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Nonprofit · EIN 94-2783401

LEGAL AID AT WORK

Tax-exempt · SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104

Financials

$12.6M$8.4M2023$13.3M$10.7M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of LEGAL AID AT WORK by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$13,326,463$10,684,179$2,642,284$26,300,907$4,636,716$21,664,191
December 31, 2023990$12,649,064$8,355,098$4,293,966$23,182,653$4,182,010$19,000,643
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$11,323,871
of which government grants
$956,535
Program service revenue
$1,262,184
Investment income
$828,218
Net income from fundraising events
-$143,986
Other revenue
-$87,810

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$187,077
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,370,391
Other salaries and wages
$5,122,154
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$8,342,404
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$20,800
Occupancy
$633,276
Travel
$101,698
Depreciation
$76,077
Program services (functional)
$6,994,249
Management and general (functional)
$1,931,863
Fundraising (functional)
$1,758,067

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$23,182,653
Total assets, end of year
$26,300,907
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,636,716
Net assets, end of year
$21,664,191
Land, buildings and equipment
$290,976
Publicly traded securities
$20,763,952
Net assets without donor restrictions
$16,895,160
Net assets with donor restrictions
$4,769,031
Gross receipts
$13,470,449
Employees
58
Volunteers
120
Year formed
1981
State of legal domicile
CA

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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Joan GraffPresident
Officer
35$244,596$57,041
Christopher HoDir Origin Immg La35$182,002$69,494
Howard ChenVP HR
Officer
35$164,194$85,972
Elizabeth KristenDir Gend Eq LGBT35$158,476$63,702
Kevin CluneVP Strategy
Officer
35$168,600$48,630
Alison KanakeVP Recrumt HR
Officer
35$168,600$44,981
Sharon TermanDir. Work & Family35$139,843$60,096
Ling YuanVP Finance
Officer
35$168,600$27,411
Pilar Gonzales MoralesVP Prog Litigat
Officer
35$168,600$23,165
Galina KhunisSenior Acctg Mgr35$136,121$40,906
Kuo An HuangSen Acctg & HR Mgr35$132,816$31,838
Adrianne De CastroBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Elizabeth J CabraserVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Ellen A FriedmanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Laurence F PulgramVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
64 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
James M FinbergSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
James H AbramsTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
J Bernard Alexander IIIBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Jennie Lee AndersonBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Aelish M BaigBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Amy L BomseBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Sara B BrodyBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Annette P CarnegieBoard Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Craig C CorbittBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Matthew S KahnBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Linda M DardarianBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Michael B DellBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Steven R LowenthalBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Hon Robert L DonderoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Laura K LinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Daniel FeinbergBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Scott A FinkBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Catherine L FiskBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
John R FooteBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Felicia GilbertBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Kenneth L GuernseyBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Wilmer J HarrisBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
William N HebertBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Christopher T HeffelfingerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Daniel J HerlingBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Aaron KaufmannBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Joshua G KoneckyBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
John T MullanBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Barry S LevinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Jason C MarsiliBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Rachael E MenyBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Warrington ParkerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Louise M McCabeBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Alicia M McKnightBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Christopher T MichelettiBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Supreeta SampathBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Kristin A SnyderBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Joshua PeckBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Rosemarie T RingBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Jahan C SagafiBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Eric C WienerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Bryan SchwartzBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Nathan E ShafrothBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Luann L SimmonsBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Michael D SingerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Hon Thomas F Smegal JrBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Quyen L TaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Kirt SwitzerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Sean Tamura-SatoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Lisa McCabe van KriekenBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Steven G ZieffBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Michelle L RobertsBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Mei DanBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Nicholas D FramBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Patrick M GlennBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Hilary C KraseBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Jennifer LiuBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Allison B MoserBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Eduardo E SantacanaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Dylan G SavageBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Annie Villanueva JeffersBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Virginia R VillegasBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Jenny S YelinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Christina CheungBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 76 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Joan GraffPresident
Officer
35$225,132$54,784
Howard ChenVP HR
Officer
35$170,541$79,981
Christopher HoDir Origin Immg La35$171,789$65,747
Kevin CluneVP Strategy
Officer
35$170,307$45,640
Elizabeth KristenDir Gend Eq LGBT35$142,517$59,657
Ling YuanVP Finance
Officer
35$166,663$20,237
Sharon TermanDir. Work & Family35$130,035$55,966
Steve HeimerleSr Asst Dev Dir35$120,346$54,784
Sabins CrocetteSenior Staff Atty35$137,753$36,222
Adrianne De CastroBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Elizabeth J CabraserVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Ellen A FriedmanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Laurence F PulgramVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
James M FinbergSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
James H AbramsTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
J Bernard Alexander IIIBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jennie Lee AndersonBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Aelish M BaigBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Amy L BomseBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sara B BrodyBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Annette P CarnegieBoard Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Madeline ChunBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Craig C CorbittBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Matthew S KahnBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Linda M DardarianBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Michael B DellBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Steven R LowenthalBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Hon Robert L DonderoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Laura K LinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Daniel FeinbergBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Scott A FinkBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Catherine L FiskBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
John P FlynnBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
John R FooteBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Felicia GilbertBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Harrison Buzz FrahnBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kenneth L GuernseyBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Wilmer J HarrisBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
William N HebertBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Christopher T HeffelfingerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Daniel J HerlingBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Amanda GuzmanBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Aaron KaufmannBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Joshua G KoneckyBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Dolores Y LealBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
John T MullanBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Barry S LevinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jason C MarsiliBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Rachael E MenyBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Warrington ParkerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Louise M McCabeBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Alicia M McKnightBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Christopher T MichelettiBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Samuel R MillerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Supreeta SampathBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kristin A SnyderBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Joshua PeckBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sarah E PiepmeierBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jennifer J RhodesBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Troy ValdezBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Rosemarie T RingBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Tessa J SchwartzBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jahan C SagafiBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Stanley D SaltzmanBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Eric C WienerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Bryan SchwartzBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Nathan E ShafrothBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Luann L SimmonsBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Michael D SingerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Hon Thomas F Smegal JrBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Quyen L TaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kirt SwitzerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sean Tamura-SatoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Lisa McCabe van KriekenBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Steven G ZieffBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Michelle L RobertsBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
180 MONTGOMERY ST STE 600, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104-4244
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Joan Graff, 180 Montgomery St Ste 600, San Francisco, CA 94104
Signed the 990
Ling Yuan, VP Finance
Phone
(415) 864-8848
Return prepared by
Brokstein & Associates CPAs LLP

