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SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID INC

TUCSON, AZ · EIN 860143449 · Form 990 · FY2022 · NTEE I83Z · Crime & Legal-Related · Medium ($1M-$10M) · www.sazlegalaid.org
revenue
$5.0M
expenses
$5.2M
net assets
$-420K
employees
81
volunteers
483
program ratio
81%
mission · from form 990

PROVIDING QUALITY LEGAL SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE.

profile · synthesized from sources

Southern Arizona Legal Aid Inc. (SALA) is a nonprofit public interest law firm established in 1951 that provides free civil legal aid to low-income individuals and families across nine counties in Arizona and eleven Native American communities. SALA focuses on ensuring access to justice in areas such as family law, consumer protection, eviction prevention, public benefits, and immigration.

named programs · 6 · from sources

what they call their work

Consumer Protection Services
Offers legal support to individuals facing consumer-related issues.
Eviction Prevention Program
Helps clients facing eviction and unsafe housing conditions.
Family Law Services
Provides legal assistance in family law matters, including divorce and custody issues.
Immigration Services
Provides legal aid to crime victims and others in immigration matters.
Public Benefits Advocacy
Assists clients in accessing public benefits and entitlements.
Volunteer Lawyer Program
Connects pro bono attorneys with clients through self-help clinics and direct referrals.
activities · 10 groups

