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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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Calendar year
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 15,354,218 | 17,625,265 | 19,438,871 | 20,647,628 | 20,867,028 | 93,933,010 |
| 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 | 15,354,218 | 17,625,265 | 19,438,871 | 20,647,628 | 20,867,028 | 93,933,010 |
| 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. | 93,933,010 | |||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 15,354,218 | 17,625,265 | 19,438,871 | 20,647,628 | 20,867,028 | 93,933,010 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 930 | 617 | 695 | 333 | 4,795 | 7,370 |
| 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.).. | 439,587 | 221,514 | 74,278 | 545,710 | 961,585 | 2,242,674 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 96,480,637 | |||||
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (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.) | ||||||
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (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 on 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 0.015 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 0.035 | 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 | 1 | |
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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 | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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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 2021 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2021 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2021 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2021 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2021 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2021: | ||||
| a From 2016....... | ||||
| b From 2017....... | ||||
| c From 2018....... | ||||
| d From 2019....... | ||||
| e From 2020....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2016 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2021 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2021, 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 2021. 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 2022. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2021..... | ||||
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission: | Bay Area Legal Aid's (BayLegal) 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 life necessities. Often, BayLegal resolves 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, systemic advocacy, and impact litigation. The following client story provides a brief example of how BayLegal's services change lives: o A BayLegal client had lost their employment for Covid-related reasons, could no longer afford private health insurance, and began incurring out of pocket expenses for necessary medical appointments. The client's prescription medications were running out and they had an urgent need for health coverage. They faced difficulties applying for health coverage through both Covered California and Medi-Cal, where approval processes had stalled because of a fraud investigation of an identity theft several years earlier in which someone had tried to unlawfully claim their benefits and as a result there were pandemic-related delays in getting meetings and hearings scheduled. BayLegal initiated expedited processes to resolve the issue before it resulted in negative health impacts for the client. BayLegal requested a State Fair Hearing and worked with the Medi-Cal Appeals Officer and Covered California Analyst assigned to the case. As a result of BayLegal's advocacy, the county approved the client's Medi-Cal benefits retroactive to the beginning of the year. Client received expedited enrollment with Kaiser in time to make necessary medical appointments, obtain associated lab work, and to refill prescriptions. We estimate the value of benefits secured through this case at $25,000. BayLegal balances direct individual services with systemic work to address the root causes of issues harming low-income residents and extend our impact far beyond the tens of thousands of individual clients and family members we directly serve 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. BayLegal's systemic work is informed by our work with individual clients, and 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 description provides an example of how BayLegal's systemic advocacy work has widespread impact: o The Affordable Care Act expanded eligibility for Medicaid (Medi-Cal in CA) health care services in states that elected to do so. California chose to expand eligibility for Medi-Cal, effective January 1, 2014. By mid-2014 California had accrued a significantly large backlog of applications and applicants had to wait more than 45 days for eligibility determinations. Applicants who were caught in the backlog were left with no health coverage and no way to obtain an eligibility determination. They either went without needed health services or incurred medical debt for services that would have been covered by Medi-Cal had their applications been timely decided. By September 2014, there was a backlog of approximately 350,000 delayed applications. Low-income San Francisco Bay Area residents were among those waiting on the delayed eligibility determinations. On September 17, 2014, Bay Area Legal Aid along with several other legal aid programs and a private attorney, filed a lawsuit against the State. After much litigation and a positive ruling and remand from the CA Supreme Court, the parties arrived at an agreement in 2021 on the issues of the case in which the State: 1. Acknowledged that it has a legal duty to ensure that eligibility determinations in these Medi-Cal cases are issued within 45 days, absent specific exceptions provided by law. 2. Agreed that applicants who appear eligible be granted temporary full Medi-Cal benefits coverage in real time (no delay) pending verification of income or other eligibility information. 3. Agreed that applicants who do not qualify for temporary Medi-Cal and whose applications will not be decided within the required 45 days receive a written notice of their right to a state administrative hearing challenging the delay and where they can prove eligibility. The impact of this case is significant for low-income Californians. Compliance with the settlement terms will prevent future such backlogs. It will enable thousands of low-income people in California to obtain critically needed health care timely. BayLegal also works in collaboration with public systems to remove barriers to healthcare and benefits access, and design systems, change regulations and procedures to better meet client needs. A significant example of this work from 2021 is: o BayLegal led advocacy efforts with Alameda Health System (AHS) to address their failure to implement mandatory charity care policies under California law. Rather than offering available free or reduced cost care to low-income individuals who lacked sufficient insurance and AHS was instead referring these individuals to collection and litigation. BayLegal's advocacy with AHS resulted in the dismissal of dozens of hospital debt collection lawsuits. BayLegal represented a client who was sued by a debt collector for a county hospital debt. The client should have been eligible for free or reduced cost care under the hospital's state-mandated "charity care" policies but was not notified of the right to apply for this relief. BayLegal not only got a dismissal of the lawsuit against our client but also exposed broader problems through a Public Records Act request to the AHS about their charity care policies and use of third-party debt collectors to collect hospital debt. As a result of BayLegal's advocacy, AHS ordered the third-party debt collector to dismiss all its pending lawsuits on AHS hospital debt. AHS ceased debt collection lawsuits for AHS hospital debt and will provide greater access to medical debt forgiveness through reform of AHS's charity care policies. 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 $1.50 and $3.30 in economic benefits to low-income families in each of the past three years. While BayLegal continues to strategically develop its programs 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 services to low-income people and communities, ensuring fairness for all in the justice system. |
| 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 recommends 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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