Washington · Nonprofit
COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC
COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,439,109 to it, the largest being LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON ($708,944). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $570k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $432k
What Cowlitz-Wahkiakum County Legal Aid Program Inc does
Mission
Cowlitz Wahkiakum Legal Aid seeks to assure justice for low income people in the civil courts. We provide access to legal help for people whose livelihood, family and wellness are threatened.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
a. Cowlitz Wahkiakum Legal Aid (CWLA) opened 599 new cases in 2024, and closed 498 cases with some form of service provided. b. Approximately 35% of closed cases were related to Housing, and approximately 50% of closed cases were related to Family Law. The remaining 15% of closed cases were related to elder law, guardianship, contracts and miscellaneous civil legal issues. Cowlitz Wahkiakum Legal Aid works only with Civil Law and not Criminal Law. c. The majority of our work takes place in short, confidential advice and counsel appointments, with some limited representations and a small number of full representations.
$413,338 spent$540,526 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $413,338.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $217k to $410k (+89%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 16% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lori Sarancik
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Eleanor Couto
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $32k → $285k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 83% · 2019 94% · 2020 69% · 2021 66% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
97% of COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC?
- COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,439,109 to it, the largest being LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON ($708,944). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,439,109 in grants to COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC?
- LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON is the largest funder on record, with $708,944 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LEGAL AID PROGRAM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing