Public Charity

APPELLATE DEFENDERS INC

APPELLATE DEFENDERS INC is a Public Charity headquartered in SAN DIEGO, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $5.4M revenue, $5.1M expenses, $6.5M total assets.

EIN: 952788316 SAN DIEGO, CA Legal Services NTEE: I80 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$5.4M
Total Expenses$5.1M
Total Assets$6.5M
Grant Records0
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

APPELLATE DEFENDERS, INC. IS A NON-PROFIT LAW FIRM WHICH ADMINISTERS THE APPOINTED COUNSEL SYSTEM FOR THE CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, IN CALIFORNIA. THE OFFICE OPERATES UNDER A CONTRACT WITH THE CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS.

Where $100 goes at Appellate Defenders Inc

How Appellate Defenders Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$17 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 $83 for programs

$83
The central goals of the office are to improve the quality of indigent representation on appeal and to assist the court of appeal, fourth appellate district, in administering…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER/PRES Chavez James
STAFF ATTORNEY Cohen Howard
STAFF ATTORNEY Fabian Linda
BOARD MEMBER/VP Fuller Victoria
STAFF ATTORNEY Furness Laura
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hee Lynelle

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Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $5.4M $5.1M $6.5M
2023 $5.3M $5.1M $6.7M
2022 $4.9M $4.7M $6.8M
2021 $4.6M $4.8M $3.6M
2020 $4.7M $4.7M $3.6M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $4.7M to $5.4M (+14%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.5M.

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