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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 9,853,713 | 11,151,191 | 13,084,702 | 15,354,218 | 17,625,265 | 67,069,089 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf.... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 9,853,713 | 11,151,191 | 13,084,702 | 15,354,218 | 17,625,265 | 67,069,089 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 67,069,089 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 9,853,713 | 11,151,191 | 13,084,702 | 15,354,218 | 17,625,265 | 67,069,089 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 4,328 | 7,223 | 1,145 | 930 | 617 | 14,243 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 369,500 | 184,479 | 430,154 | 439,587 | 221,514 | 1,645,234 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 68,834,817 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2014 | (b) 2015 | (c) 2016 | (d) 2017 | (e) 2018 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2018 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2018 |
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Distributable amount for 2018 from Section C, line 6 |
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2018 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2018: | ||||
| a From 2013....... | ||||
| b From 2014....... | ||||
| c From 2015....... | ||||
| d From 2016....... | ||||
| e From 2017....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2013 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2018 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2018 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2018, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2018. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2019. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2014...... | ||||
| b Excess from 2015..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2016..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2018..... | ||||
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 1 | BayLegal's services impact clients in significant ways, including preventing homelessness, establishing safety and protection from abuse for domestic violence victims and their children, securing vital healthcare services to treat physical and mental health conditions, and securing income or alleviating predatory debt to help individuals and families living in poverty to provide for food, rent, and other necessities of life. Often, BayLegal is able to resolve multiple interconnected issues for families to improve their overall self-sufficiency and quality of life. BayLegal impacts the community through extensive outreach and education, technical assistance provided to other community and governmental agencies (in several counties, BayLegal trains workers at housing authorities and social service administration offices on the proper administration of their programs), systemic advocacy and impact litigation. The following client story provides a brief example of how BayLegal's services change lives: While at work, a low-income, 48 year old, monolingual Spanish-speaker and mother of two suffered her first of what would be a series of grand mal seizures. When the hospital contacted her health insurance carrier regarding her hospitalization, she discovered that, despite paying her monthly premiums, Anthem Blue Cross had no record of her in their system. After nearly eight months, Anthem finally recognized the client as a member, but refused to pay her hospital bills which totaled over $116,000 on the basis that the claims were not timely submitted even though the delay was caused by the plan. Bay Area Legal Aid's Health Consumer Center filed a complaint with the California Department of Managed Health Care on consumer's behalf and Anthem finally agreed to process the bill and paid the full amount owed to the hospital. BayLegal also balances its direct individual services with systemic work to address root causes of issues harming low-income residents and extend our impact at a scale far beyond the tens of thousands of individual clients and family members we serve directly each year. By working directly with clients, BayLegal develops expert knowledge of the problems that cause poor people harm and impede their struggle for self-sufficiency. Systemic work, informed by our work with clients, includes impact litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy, and training, technical assistance and policy development for agencies that administer housing, healthcare and benefits programs for the Bay Area's low income residents. The following cases provide brief examples of how BayLegal's systemic work has widespread impact: As an example of our impact litigation strategy, Bay Area Legal Aid together with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and pro bono co-counsel from the firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP sued the City and County of San Francisco to stop it from towing more than 4,000 cars per year to collect unpaid parking tickets. Because the tickets and tow charges are exorbitant, most people whose cars are towed for unpaid parking tickets are never able to retrieve their cars, and the impact of this practice is disproportionately felt by poor people whose vehicles are their link to work and school, their most valuable asset, and in some cases their primary source of shelter. The cars are sold at auction, resulting in the loss of peoples' homes, jobs, and major assets - and ending up costing the city more than it recovers. In 2018, we obtained a ruling from a federal judge granting injunctive relief to our individual client, and casting doubt on the constitutionality of such vehicle tows. We have since filed a second follow-up lawsuit seeking to stop the practice altogether. Bay Area Legal Aid is also a leading organization in the effort to focus media attention on this case, and on the broader question of the procedural and Constitutional problems with punitive municipal tow and impound policies and practices. As an example of our administrative advocacy strategy, we worked with the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) to better ensure confidentiality and safety for public benefits recipients who are survivors of domestic violence. Abuse survivors in San Francisco can claim a good cause exemption from the requirement that CalWORKs recipients cooperate with child support collection, if to do so would put them at increased danger. Even in such cases, however, CCSF put the abuser's name into a database shared with the child support agency. The only protection from disclosure was a "good cause" flag system, which proved unreliable. Survivors who refused to name their abusers were denied exemptions, and often sanctioned. Working with survivors, we convinced the county to change its policy. San Francisco no longer enters names when good cause is claimed, or requires survivors to name the abuser to claim good cause. Whether directly engaged in alleviating the costs of poverty and returning financial assets to low-income families and communities, or addressing conditions of safety and security that in turn make participation in safety net programs, work, and economic activity more accessible to survivors of interpersonal violence, BayLegal's services ultimately work to interrupt the legal inequities that can underlie and reinforce long-term cycles of poverty. Recent studies have confirmed that investing in legal services is a cost effective means of solving issues faced by low-income people, and our own data confirms that every dollar invested in our annual budget has produced between $1.75 and $2.50 in economic benefits directly returned to low-income families and communities in each of the past three years. As insecurity around immigration, wealth and income gaps, and medical coverage expenses and anxieties continue to increase, and as our regional crisis of precarious housing, displacement and homelessness continues to unfold, BayLegal has experienced a rising demand for legal services across our seven county service region. While we continue to strategically develop our program to ensure it is responsive to the ongoing and emerging needs of the diverse populations it serves, the receipt of flexible funding is increasingly important to ensure high quality representation for those often left to fend for themselves in the civil legal system; to attract, develop and retain top legal talent; and to build the infrastructure and expertise to continue building our impact at wider regional and statewide scale. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | The Audit/Finance Committee of the Board of Directors reviews the Form 990 before it is filed. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | Each member of the Board of Directors is provided a copy of the Conflict of Interest Policy on an annual basis. Board members and key staff have a duty to disclose conflicts of interest, or the appearance of such conflicts, to the Executive Director or the Chair of the Board. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | The executive committee of the Board of Directors recommend the level of salary and other compensation of the Executive Director to the Board of Directors based on performance and comparative data for other Legal Aid programs. The Executive Director has the authority to establish compensation of the key management staff, and relies on information from other Legal Services programs and salary surveys. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | Copies of the documents are provided upon request, some are also published in the annual report and on BayLegal's website. |
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