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-2783401 or by the name LEGAL AID AT WORK.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

Legal Aid at Work partners with people to help them understand and assert their workplace rights. We also advocate for employment laws and systems that empower low-paid workers and marginalized communities.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • We, along with co-counsel, secured a $730,000 settlement for 23 Filipino workers who were trafficked into forced labor at a rural hospitality complex. Brought to the U.S. on H-2B visas, these workers were lured with false promises of fair wages, free housing, meals, and visa reimbursementonly to arrive and face extreme exploitation, poverty wages, and broken promises. After more than six years of relentless advocacy, we ensured that every worker received compensation for the harm they endured, reaffirming that no employer is above the law.We reached a historic nationwide settlement with the Department of Defense on behalf of over 30,000 LGBTQ+ veterans discharged under Dont Ask, Dont Tell. The settlement was secured alongside co- counsel at the Impact Fund, King & Spalding LLP, and Haynes and Boone, LLP. It streamlines the process for veterans to upgrade their discharge paperwork to honorable, removes stigmatizing references to their sexual orientation, and provides access to critical VA healthcare and other benefits.We helped set statewide legal precedents, like the groundbreaking decision we and our partners at the Law Offices of Daniel Ray Bacon obtained from the California Supreme Court in Bailey v. San Francisco District Attorneys Office. The Court unanimously held that a single use of the N-word by a coworker can constitute actionable racial harassment, offering stronger protections for employees across the stateWe represented a cook at a small-town restaurant in Northern California who endured relentless sexual harassment from her managersexual objectification, false sexual rumors, and a toxic work environment where co-workers branded her a whore. As a monolingual Spanish-speaking immigrant and a single mother of two children, she was afraid to report the abuse for fear of losing her job. After she finally came forward, the restaurant owner dismissed her as crazy, refused to intervene, and reduced her hours in retaliation.Through amicus advocacy, we helped secure a crucial victory in the California Supreme Court, blocking the Taxpayer Deception Act from the November ballot. The measure would have threatened vital programs, including recent improvements to Californias Paid Family Leave and Disability Insurance programs that we had previously helped pass that increased the benefit rates for Paid Family Leave and State Disability Insurance from 60% to 90% for most low-to-middle income workers.We provided individualized legal advice and counsel to nearly 3,000 workers in the past year, including through 273 Workers Rights Clinics we operated out of 13 locations across the state. We operate our clinics in close partnership with 8 law schools, 145+ law students, 100 volunteer attorneys, and 11 community- based organizations.
    Expenses $6,994,249 · grants $187,077 · revenue $1,262,184

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
94-2783401
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
1982
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$26,300,907
Income (IRS master file)
$13,470,449

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$13,326,463$10,684,179$26,300,907XML
990December 2023$12,649,064$8,355,098$23,182,653XML
990December 2022$8,997,105$8,380,810$18,746,755IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 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 94-2783401).

Questions about LEGAL AID AT WORK

What is the EIN of LEGAL AID AT WORK?
The employer identification number (EIN) of LEGAL AID AT WORK is 94-2783401.
Is LEGAL AID AT WORK tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1982.
Are donations to LEGAL AID AT WORK tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does LEGAL AID AT WORK 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 LEGAL AID AT WORK 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 LEGAL AID AT WORK 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 LEGAL AID AT WORK?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Joan Graff.
Who are the officers and directors of LEGAL AID AT WORK?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 79 people; 11 received compensation from the organization, the highest $244,596 (Joan Graff, President).
How much revenue does LEGAL AID AT WORK have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $13,326,463, expenses of $10,684,179 and total assets of $26,300,907 at year end.

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