Public Charity

CAPITAL AREA PRIVATE DEFENDER SERVICES

CAPITAL AREA PRIVATE DEFENDER SERVICES is a Public Charity headquartered in AUSTIN, TX. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $4.9M revenue, $4.2M expenses, $120K total assets.

EIN: 471864841 AUSTIN, TX Legal Services NTEE: I80 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.9M
Total Expenses$4.2M
Total Assets$120K
Grant Records0
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF CAPITAL AREA PRIVATE DEFENDER SERVICE (CAPDS) IS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF REPRESENTATION PROVIDED TO INDIGENT ADULT DEFENDANTS IN TRAVIS COUNTY. WE ACHIEVE THIS BY ESTABLISHING MEANINGFUL STANDARDS FOR QUALITY REPRESENTATION, ENSURING APPOINTED COUNSEL EXCEEDS THESE STANDARDS, OVERSEEING THE WORK OF APPOINTED COUNSEL AND BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THOSE APPOINTED TO REPRESENT INDIGENT CLIENTS.

Where $100 goes at Capital Area Private Defender Services

How Capital Area Private Defender Services divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$28 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $72 for programs

$72
Capds is dedicated to assisting indigent clients of travis county facing criminal charges
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

SECRETARY Alan Bennett
PRESIDENT Betty Blackwell
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Bradley Hargis
DIRECTOR Edward Olmeda
DIRECTOR George Williams
DIRECTOR Jana Ortega

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Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $4.9M $4.2M $120K
2024 $3.3M $3.9M $74K
2023 $4.3M $3.6M $102K
2022 $2.7M $3.0M $293K
2021 $2.4M $2.6M $199K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.4M to $4.9M (+105%), with total assets most recently reported at $120K.

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