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Nonprofit · EIN 95-1684067

LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES

Tax-exempt · LOS ANGELES, CA 90017

Financials

$57.5M$52.8M2023$58.6M$58.9M2024$78.2M$73.3M2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$78,247,867$73,253,584$4,994,283$79,255,388$30,092,668$49,162,720
December 31, 2024990$58,614,099$58,854,736-$240,637$61,718,333$17,765,046$43,953,287
December 31, 2023990$57,454,858$52,799,777$4,655,081$57,986,384$14,123,639$43,862,745
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$73,500,969
of which government grants
$70,908,519
Program service revenue
$208,197
Investment income
$661,564
Other revenue
$3,877,137

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$37,011,600
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$564,783
Other salaries and wages
$23,561,177
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$30,709,416
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$8,008
Accounting fees
$93,200
Occupancy
$1,523,109
Travel
$57,366
Depreciation
$529,391
Program services (functional)
$65,108,947
Management and general (functional)
$8,002,274
Fundraising (functional)
$142,363

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$61,718,333
Total assets, end of year
$79,255,388
Total liabilities, end of year
$30,092,668
Net assets, end of year
$49,162,720
Land, buildings and equipment
$27,686,700
Publicly traded securities
$21,561,670
Net assets without donor restrictions
$48,290,081
Net assets with donor restrictions
$872,639
Gross receipts
$78,535,662
Employees
313
Volunteers
1,442
Year formed
1929
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, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Silvia ArguetaExecutive Director
Officer
35$277,802$48,103
Barbara SchultzDirector of Housing Justice
Highest-paid employee
35$232,734$64,128
Phong WongPro Bono Director
Highest-paid employee
35$186,685$69,138
Monica ArellanoDeputy Director
Highest-paid employee
35$187,643$57,789
Vincent A RodriguezChief Financial Officer
Officer
35$218,428$12,455
Yolanda AriasManaging Attorney
Highest-paid employee
35$201,940$23,165
Alyson SprafkinChief Development Director
Highest-paid employee
35$192,136$4,127
Kahn A ScolnickPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Joseph B FarrellSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Lynette M JonesVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
C Cleo RayCommunity Chair
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Eric J BakewellBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Wendy R CabilBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kyle CasazzaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sean A CommonsBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
27 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Carissa CozeBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Marc FeinsteinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Debra L Fischer EsqBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Gary E GansBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Felix GarciaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Fanny GomezBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Naomi HaywoodBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
James E HornsteinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Kimberly KlinsportBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Bethany KristovichBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Amy Lerner-HillBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Clementina LopezBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Michael MaddiganBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
John MaldonadoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Matthew MarmolejoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Virginia F MilsteadBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Kevin J MinnickBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Chris RivasBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
David Lewis SagalBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Kareen SandovalBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Marc M SeltzerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Douglas ThompsonBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Nicolas A TrutanichBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Ronald B TurovskyBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Pamela WesthoffBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Brianne WieseBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Jacqueline VasquezBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 46 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Silvia ArguetaExecutive Director
Officer
35$262,258$45,480
Barbara SchultzDirector of Housing Justice
Key employee
35$222,295$60,111
Phong WongPro Bono Director
Highest-paid employee
35$176,760$62,740
Yolanda AriasManaging Attorney
Highest-paid employee
35$190,343$21,873
Linda QuintanaDirector of Fiscal Management
Highest-paid employee
35$172,592$36,079
Vincent A RodriguezChief Financial Officer
Officer
35$191,136$10,741
Michael PolanichkaDirector of IT
Highest-paid employee
35$172,619$28,480
Lesli LattDirector of Human Resources
Highest-paid employee
35$164,754$22,937
Amy Lerner-HillPresident/Board Member (trans July)
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Kahn A ScolnickVice President/President(trans July)
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Brianne WieseSecretary/Board Member (trans July)
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Joseph B FarrellBoard Member/Sec (trans July)
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Lynette M JonesTreasurer/Vice President(trans July)
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
C Cleo RayCommunity Chair
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Eric J BakewellBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Wendy R CabilBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kyle CasazzaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sean A CommonsBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Carissa CozeBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Marc FeinsteinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Debra L Fischer EsqBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Gary E GansBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Felix GarciaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Fanny GomezBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Naomi HaywoodBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
James E HornsteinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kimberly KlinsportBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Bethany KristovichBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Clementina LopezBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Michael MaddiganBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
John MaldonadoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Matthew MarmolejoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Louise MbellaBoard Member (end July)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Virginia F MilsteadBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kevin J MinnickBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Fanny OrtizBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Chris RivasBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David Lewis SagalBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kareen SandovalBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Marc M SeltzerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jeff A TaylorBoard Member (end December)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Douglas ThompsonBoard Member (start July)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Nicolas A TrutanichBoard Member (start July)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Ronald B TurovskyBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Pamela WesthoffBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jacqueline VasquezBoard Member (start July)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 47 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Silvia ArguetaExecutive Director
Officer
35$254,421$43,058
Barbara SchultzDirector of Housing Justice
Key employee
35$220,874$57,153
Ronnette ArnoldManaging Attorney
Highest-paid employee
35$171,801$57,467
Phong WongPro Bono Director
Highest-paid employee
35$167,775$52,902
Vincent A RodriguezChief Financial Officer
Officer
35$203,541$9,506
Michael PolanichkaDirector of IT
Highest-paid employee
35$167,379$43,526
Linda QuintanaDirector of Fiscal Management
Highest-paid employee
35$161,852$33,910
Yolanda AriasManaging Attorney
Highest-paid employee
35$170,436$20,327
Amy Lerner-HillPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Kahn A ScolnickVice President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Brianne WieseSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Lynette M JonesTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Karen J AdelseckClient Chair (End 06/23)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
C Cleo RayClient Chair
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Eric J BakewellBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Wendy R CabilBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kyle CasazzaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sean A CommonsBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Carissa CozeBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Joseph B FarrellBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Marc FeinsteinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Debra L Fischer EsqBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Gary E GansBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Felix GarciaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Naomi HaywoodBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Silvia HernandezBoard Member (End 06/23)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
James E HornsteinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kimberly KlinsportBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Bethany KristovichBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Clementina LopezBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Michael MaddiganBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
John MaldonadoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Matthew MarmolejoBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Louise MbellaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Virginia F MilsteadBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kevin J MinnickBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Fanny OrtizBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Adam S ParisBoard Member (End 06/23)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Chris RivasBoard Member (Start 02/23)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David Lewis SagalBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kareen SandovalBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Marc M SeltzerBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Linus ShentuBoard Member (End 06/23)
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jeff A TaylorBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Ronald B TurovskyBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Pamela WesthoffBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Lait YaminiBoard Member (End 09/23)
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1550 W 8TH ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90017-4316
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
Silvia Argueta, 1550 West 8th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Signed the 990
Vincent Rodriguez, CFO
Phone
(323) 801-7916
Return prepared by
Harrington Group CPAs LLP

