Public Charity

COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES

COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in PHOENIX, AZ. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $11.3M, expenses of $11.3M, total assets of $9.3M. Imperigo tracks 42 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $65.8M.

EIN: 860166615 PHOENIX, AZ Public Interest Law NTEE: I83 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$11.3M
Total Expenses$11.3M
Total Assets$9.3M
Grant Records42
Funding Total$65.8M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES IS A NON-PROFIT LAW FIRM COMMITTED TO INCREASING FAIRNESS IN THE CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM BY ADVOCATING, LITIGATING, AND EDUCATING ON BEHALF OF ARIZONAS MOST UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

Where $100 goes at Community Legal Services

How Community Legal Services divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$81 Programs the work itself
$17 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $81 for programs

$81
In 2025, Community Legal Services (cls) provided civil legal services to 5,385 individual clients, which directly impacted 12,895 family/household members
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 5,385 clients; 25,000 persons
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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.

Sample Grants Received

2025
SUPPORT VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM
$31,900
2025
SUPPORT VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM
$24,780
2024
CIVIL LEGAL AID
$7,214,065
2024
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND LEGAL SERVICES
$2,849,275
2024
SUPPORT VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM
$32,188

Showing up to 5 of 42 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Andrew Jacob
DIRECTOR Annette Cox Sandoval
DIRECTOR Barbara Sullivan
SECRETARY Cary L Lackey
DIRECTOR Christine Baird
DIRECTOR Danny Inglese

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Civil Rights & Social Justice
$61,797,612 17 grants
General Support
$1,987,896 21 grants
Human & Social Services
$1,800,000 1 grant
Health & Medicine
$100,500 2 grants
Unspecified
$123,370 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $11.3M $11.3M $9.3M
2024 $11.1M $11.1M $8.9M
2023 $11.3M $9.7M $7.3M
2022 $9.6M $9.4M $4.0M
2021 $8.6M $8.4M $3.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $8.6M to $11.3M (+31%), with total assets most recently reported at $9.3M.

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