Inland Counties Legal Services
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 956124556
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Riverside, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9513682541
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $20,112,367
- Expenses
- $19,800,436
- Assets
- $9,399,220
- Liabilities
- $7,996,800
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Marvin Powell Jr (Vice President)
- Erica Alfaro (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Tessie D Solorzano (Deputy Director of Operations): $214,005 total reported compensation
- Tori L Hedrick (Deputy Director of Comm. Engagement): $200,940 total reported compensation
- Marsha Johnson (Deputy Director of Litigation): $179,094 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Inland Counties Legal Services (ICLS) mission is to pursue justice and equality for low-income individuals through counsel, advice, advocacy, and community education, treating all with dignity and respect. Over the last six decades, ICLS has evolved from its humble beginnings as a 100% volunteer attorney-led organization to become the largest and most comprehensive law firm in our region, with nearly 60 staff attorneys and 100 legal administrative personnel providing free civil legal services to communities across Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
What it reported doing in 2024
Legal Services - Private Attorney Involvement (PAI) Program: through approved subgrants of federal Legal Services Corporation (LSC) funds, ICLS funded one non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide pro-bono attorney legal assistance to low-income eligible persons residing in Riverside and/or San Bernardino counties. ICLS reports cases closed by subgrantees annually to LSC. In 2024, a total of 83 cases were closed under this program activity.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 97% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.1%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $555.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.6%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.1% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $15.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $214K · 25 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.