Nevada · Nonprofit
LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA (Nevada) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,421,096 to it, the largest being NEVADA BAR FOUNDATION ($14,302,838). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $40M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $30M
- Net assets
- $95M
What Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada does
Mission
Lacsn's mission is the preservation of access to justice and the provision of quality legal counsel, advice and representation for individuals who are unable to protect their rights because they cannot afford an attorney.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Children's attorneys project provides free counsel, advice and representation to abused and neglected children who have been removed from their homes. Generally, once a child has been removed from parental custody, a court hearing to determine family reunification, permanency planning, or termination of parental rights is necessary. The children's attorneys project provides services to children who have not had the benefit of attorney representation in court.
$7,719,158 spent33% of program spendingIts guardianship advocacy project provides representation to vulnerable senior citizens and individuals with disabilities whose civil rights and property are at significant risk of exploitation and loss. The project provides a voice in court proceedings for seniors and individuals with disabilities. Legal aid center's consumer rights project help families reach self-sufficiency by resolving consumer-related problems such as foreclosure, predatory lending, and car repossessions. The organization also assists individuals with serious illnesses who have been denied social security benefits. Those expenses are allocated under consumer rights project in the statement of functional expenses. Legal aid center's guardianship advocacy program provides representation to individuals and adults with disabilities who are facing or under guardianship to ensure the person's legal rights are protected. Cases are referred to the guardianship advocacy program from the court.
$3,502,854 spent15% of program spendingThe family justice project provides direct legal assistance to victims of domestic violence who otherwise could not afford legal representation. Victims leaving abusive relationships often require extended protective orders against domestic violence or stalking and harassment, child custody/child support orders and/or divorces, intercession with landlords or employers, and other assistance in establishing and maintaining a safe household (I.e. Immigration assistance, counseling on how to establish independent credit, etc.). This program levels the playing field for a victim who otherwise suffers intimidation from a better financed batterer.
$3,302,969 spent14% of program spendingLegal Aid Center of Southern Nevada provides free legal counsel, advice and representation to low income individuals who cannot afford an attorney. The pro bono project provides placement services for low-income individuals needing legal representation with an issue not regularly handled by the organization's staff attorneys, or with matters that cannot be handled by the attorneys due to limited availability of resources. The pro bono project recruits private attorneys to volunteer their time to provide free legal representation to low-income residents in all of our program areas including family law, domestic violence, abused/neglected children, bankruptcy, real estate fraud, guardianship, and consumer fraud. The pro bono project also runs a variety of ask-a-lawyer programs where unrepresented people can meet one-on-one with an attorney to discuss their case. The civil law self-help center provides legal information and forms to those wishing to represent themselves in civil matters in the clark county court system. Types of matters include small claims, evictions, housing, harassment, and lawsuits and judgments for money. The mission of the civil law self-help center is to…
$8,605,669 spent$4,986,047 earned by the program37% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,130,650.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2022 to 2023, from $64M to $90M (+42%).
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: 2017 56% · 2018 36% · 2019 42% · 2020 58% · 2021 52% · 2022 64% · 2023 36% · 2024 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $93k → $1.1M.
10 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. 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
LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 35% · 2019 96% · 2020 87% · 2021 86% · 2022 91% · 2023 90% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
26% of LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA's grant income comes from Nevada funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states 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
LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 152 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nevada
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA?
- LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA (Nevada) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,421,096 to it, the largest being NEVADA BAR FOUNDATION ($14,302,838). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $30,421,096 in grants to LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA?
- NEVADA BAR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,302,838 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEGAL AID CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 31 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing