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2015 Annual Report Annual Report “It’s every person’s business to see justice done.” -Sherlock Holmes The mission of The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland is to secure justice and resolve fundamental problems for those who are low income and vulnerable by providing high quality legal services and working for systemic solutions. Legal Aid uses the power of the law to ensure access to basic needs and lift people out of poverty. Thanks to thousands of supporters and community partners, Legal Aid provides services that focus on improving clients’ health, safety, shelter, education, and economic security. In 2015, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland staff, board, volunteers and supporters Legal Aid’s Success in 2015 Included: Cases by balanced the scales of justice for 19,673 people with low income who would Increased assets and income, and County otherwise have had little – actually, no – power to get a fair shake. 2015 We are all part of a vital, engaged community seeking justice, because, to quote reduced debt by $13 million for clients helped Mr. Sherlock Holmes, “It is everyone’s business to see justice done.” (Percentage) PREVENTED of foreclosures REMOVED BARRIERS % % As you will see in this Annual Report, we worked to ensure our clients had 58 to education in 85of cases 79% shelter, safety, health and economic security. We worked to ensure that the % courts and government agencies are accountable and accessible. PREVENTED EVICTIONS = 99 Cuyahoga of cases where SAFETY was SECURED 2015 was a year, like every year at Legal Aid, of making rights visible, of empowering 97% our clients to understand their rights and to enforce them. It was also a year in which % we achieved impressive positive outcomes for our clients, like saving homes, 9 securing income and access to education, reducing debt, and securing safety. Yearly Comparison of Cases Handled We achieved these successes because our staff and volunteers have the expertise Lorain and cultural competency required to serve a diverse community in a wide range of 2013 Consumer Family (including foreclosure) challenging legal issues. We were successful because of our strong partnership with % 2014 6 other service providers who help us connect with those who need us. We were Health-Education-Work- Housing Income-Immigration successful because our clients have incredible resilience in the face of crises, and with 2015 Lake our intervention are able to move beyond the crossroads in their lives. We were Other 0 25% 50% 75% 100% successful because of our supporters, who see it as their business to see justice done. 4% Client Demographics 2015 31% 69% Ashtabula 47% of all 746 cases 84% of households 16% of all involved U.S. households Colleen M. Cotter, Esq. helped included clients were Veterans. These helped make children older adults cases impacted less than % Executive Director 1,408 people $25,000/year 1 The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland Geauga Race/ Black White Hispanic Other 1% Ethnicity 58% 32% 7% 3% Other 19,673 = Total People HELPED BY LEGAL AID 2015 Legal Aid Donors We are grateful to members of our ten-year giving society (noted with an “*”) and those donors in our five-year giving society (noted with a “+”). These donors and their consistent support deserve special recognition. Total Cases Volunteer Lawyers People Handled in 2015: Program Staff BARRISTER SOCIETY Peter and Rita Carfagna+ Dennis Wilcox and 8,126 Cases Handled Individual Gifts: Timothy Connors+ Shelley Kazan-Wilcox+ Attorneys 39 Other 27 Robert Wolff and Paula Silverman+ $10,000+ Colleen Cotter and Mark Buckley* by Volunteers 1,604 Richard and Gretchen Dean Robert and Eva Zunich+ Cases Handled S. Lee Kohrman+ Supporters William Doll and Carolyn Buller* and Closed 6,779 Richard and Patricia Pogue* Volunteer Attorneys Engaged 543 Pro Bono Attorneys 2,720 Stephen and Jennifer Fazio+ Cases Continued In-House Volunteers 54 Robert Fedor, Jr. BENEFACTORS OF Number of Advice Clinics 123 Law Students 223 Robert and Laura Fogarty into 2016 1,346 JUSTICE LEADERS JUSTICE Donors 1,467 Judge Nancy Fuerst and Individual Gifts: John Burke+ Individual Gifts: $2,500 – $9,999.99 Martin and Lisa Gates $500 - $999.99 Jim and Terry Juliano Brent Ballard Steven and Gail Goldfarb* Anonymous (3)++ Marvin and Leslie Karp+ 2015 Finances Douglas Brown+ David Goodman and David Alden+ Judge Diane Karpinski+ Frank and Wendy DeSantis+ Barbara Hawley* Paulette Balin James Keating REVENUE AND OTHER SUPPORT 2015 2014 Patrick and Susan Dugan Retired Judge Burt and Lynn Ballard Eduardo and Jessica Kim+ Philip and Dana Fastenau+ Bunny Griffin* Nancy and Andrew Barnes+ Karen Kohn+ Legal Services Corporation (LSC) $2,300,369 $2,165,160 Karen Giffen Theodore Grossman+ Fred Bauer Samuel and Deborah Laferty Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation (OLAF) $2,327,148 $1,871,849 Calvin Griffith+ Patrick and Ruth Haggerty+ Jill Bautista Thomas and Karen LaFond+ Richard and Jessica Gurbst* Harlan Hertz and Colette Gibbons Susan Beck+ David Lenz+ Donations and Private Grants $1,568,238 $1,527,084 Amy Hocevar Laura Hong Susan Becker+ Matthew Liebson+ Donated Services $947,098 $1,103,994 Kerin Kaminski Judge Michael E. Jackson Benjamin Beckman and Alison Day Tom and Kim Lobe Gordon and Martha Beggs+ Other Government Grants $408,231 $304,875 Ellen Keller+ Candace Jones+ David Lowe David and Martha Kutik+ Amy Kellogg* Robert Belovich Raymond and Nancy Malone+ United Way $303,117 $308,600 Rita and Charles Maimbourg* Reed King and Judith Fazekas King John Bender Richard and Margaret Margolis Mark and Rebecca Bennett+ Partner Agencies (contracts for legal services) $220,982 $68,802 John and Mary McGowan+ Matthew and Linda Klaben+ Michael and Catherine Martis+ Edward and Kimberley Moore+ Dena Kobasic+ John Biernacki Eileen and Kenneth Mathews Other Income $216,851 $314,810 Kenneth Moore Kathleen Kordeleski Jeffrey Bomberger and Mark and Karen McCarthy TOTAL REVENUE $8,292,034 $7,665,174 Michael Mumford and Dennis and Kim Lansdowne Elaine Thallner* Daniel McClain Neil Vakharia+ Wilbur Leatherberry and Renee and Harlan Bradley Robert and Dorothy McDonald EXPENSES 2015 2014 Christopher Panek Diane Phillips-Leatherberry* Robert and Melanie Casarona Rebecca Ruppert McMahon and Elizabeth Rader and James Lowe+ Eugene and Susan Clair Robert McMahon+ Program Services $6,742,990 $6,785,647 David Watson+ Heather and Jason Lutz+ James Cooper+ Douglas and Jani McWilliams+ Support Services (administration & development) $1,321,308 $1,289,775 Robert and Judith Rawson+ Damond and Lori Mace+ Mallory Curran and Keith Romer Gale and Gerald Messerman* David and Julia Tocco+ Judge Richard and Carol Markus+ Patrick Daugherty Judge James and Karen Miraldi+ TOTAL EXPENSES $8,064,298 $8,075,422 Christopher Williams and Mark McGuire James and Sara Doan Adam Nazette+ Excess of Revenue over Expenditures $227,736 –$410,248 Cynthia Mog* Hugh and Sue McKay+ Timothy Downing and Ken Press Jack and Charlotte Newman Robert and Kim Ducatman+ Beginning Net Assets $6,046,819 $6,457,067 Leslee and David Miraldi* Stephen and Bonnie O’Bryan+ Matthew Nakon Traci Ext+ Brian and Cheryl O’Neill NET ASSETS as of year end $6,274,555 $6,046,819 CHAMPIONS Aaron O’Brien+ Thomas Feher+ Frank Osborne+ Andrew and Michelle Fiorella+ OF JUSTICE Lawrence Oscar and R. Jeffrey and Martha Pollock+ 2015 2014 Jeanne Shatten+ Richard and Robbin Garcia Dustin and Meggan Rawlin+ Individual Gifts: Stephen Gariepy and Nancy Sin+ BREAKDOWN OF NET ASSETS Richard and Jacqueline Panza* John and Deborah Read+ $1,000 – $2,499.99 Richard and Alice Petrulis+ Lisa and Martin Gates Michael and Carole Rendon+ Unrestricted Anonymous (2)+ Geralyn Presti and John Sedor+ Teresan Gilbert+ Thomas and Grace Robenalt+ Ilah Adkins+ James Gillette -Net Investment in Property $2,928,518 $2,931,609 Julie and Peter Raskind Joseph Rodgers Jason and Shruti Aring+ Rose and Vincenzo Ruffa Judge Rosemary and Gerald Gold+ Dennis Rose+ -Board Designated Endowment $14,094 $14,481 Doug and Carolyn Barr+ Joyce and David Snow+ Michael Goldstein Donald and Toni Scherzer* -Board Designated Reserve Fund $2,813,476 $2,762,251 Mark Belasic+ Jennifer Sullivan Edward and Cecelia Gregory Patricia Schraff and Jerry Micco Cynthia Binns Taras Szmagala and Helen Jarem+ Harry Haber* Hewitt and Paula Shaw+ $5,756,088 $5,708,341 Matthew Brady+ P. Kelly and Cathy Tompkins Michael and Martha Hardy* Bradley and Elisabeth Sherman Temporarily Restricted $403,417 $273,428 Julia and Ben Brouhard Douglas and Holly Wang Bruce Hearey+ Charna Sherman+ Senator Sherrod Brown and John Heutsche+ Permanently Restricted $115,050 $65,050 David Weiner Cathy Shibley Connie Schultz Laurie Humphrey Marcus and Jessica Sidoti NET ASSETS $6,274,555 $6,046,819 Annette Butler Ronald and Concetta Johnson Donors designated in italics are deceased. 5 2015 Individual Gifts: James and Kathleen Young+ Henry Billingsley II Judge Michael P. Donnelly+ Donald Jack+ Michael Meissner and Charles Schaefer+ Jeffry and Susan Weiler+ $500 - $999.99 Ted and Diane Zawadski Richard Blake Malisheia and Wayne Douglas William Jacobs+ Kathiann Kowalski+ Brigitte Schiffer+ David and Erica Weiss+ Barbara and John Schubert+ Jerome Weiss and Judith Salomon* (continued) Richard and Marcie Zeiger+ Suzanne and Adam Blum+ Jeffrey and Amy Dunlap+ Bryan and Michelle Jaketic David and Sandra Mellott Howard and Deborah Bobrow+ Nadine Eames+ Erica James Jennifer and Nathan Mesko Isaac and Margot Schulz+ Charles and Lucy Weller Bernard and Mary Smith Kenneth Bossin+ Keven Eiber Vanetta Jamison Brian Mikelbank Paul Schumacher, Jr. Matthew Wholey Randy Solomon and Nancy Glick+ Deborah Bracy Michael Elliott+ Linda L. Johnson and R. Mark Jones* Marcia Mikolaj+ Niki and Bobbi Schwartz Nicole Wilson+ Steve and Laura Sozio+ ADVOCATES Andrew Bramante Stephen and Biagina Ellis Woo Jun and Eunice Park Thomas and Ginger Mlakar Karen Seawall and Greg Warren Robin Wilson James and Susan Spallino OF JUSTICE Michael and Cynthia Brittain+ Joan Englund+ Christopher Keim John Moran+ Robin Seiger Mark Wiseman Stephen and Therese Squeri Individual Gifts: Ellen and Jonathan Brown Joel Falck and Julie Rabin Falck+ Lisa Khoury-Leszynski Joseph Morford Richard Selby II Elizabeth Wright Kathleen St.
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