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-1684067 or by the name LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES.

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

Mission

See Schedule O

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • Housing and Communities and Eviction Defense Workgroup: The Housing & Communities workgroup takes a community lawyering approach to litigation and policy advocacy by supporting tenants and tenant organizations to enforce and enact housing laws. They defend residents of public housing and Section 8 voucher holders against losing their housing or housing subsidy. They also provide legal support to community-based organizations seeking to build healthy, economically vibrant communities. The Eviction Defense Workgroup provides direct representation to low-income individuals and families facing eviction; negotiates with landlords to ensure families can stay in their homes; helps clients living in uninhabitable conditions to get reductions in rent; and empowers tenants to advocate for their tenants' rights, all while working towards a tenants' right to counsel. LAFLA closed 2,142 housing related cases in this area of law in 2025.
    Expenses $45,215,784 · grants $36,818,629 · revenue $43,663
  • Economic Stability ("ESWG"): Assists vulnerable populations in obtaining and maintaining critical safety net benefits that helps them get food, housing, and medical care or services; Fights wage theft, wrongful terminations and discriminatory employment practices; Provides legal representation to disabled Angelenos in the Social Security Disability appeals process through the CBEST program, which assists individuals are homeless or at risk of homelessness in securing vital federal disability benefits; Discharges student loans based on disability or school fraud. In fact, LAFLA is the only legal services organization in the country that, for over 30 years, has consistently sought justice for low-income student loan borrowers and worked to change a higher education system that increasingly ignores the needs and experiences of low-income borrowers. In 2025, ESWG closed 1,690 cases in these areas of law.
    Expenses $2,764,270 · revenue $17,930
  • Immigration Access ("IAWG"): Advocates provide trauma-informed legal assistance to survivors of torture and other harms seeking asylum in the United States by representing them before USCIS and EOIR; Represents survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault and other serious crimes to obtain protection and permanent residency; protects vulnerable unaccompanied children throughout the immigration process. In addition, advocates represent individuals seeking legal permanent resident and citizenship status. In 2025, IAWG closed 1,064 cases that addressed these legal issues.
    Expenses $1,711,443 · revenue $10,000
  • Client Intake Workgroup: The Client Intake Workgroup's receptionist team performed trauma-informed legal intake for over 75,000 individuals in 2025, connecting qualified applicants with LAFLA's robust legal services and referring others to meaningful community resources. The Client Intake Workgroup's housing intake paralegal team delivers limited scope legal services, under direct attorney supervision, to indigent tenants experiencing housing insecurity and unsafe living conditions. In 2025, the Client Intake Workgroup closed 5,852 eviction diversion cases.Santa Monica Community Office: Funded through grants from the City of Santa Monica, this office provides legal services to residents of Santa Monica only. They staff a domestic violence clinic at the court and offer regular housing clinics. Attorneys work with local agencies and city services to provide family law, housing, government benefit and immigration services. This office closed 808 cases in 2025.Restoring Communities: Addresses the core legal needs of communities impacted by the criminal justice system by providing direct legal services to remove barriers to reentry to society, including employment barriers, by providing community education, working with community partners to offer holistic services, and engaging in systemic change to support the restoration of impacted communities. Holistic legal services provided by the Restoring Communities Work Group include record clearing, occupational license denial challenges and assistance with family law, housing, government benefits, fair chance ordinance violations and other legal needs. In 2025, the restoring communities workgroup closed 2,987 cases in these areas of law.Survivor and Family Justice: The Survivor and Family Justice Workgroup assists survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault obtain domestic violence restraining orders, divorces, child custody and visitation orders, and helps secure the return of concealed and abducted children. We deliver on-site, in-person domestic violence legal services to survivors at two L.A. Superior Court locations: the Stanley Mosk Courthouse and the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse. We provide virtual appointments for survivors seeking assistance with family law legal services, including motion and brief drafting. Additionally, we offer in-person, on-site appointments at three domestic violence shelters in Los Angeles County. The Workgroup also partners with health and human services organizations to link survivors with holistic support beyond legal services as they rebuild their lives away from their abusers. In 2025, the Workgroup closed 1,119 domestic violence and family law cases.Veterans Justice Center ("VJC"): Provides holistic, trauma-informed legal support to low-income, homeless, and at-risk veterans, regardless of discharge status or length of service. Its experienced, culturally competent staff-supported by hundreds of pro bono volunteers-help veterans secure life-sustaining income, health, and housing benefits; prevent homelessness by fighting wrongful evictions; remove employment barriers; clear criminal records; and advocate for discharge upgrades. Through deep partnerships with Veterans Affairs, veteran service organizations, and community agencies, VJC combines outreach, needs assessment, education, and direct legal services to close the justice gap for veterans. In 2025, VJC closed 578 cases, and in 2025, it assisted 980 veterans with a wide range of legal issues, including housing, benefits, family law, consumer issues and more. By leveraging a multidisciplinary team and robust data systems, VJC delivers high-impact, sustainable results, helping veterans achieve lasting stability, dignity, and opportunity.Asian & Pacific Islander Community Outreach Project: Provides legal help in all areas of practice including family law, immigration, housing, and government benefits in a wide range of API languages, including Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Khmer, Vietnamese, Tagalog/Filipino, Hindi, and Thai. LAFLA's API Workgroup advocates for language rights in civil courts, administrative proceedings, and other government agencies for clients with limited-English proficiency. This program closed 1012 cases in 2025.Medical-Legal Partnership ("MLP"): This LAFLA special project embeds legal clinics within medical facilities to allow healthcare and legal professionals to identify and help patients reach their optimal health. The MLP team strives to provide high-quality, holistic legal assistance and representation across 6 health sites including TCC Family Health, Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Long Beach Comprehensive Health Center, Community Medical Wellness Centers USA, and PPLA Inglewood Community Center's Black Health Initiative. Through this project, anyone from the above-mentioned medical care teams can refer patients to our attorneys as part of a comprehensive approach to improve health outcomes by addressing social determinants of health such as poor housing conditions, long-term health planning, denial of public benefits, loss of healthcare access, issues with immigration, criminal record clearing, or violence within the household. In 2025, MLP closed 839 cases.Unhoused People's Justice Project: This project engages in impact litigation and policy work to combat the criminalization of homelessness, and to ensure the civil rights of unhoused people are protected, as well as direct services related to shelter, RV and criminalization issues. This program closed 43 cases in 2025.Pro Bono Disaster Response ("PBDR"): The Pro Bono Disaster Response Team helps disaster survivors understand and advocate for their legal rights, navigate a path towards a safe and equitable recovery, and avoid displacement from their communities. PBDR's legal services are focused on FEMA cases, tenants' rights issues, public benefits matters, and consumer rights. PBDR works within LAFLA's Pro Bono Department and leverages pro bono connections to expand and deepen our support of disaster-impacted communities. In 2025, PBDR delivered legal information to nearly 3,800 disaster survivors.Self-Help Centers: For over 20 years, LAFLA has partnered with the Los Angeles Superior Court to provide high-quality assistance for self-represented litigants. In 2025, LAFLA's Self-Help Center Workgroup helped over 29,235 litigants access the justice system across its four courthouse-based Self-Help Centers and remote self-help hotline. In-person and hybrid services included free legal information, assistance with court forms in multiple legal areas, and innovative remote tools, all of which empowered litigants through complex court systems.
    Expenses $15,417,450 · grants $192,971 · revenue $136,604

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, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
95-1684067
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
1943
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$79,255,388
Income (IRS master file)
$78,535,662

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$78,247,867$73,253,584$79,255,388XML
990December 2024$58,614,099$58,854,736$61,718,333XML
990December 2023$57,454,858$52,799,777$57,986,384XML
990December 2022$37,571,083$37,354,022$50,233,932IRS
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 95-1684067).

Questions about LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES

What is the EIN of LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES?
The employer identification number (EIN) of LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES is 95-1684067.
Is LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1943.
Are donations to LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES 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 FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Silvia Argueta.
Who are the officers and directors of LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 42 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $277,802 (Silvia Argueta, Executive Director).
How much revenue does LEGAL AID FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $78,247,867, expenses of $73,253,584 and total assets of $79,255,388 at year end.

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