	830917	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	741068	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	788494	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3654858	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	699173	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	830917	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	741068	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	788494	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3654858	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	0	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	3654858	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	473	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	394	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	678	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	303	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4038	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	19986	CurrentTaxYear
Total	19986	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	3678882	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	94091	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.99350	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.99830	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Political Expenditures	7500	PoliticalExpenditures
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	true	OtherActivities
Other Activities	$7,500	OtherActivitiesAmount
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	7500	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	30575	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	25444	Depreciation
Book Value	5131	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	5514	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	2971	Depreciation
Book Value	2543	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	7674	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Footnote In Part XIII	X	FootnoteInPartXIII
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	883468	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	883468	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	883468	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	846530	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	846530	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	846530	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIII Form990ScheduleDPartXIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Part X	Identifier
Return Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	ReturnReference
Explanation	The Legal Project is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. No provision for income taxes has been made in the financial statements. The Legal Project is classified as a publicly supported organization that is not a private foundation under Section 509(a) of the Code. Contributions are tax deductible within the limitations prescribed by the Code.The Legal Project has not identified any uncertain tax positions in returns filed with taxing authorities that require disclosure in the financial statements. The Legal Project's returns for the past three years are subject to examination by taxing authorities.	Explanation

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agreement Ref Fundraising	false	AgreementRefFundraising

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	Pro Bono Event	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	71018	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	54630	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	16388	GrossRevenueEvent1
Rent Facility Costs Event1	3268	RentFacilityCostsEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	16138	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	71018	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	54630	CharitableContributionsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	16388	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Rent Facility Costs Total Events	3268	RentFacilityCostsTotalEvents
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	16138	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	19406	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	-3018	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Public requests, if any, for policy and governing documents, and financial statements, are granted.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	The Executive Director is the only Legal Project employee meeting the definition of a "top management official". There are no "key employees". See response above to Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a	Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The Board of Directors forms an ad hoc committee to oversee the performance review and salary recommendations for the Executive Director. Industry standards, surveys and tools are utilized, along with budgetary information, to set the Executive Director salary level to be competitive with other not-for-profit organizations in the legal field. The Executive Director's salary was not increased during 2012.No member of the Board of Directors receives compensation.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	As part of the annual audit, our independent certified public accounting firm prepares a draft of Form 990 and related supporting schedules from our internal records. There is a review by management to oversee these services, make all management decisions, and perform all management functions. The draft 990 is reviewed by the audit/finance committee for comments and acceptance before filing. We have reviewed, approved, and accepted responsibility for Form 990 and the related supporting schedules and believe they are adequately supported by the books and records of the Legal Project.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 8	Form 990, Part VI, Line 8: Explanation of No Contemporaneously Documentation of Meetings	Certain committees within the Legal Project do not maintain minutes. No committee has authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors.