Nonprofit · EIN 72-0832432
ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION
Tax-exempt · LAFAYETTE, LA 70501
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $12,075,185 | $11,454,438 | $620,747 | $8,956,462 | $2,782,773 | $6,173,689 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $12,087,471 | $11,323,372 | $764,099 | $7,728,420 | $2,175,478 | $5,552,942 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $11,847,397
- of which government grants
- $11,811,849
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $49,947
- Other revenue
- $177,841
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $118,134
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $327,507
- Other salaries and wages
- $6,741,246
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $9,086,563
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $73,503
- Occupancy
- $315,347
- Travel
- $192,070
- Depreciation
- $275,105
- Program services (functional)
- $9,589,155
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,852,183
- Fundraising (functional)
- $13,100
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $7,728,420
- Total assets, end of year
- $8,956,462
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,782,773
- Net assets, end of year
- $6,173,689
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $4,897,707
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,157,197
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $5,016,492
- Gross receipts
- $12,075,185
- Employees
- 138
- Volunteers
- 2
- Year formed
- 1977
- State of legal domicile
- LA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SACHIDA RAMAN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 37.5 | $151,309 | $24,238 |
| SANDRA S POTIER | FORMER CFO Officer | 37.5 | $116,043 | $21,513 |
| FRANCHESCA HAMILTON-ACKER | SR. ATTORNEY/UNIT LEADER Highest-paid employee | 37.5 | $113,278 | $22,250 |
| TAMIKO B CHATMAN | OFFICER STAFF Highest-paid employee | 37.5 | $104,856 | $24,649 |
| WALTER P MCCLATCHEY JR | OFFICER STAFF Highest-paid employee | 37.5 | $105,659 | $9,993 |
| AVIS D GUTEKUNST | CFO Officer | 37.5 | $12,632 | $1,782 |
| ANN POOLE | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| ANNA SIMMONS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| ASHLEY FREEMAN | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| BRANNON MENARD | AT-LARGE MEMBER Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| CYNTHIA COBB | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE ERNEST III | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES E CALHOUN | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| JULHELENE JACKSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN C MCLELLAN | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
9 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINDSAY YOUNG MEADOR | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MARY WINCHELL | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| MELODY TROUT | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| SANTRICA POPE | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 |
| STACY GUICE | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| SUSAN KUTCHER | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| SYLVIA HILL | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| TAMARA BATTLES | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
| THERESA RICHARD | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SACHIDA RAMAN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 37.5 | $146,810 | $20,885 |
| FRANCHESCA HAMILTON-ACKER | SR. ATTORNEY/UNIT LEADER Highest-paid employee | 37.5 | $109,117 | $19,888 |
| SANDRA S POTIER | OFFICER STAFF Highest-paid employee | 37.5 | $108,153 | $19,464 |
| WALTER P MCCLATCHEY JR | OFFICER STAFF Highest-paid employee | 37.5 | $101,159 | $8,581 |
| SUSAN KUTCHER JONES | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE ERNEST III | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| JULHELENE JACKSON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| CHANTELL SMITH | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| THERESA RICHARD | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDSAY YOUNG MEADOR | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| CYNTHIA COBB | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| ANNA SIMMONS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN C MCLELLAN | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY WINCHELL | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| STACY GUICE | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| BRANNON MENARD | AT-LARGE MEMBER Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN POOLE | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| SYLVIA HILL | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| MELODY TROUT | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| SANTRICA POPE | ELIGIBLE CLIENT Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| TAMARA BATTLES | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES E CALHOUN | ATTORNEY Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1020 SURREY ST, LAFAYETTE, LA 70501-6143
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- SACHIDA RAMAN, 1020 SURREY STREET, LAFAYETTE, LA 70501
- Signed the 990
- SACHIDA RAMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (866) 275-2572
- Website
- WWW.LA-LAW.ORG
- Return prepared by
- DUPLANTIER HRAPMANN HOGAN & MAHER LLP
Mission
THE MISSION OF ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES BY ADVOCATING FOR FAIRNESS, PROTECTION, AND JUSTICE. OUR VISION FOR THE STATE IS FOR THESE SERVICES TO BE EASY AND TIMELY ACCESSIBLE.
Program accomplishments
- IN 2024, ALSC HANDLED 6,864, CASES THAT ASSISTED 10,242 ELIGIBLE LOUISIANA HOUSEHOLDS, SERVING 4,774 CHILDREN, 148 VETERANS, 347 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, AND 810 ELDERLY RESIDENTS BEING 60+ YEARS OLD. ALSC HAD A POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES WHICH INCLUDED OVER $1.3M IN DISABILITY BENEFITS, SPOUSAL SUPPORT, SUCCESSIONS, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID BENEFITS AND IN HOUSING MATTERS.IN ADDITION TO THE LSC DISASTER GRANT, PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (OCD), HUNT, GUILLOT & ASSOCIATES (HGA), AND ALSC HELP ADDRESS HEIR AND TITLE PROPERTY ISSUES FOR DISASTER SURVIVORS STILL STRUGGLING WITH REPAIRS. ALSC PARTNERED WITH THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS AND THE RED RIVERBANK TO ADDRESS OTHER HEIR PROPERTY INITIATIVES IN 2025. THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PLAYERS COALITION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT THREATEN BLACK GENERATIONAL WEALTH BY FOCUSING ON HEIRS' PROPERTY ISSUES.ALSC IS ALSO POISED TO PURSUE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES IN 2025 FOR EXPUNGEMENT RELATED CASES FOR THOSE SEEKING TO BE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED. ALSC PROVIDED REPRESENTATION IN OVER 150 CASES TO HELP DISASTER SURVIVORS RECOVER AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES. ALSC CAN NOW UTILIZE JUSTICE MOBILE UNITS TO TRAVEL TO THE UNDERSERVED "LEGAL DESERTS" IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA TO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND TO DELIVER SERVICES TO OUR CLIENT COMMUNITY LITERALLY AT THEIR DOORSTEPS.ALSC, IN 2023, WAS ONE OF ONLY 9 GRANTEES SELECTED AND RECEIVED A $1MILLION STATEWIDE HUD EVICTION PREVENTION GRANT FOR TWO YEARS. ALSC SUB-CONTRACTED WITH SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LEGAL SERVICES (SLLS), ENABLING SLLS TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. THIS GRANT WAS RENEWED FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS IN 2025.ALSC OBTAINED $300,000 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA), LEGAL SERVICES FOR HOMELESS VETERANS AND VETERANS AT-RISK FOR HOMELESSNESS (LSV-H) GRANT IN 2024. ALSC HAS ALSO APPLIED FOR THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT, LAV GRANT FOR THE FALL OF 2025.IN 2024, OUR EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH EFFORTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR JUSTICE MOBILE UNITS HAVE EXPANDED CONNECTION TO 18,432 ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS. PROVIDING SUCH VALUABLE LEGAL INFORMATION ENABLES OUR CLIENT COMMUNITY TO PROTECT AND ADDRESS THEIR LEGAL ISSUES BEFORE IT DEVELOPS INTO A CRISIS.Expenses $9,589,155 · grants $118,134 · revenue $177,841
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 72-0832432
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1978
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Crime and legal-related (I80Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $8,956,462
- Income (IRS master file)
- $12,075,185
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $12,075,185 | $11,454,438 | $8,956,462 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $12,087,471 | $11,323,372 | $7,728,420 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $10,539,832 | $9,942,764 | $7,224,270 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 72-0832432).
Questions about ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION
- What is the EIN of ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION is 72-0832432.
- Is ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1978.
- Are donations to ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names SACHIDA RAMAN.
- Who are the officers and directors of ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 24 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $151,309 (SACHIDA RAMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does ACADIANA LEGAL SERVICE CORPORATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $12,075,185, expenses of $11,454,438 and total assets of $8,956,462 at year end.
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