2012-06-05T16:29:18-05:00 2011-12-31 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 234 East Colorado Blvd Suite M150 Pasadena CA 91101 990 2011-01-01 951684067 Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles LEGA 3238017991 1102 Crenshaw Blvd Los Angeles CA 90019 Silvia Argueta 3238017925 2012-06-05 Carmen Mosley P00475769 6264036801 2011 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z Silvia Argueta 1102 Crenshaw Blvd Los Angeles CA 90019 21429342 0 X WWW.LAFLA.ORG X 1929 CA As the frontline law firm for poor and low-income individuals throughout Los Angeles County for over 80 years, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) works to provide clients with access to fundamental services: food, housing, employment, safety and security. LAFLA is the first place to which thousands of poor people turn to when they need legal assistance for a crisis that threatens their homes, health and livelihood. In 2011 nearly 15,000 individuals and families were provided with legal assistance and more than 55,000 were offered legal information and education. LAFLA operates four (4) Self Help Legal Access Centers at local courthouses in Inglewood, Long Beach, Torrance and Santa Monica. LAFLA has three (3) courthouse domestic violence clinics. We take great pride in having established one of the first Asian Pacific Islander Community Outreach units and one of the first Veteran's benefits programs in the country. 50 50 182 709 0 0 19532185 20825294 58052 214818 44394 17271 93465 85445 19728096 21142828 0 3448870 0 0 13222789 14118299 0 0 0 5515977 3906616 18738766 21473785 989330 -330957 14086001 14327700 5710969 6283625 8375032 8044075 X The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) is the frontline law firm for low-income people in Los Angeles. LAFLA is committed to promoting access to justice, strengthening communities, fighting discrimination, and effecting systemic change through representation, advocacy, and community education. 0 0 13955055 Housing and Eviction Defense: Advocates prepared tenants being unfairly evicted to represent themselves in court and provided legal representation to help clients retain their residency or get relocation benefits and move to better quarters. Advocates also focused on improving the conditions of housing for low-income people by pursuing litigation to get substandard buildings repaired and collaborating with city and state efforts to rehabilitate slum housing, improve code enforcement, and increase the availability of low-cost housing. This program served 9385 clients in 365 days. 2596220 Government Benefits: Advocates helped indigent seniors and the disabled, homeless veterans and working poor families secure CalWORKs, Social Security Supplemental Income (SSI), Medi-Cal, Medicare, Food Stamps, In Home Support Services (IHSS), General Relief, and Veterans Benefits. Advocates were actively involved in shaping Los Angeles County's welfare reform plan and assuring its effectiveness in supporting low-income families. This program served 1746 clients in 365 days. 1506284 214818 Immigration: Advocates provided U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees and asylum seekers with assistance in family reunification matters and helped battered immigrant women seek legal residency under the Violence Against Women Act. Advocates also helped torture survivors and victims of human trafficking access legal rights and benefits that have been afforded to them under federal legislation. This program served 1013 clients in 365 days. 18057559 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38 0 1 182 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 CA X X Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles 3238017991 1102 Crenshaw Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90019 Neil B Martin Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Salvaty Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Martin T Tachiki Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ronald E Wood Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Karen J Adelseck 1.00 X 0 0 0 Chris M Amantea Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alexander Auerbach 1.00 X 0 0 0 Gary Blasi Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Elliot N Brown Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ethan J Brown 1.00 X 0 0 0 Christina Burford 1.00 X 0 0 0 Carl J Busch Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alan B Clark Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jon Dean Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kevin A Dorse Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sean Eskovitz 1.00 X 0 0 0 James J Farrell 1.00 X 0 0 0 Debra L Fischer Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 James P Fogelman Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Zulema Garcia 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mamie C Henry 1.00 X 0 0 0 Helen Hinkson 1.00 X 0 0 0 James E Hornstein Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Martha Ofelia Jimenez 1.00 X 0 0 0 Hattie Johnson 1.00 X 0 0 0 Victoria M Lopez 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Maddigan 1.00 X 0 0 0 James M McAdams Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mary H Neale 1.00 X 0 0 0 Maria K Nelson 1.00 X 0 0 0 Amelia Nieto 1.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas O'Brien 1.00 X 0 0 0 R Alexander Pilmer Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Harriet S Posner 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Ratner 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kent R Raygor Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Marc M Seltzer Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mildred Segura 1.00 X 0 0 0 Stephen Smith 1.00 X 0 0 0 Pauline M Stevens 1.00 X 0 0 0 Maria Torres 1.00 X 0 0 0 Cornell Trotter 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dona van Bloemen 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ronald B Turovsky Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rita L Tuzon 1.00 X 0 0 0 John C Ulin Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Patricia Vining 1.00 X 0 0 0 Wesley Walker 1.00 X 0 0 0 Angela Watson 1.00 X 0 0 0 Susan E Anderson Wise Esq 1.00 X 0 0 0 Silvia Argueta 35.00 X 172500 0 19357 Dennis Rockway 35.00 X 129162 0 33841 Toby Rothschild 35.00 X 124246 0 42464 Yolanda Arias 35.00 X 125122 0 16577 Michael Ortiz 35.00 X 117628 0 20990 Theresa Glenn 35.00 X 131558 0 25694 800216 0 158923 6 0 1 0 0 514529 17297929 3012836 20825294 Attorney fees 541100 155803 155803 Clinical support 900099 59015 59015 214818 17271 17271 286514 514529 286514 0 Miscellaneous income 900099 85445 85445 85445 21142828 300263 0 17271 3448870 3448870 191857 191857 10515532 8784329 1731203 625257 500205 125052 1780910 1449037 331873 1004743 822302 182441 85217 22100 63117 255857 89872 165985 44672 30376 14296 704121 584280 119841 54695 49225 5470 853603 688258 165345 69876 64379 5497 57079 30575 26504 62591 42562 20029 206576 206576 96350 86558 9792 Service to clients 938406 938406 Library 161722 152234 9488 Litigation 144720 144349 371 Miscellaneous 131475 89986 41489 39656 39656 21473785 18057559 3416226 0 57723 57723 0 0 904735 600460 6001211 6387787 1227275 1526236 133017 119712 9511239 3843330 5717974 5667909 101789 25596 14086001 14327700 2076490 2442668 271526 905871 65259 12392 3297694 2922694 5710969 6283625 X 8020897 7913918 345478 121500 8657 8657 8375032 8044075 14086001 14327700 -330957 0 X 0 1 1 X 1 1 X 3107439 14463920 15636149 19283855 20825294 73316657 3107439 14463920 15636149 19283855 20825294 73316657 73316657 317668 231244 80704 44394 17271 691281 142161 40689 50619 93465 85445 412379 74420317 11451493 0.98520 0.97170 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 45245 0 0 45245 0 Explanation of Other Lobbying Activities: Part II-B, Line 1i: Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles has restrictions on legislative activities, but may and does offer information and testimony to legislative committees and bodies upon written request. 0 0 1817333 1817333 1948052 727714 1220338 2589843 335888 2253955 2818511 2446624 371887 337500 333104 4396 5667909 21142828 21473785 -330957 -330957 25522947 4380119 4380119 21142828 0 21142828 25853904 4380119 4380119 21473785 0 21473785 Description of Uncertain Tax Positions Under FIN 48: Part X: LAFLA is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all positions taken by LAFLA in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. LAFLA's returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they filed. X X X X X X 1 Levy Pazanti & Associates 9911 West Pico Blvd 510 Los Angeles CA 90035 Professional Fundraiser/Party Planner 0 481482 12500 468982 Aly Sterling Philanthropy LLC PO Box 131 Monclova OH 43542 Capital Campaign 0 0 45223 -45223 481482 57723 423759 CA Access to Justice 481482 319759 161723 161723 Grand Cru 310631 191108 119523 119523 1 8930 3662 5268 5268 801043 514529 286514 286514 286514 0 1 Rental Assistance 1007 3367095 Utilities Assistance 234 81775 All applicants are required to provide a 3 day pay or quit notice, unlawful detainer complaint for non-payment of rent or a utility bill. During a face-to-face assessment with a social worker, applicants are required to show proof of income to ensure they qualify for this assistance. The case is then transferred to an attorney who confirms the rent due with the landlord and negotiates a settlement agreement. The project coordinator reviews and approves the application and supporting documentation to ensure compliance with our funding requirements. A daily check register spreadsheet was created to record rental/utility assistance checks. The Director of Fiscal Management reviews the daily register for check sequence and dollar amount of disbursement. X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Silvia Argueta 172500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19357 0 191857 0 0 0 Dennis Rockway 129162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33841 0 163003 0 0 0 Toby Rothschild 124246 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42464 0 166710 0 0 0 Theresa Glenn 131558 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25694 0 157252 0 0 0 Supplemental Information Part III LAFLA has a zero interest loan program available to all staff secured by their accrued but unused vacation hours. These loans are carefully documented and are repaid within one year by payroll deduction. This program is intended to assist staff with financial emergencies, in 2011 Theresa Glenn and Linda Quintana had such loans. Linda Quintana Family member medical issue X 3500 808 0 1 1 808 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a Pursuant to Legal Services Corporation regulations, most directors are appointed by bar associations or community organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 The Form 990 is prepared by an outside accounting firm based on information provided by the CFO, it is then reviewed by the Executive Director, the CFO, the Director of Fiscal Management, and the General Counsel. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The Executive Committee of the Board reviews the compensation of the Executive Director annually. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The organization makes the Form 990 available on Guidestar.org and also makes governing documents, conflicts of interest policies and financial statements available to the public upon request.