what they do

  • Free Civil Legal Assistance for Low-Income Communities 9 activities
    • Free Civil Legal Aid for Low-Income Individuals
      Provides free civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and families across nine counties in Arizona and 11 Native American Tribal communities, addressing issues such as family law, housing, consumer protection, public benefits, and restoration of rights.
    • Free Civil Legal Aid for Low-Income Individuals
      Provides free civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and families across nine counties in Arizona and 11 Native American Tribal communities, addressing issues such as family law, housing, consumer protection, public benefits, and restoration of rights.
    • Free Civil Legal Aid for Low-Income Individuals and Families
      Provides free civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and families across nine counties in Southern Arizona and 11 Native American Tribal communities, operating six offices in Tucson, Bisbee, Casa Grande, Sacaton, Lakeside, and Whiteriver. Services cover a wide range of issues including family law, housing, public benefits, consumer protection, and restoration of rights.
    • Legal Services for Native American Communities
      Provides civil legal assistance in eleven Native American communities, assisting tribal members and residents with various legal categories, Indian wills, probates, guardianships, and conservatorships, with criminal practice limited to tribal court.
    • Legal Services for Native American Communities
      Provides civil legal assistance in eleven Native American communities, including Indian wills, probates, guardianships, and conservatorships, with criminal practice limited to tribal court, through its component Four Rivers Indian Legal Services and White Mountain Indian Legal Services.
    • Legal Services for Native American Communities
      Provides civil legal assistance in eleven Native American communities, assisting tribal members and residents with various legal categories, Indian wills, probates, guardianships, and conservatorships, with criminal practice limited to tribal court, including services through Four Rivers Indian Legal Services and White Mountain Indian Legal Services.
    • Legal Services for Native American Communities
      Provides civil legal assistance in eleven Native American communities, assisting tribal members and residents with various legal categories, Indian wills, probates, guardianships, and conservatorships, with criminal practice limited to tribal court, and includes component services like Four Rivers Indian Legal Services and White Mountain Indian Legal Services.
    • Legal Services for Native American Communities
      Provides civil legal assistance in eleven Native American communities, including the Ak-Chin, Fort McDowell, Gila River, Salt River, Pascua Yaqui, Camp Verde, Quechan, and White Mountain Apache Reservations, assisting tribal members and residents with various legal categories, Indian wills, probates, guardianships, and conservatorships, with criminal practice limited to tribal court.
    • Legal Services for Native American Communities
      Provides civil legal assistance in eleven Native American communities, including tribal members and residents, covering various legal categories, Indian wills, probates, guardianships, and conservatorships, with limited criminal practice in tribal court.
  • Legal Education & Document Assistance 6 activities
    • Community Legal Education
      Presents basic information on divorce and paternity, as well as the court process, to the general public, and writes articles on various legal subjects for the public and clients.
    • Community Legal Education
      Presents basic information on divorce and paternity, including court processes, to the general public and writes articles on various legal subjects for public and client education.
    • Legal Education and Outreach
      Offers 14 programs, including classes, clinics, and direct representation, with volunteers assisting in areas such as family law, minor guardianship, employment law, bankruptcy law, and consumer debt. Also presents basic information on divorce and paternity to the general public and writes articles on various legal subjects.
    • Legal Education and Outreach
      Presents basic information on divorce and paternity to the general public, writes articles on various legal subjects, and offers classes and clinics to provide legal advice and assistance with trial preparation and legal forms.
    • Legal Education and Outreach
      Presents basic information on divorce and paternity to the general public, writes articles on various legal subjects, and offers classes and clinics to provide advice and assist with trial preparation and legal forms.
    • Legal Information and Education
      Presents basic information on divorce and paternity to the general public and writes articles on various legal subjects for the public and clients.
  • Criminal Record Relief Services 4 activities
    • Criminal Records Relief and Expungement
      Operates an Expungement Program and a Criminal Records Relief Project, working on the restoration of state civil rights through expungement of criminal history or eligible marijuana convictions, and sealing of arrest, conviction, and sentencing records.
    • Criminal Records Relief and Restoration of Rights
      Operates an Expungement Program and a Criminal Records Relief Project, working on the restoration of state civil rights through expungement of criminal history or eligible marijuana convictions, and sealing of arrest, conviction, and sentencing records.
    • Criminal Records Relief and Restoration of Rights
      Operates an Expungement Program and a Criminal Records Relief Project to assist with the restoration of state civil rights through expungement of criminal history or eligible marijuana convictions, and sealing of arrest, conviction, and sentencing records.
    • Criminal Records Relief and Restoration of Rights
      Operates an Expungement Program and a Criminal Records Relief Project, working on the restoration of state civil rights through expungement of criminal history or eligible marijuana convictions, and sealing of arrest, conviction, and sentencing records.
  • Family Law Legal Assistance 4 activities
    • Family Law Assistance
      Provides legal assistance in family law cases, including divorce, parenting time, child support, paternity, minor guardianship, and helping mothers obtain Orders of Protection, as well as assisting grandparents in gaining legal custody of their grandchildren.
    • Family Law Assistance
      Provides legal assistance in family law cases, including divorce, parenting time, child support, paternity, minor guardianship, and helping mothers obtain Orders of Protection, as well as assisting grandparents in gaining legal custody of their grandchildren.
    • Family Law Assistance
      Provides legal assistance in family law cases, including divorce, parenting time, minor guardianship, child support, paternity, and helping mothers obtain Orders of Protection and child support, as well as assisting grandparents in gaining legal custody of their grandchildren.
    • Family Law Assistance
      Provides legal assistance in family law cases, including divorce, parenting time, guardianship (including for minors and grandparents), child support, paternity, and obtaining Orders of Protection for domestic violence victims.
  • Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance 4 activities
    • Housing Legal Assistance
      Helps tenants with evictions, substandard housing conditions, lockouts, and utility shut-offs, and assists homeowners facing foreclosure and mobile home repossession.
    • Housing Legal Assistance
      Assists tenants with evictions, substandard housing conditions, lockouts, and utility shut-offs, and helps homeowners facing foreclosure and mobile home repossession.
    • Housing Legal Assistance
      Assists tenants with evictions, substandard housing conditions, lockouts, and utility shut-offs, and helps homeowners facing foreclosure and mobile home repossession.
    • Housing Legal Assistance
      Assists tenants with evictions, substandard housing conditions, lockouts, and utility shut-offs, and helps homeowners facing foreclosure and mobile home repossession.
  • Legal Immigration Assistance for Vulnerable Populations 4 activities
    • Immigration Legal Assistance
      Helps clients achieve more stable immigration status, particularly in cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or other crimes.
    • Immigration Legal Assistance
      Helps clients achieve more stable immigration status, particularly in cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or other crimes.
    • Immigration Legal Assistance
      Helps clients achieve more stable immigration status, particularly in cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or other crimes.
    • Immigration Legal Services
      Helps clients achieve more stable immigration status, particularly in cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or other crimes.
  • Credit Counseling and Debt Management 3 activities
    • Consumer and Debt Legal Aid
      Assists clients with consumer bankruptcy, deceptive/predatory lending, debt collection, vehicle repossessions, fraud, wage garnishments, and provides advice on bankruptcy and consumer debt through clinics.
    • Consumer and Debt Legal Aid
      Assists clients with consumer bankruptcy, deceptive/predatory lending, debt collection, vehicle repossessions, fraud, wage garnishments, and provides advice on bankruptcy and consumer debt through clinics.
    • Consumer and Debt Legal Aid
      Assists clients with consumer bankruptcy, deceptive/predatory lending, debt collection, vehicle repossessions, fraud, and wage garnishments, and provides advice on bankruptcy, debt, and employment law through clinics.
  • Veteran Mental Health & Peer Support Services 3 activities
    • Legal Services for Veterans
      Offers specialized legal services to veterans through its Veterans Hope & Justice Project, covering areas like consumer protection, family law, housing, public and VA benefits, restorative justice, and preventing homelessness by stopping foreclosures.
    • Legal Services for Veterans
      Offers legal services to veterans through its Veterans Hope & Justice Project, addressing issues such as consumer protection, family law, housing, public and VA benefits, and restorative justice, including assistance to prevent homelessness by stopping foreclosures.
    • Legal Services for Veterans
      Offers specialized legal services to veterans through its Veterans Hope & Justice Project, covering areas like consumer protection, family law, housing, public and VA benefits, restorative justice, and preventing homelessness by stopping foreclosures.
  • Translation and Bilingual Support Services 1 activity
    • Accessibility Services
      Provides translators for all languages and reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, including sign language interpreters, wheelchair accessible locations, and enlarged print materials, to ensure services are accessible.
  • Uncategorized 9 activities
    • Advocacy for Systemic Change
      Lawyers challenge governmental regulations and procedures on due process grounds, unscrupulous consumer and business practices, improper methods of school financing, and inhumane jail conditions.
    • Legal Advocacy and Systemic Reform
      Lawyers challenge governmental regulations and procedures on due process grounds, unscrupulous consumer and business practices, improper methods of school financing, and inhumane jail conditions.
    • Legal Advocacy and Systemic Reform
      Lawyers challenge governmental regulations and procedures on due process grounds, unscrupulous consumer and business practices, improper methods of school financing, and inhumane jail conditions.
    • Public Benefits Protection
      Protects clients' access to public benefits such as SNAP, AHCCCS Medical Assistance, TANF Cash Assistance, Unemployment, and Social Security Disability benefits.
    • Public Benefits Protection
      Protects access to essential public benefits such as SNAP, AHCCCS Medical Assistance, TANF Cash Assistance, Unemployment, and Social Security Disability benefits.
    • Public Benefits Protection
      Protects access to essential public benefits such as SNAP, AHCCCS Medical Assistance, TANF Cash Assistance, Unemployment, and Social Security Disability benefits.
    • Public Benefits Protection
      Protects access to public benefits such as SNAP, AHCCCS Medical Assistance, TANF Cash Assistance, Unemployment, and Social Security Disability benefits.
    • Public Benefits Protection
      Protects access to public benefits such as SNAP, AHCCCS Medical Assistance, TANF Cash Assistance, Unemployment, and Social Security Disability benefits.
    • Systemic Advocacy
      Lawyers challenge governmental regulations and procedures on due process grounds, unscrupulous consumer and business practices, improper methods of school financing, and inhumane jail conditions.
financials · form 990 · fy2022
revenue
Total revenue$5.01M
Contributions & grants$4.20M84%
Program service revenue$818K16%
Investment income$1210%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$5.24M
Program expenses81%
Admin / overhead19%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$4.01M
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$1.49M
Cash$198K
Investments$0
Liabilities$1.91M
Net assets$-420K
Liquid reserves0.5 mo
2 years on record · 2020–2022 · YoY revenue -12.7%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2022

who runs it

paid leadership · 3
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
ANTHONY L YOUNG EXECUTIVE DI 35 $127K
DORIS L BUTLER COO 35 $97K
MICHAEL KOCHANSKI COMPTROLLER 35 $72K
board members · 19
  • ANDY SILVERMAN — DIRECTOR
  • BEVERLY B PARKER — DIRECTOR
  • BRIAN CLYMER — DIRECTOR
  • BROOKE H BEDRICK — DIRECTOR
  • C BENSON HUFFORD — DIRECTOR
  • DANIEL DOMINGUEZ — DIRECTOR
  • FREDERICK PETERSEN — PRESIDENT
  • GREGORY GREEN — DIRECTOR
  • GREGORY L DROEGER — DIRECTOR
  • JUDGE GARY M ISRAEL — DIRECTOR
  • KATHERINE WINKLEY — DIRECTOR
  • KEITH SINGER — SECRETARY/TR
  • MATTHEW A RAMIREZ — DIRECTOR
  • MATTHEW SCARBER — DIRECTOR
  • OLGA BARRIOS GOMEZ — DIRECTOR
  • ROSE TAULTON — DIRECTOR
  • ROXANNE VELIZ — VICE PRESIDE
  • RT JUDGE JAMES L CONLOGUE — DIRECTOR
  • SHIRLEY MOLINA — DIRECTOR
relationships · 12

who they work with

  • Four Rivers Indian Legal Services Partner — Division of Southern Arizona Legal Aid that operates in Sacaton, Arizona.
  • Four Rivers Indian Legal Services Partner — Operates a legal services office in Sacaton.
  • Legal Services Corporation Funder — Replaced OEO as the federal funding source for legal services programs in 1974.
  • Legal Services Corporation Government — Does not expend funds for any activity prohibited by the Legal Services Corporation.
  • Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) Funder — Secured first public funding through OEO in the 1960s.
  • Pima County Bar Association Funder — Initially funded the Legal Aid Society.
  • Rogers College of Law Partner — Has a long-standing relationship, with faculty serving on the board and joint projects including the Neighborhood Law Office and Domestic Violence Law Project.
  • Sells/Tohono O’odham Legal Services Partner — Operates a legal services office in Sells/Tohono O'odham.
  • United Community Campaign Funder — Secured funds from this organization in the early 1960s.
  • United Way Partner — United Community Campaign was the forerunner to United Way.
  • White Mountain Apache Legal Services Partner — Operates a legal services office in Fort Apache.
  • White Mountain Legal Aid Partner — Operates a legal aid office in Show Low.