Organizations Filed Purposes:
GBLA's mission is to "promote social change and justice by providing high quality legal services to Kern County's low-income and elderly."
Non-profit, tax exempt corporation organized for the purpose of providing free legal assistance in civil matters to persons unable to afford legal assistance in Bakersfield, CA and surrounding areas of Kern County.
State Bar of CaliforniaFunds from the State Bar are used to support the Community Homeless Law Center (funded by HUD), a program focused on removing legal barriers that are prohibiting the homeless from securing housing and jobs; it is also used to support Older American Act projects such as the Seniors Law Center and the Grandparent Guardianship Program as well as other similar projects of GBLA.
Legal Services Corporation Provides free legal aid in civil matters to low-income individuals and families throughout Kern County. Core areas of practice include health law, housing and homelessness, family and children services, domestic violence, guardianship, consumer law, and elder law.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Estela Casas | Ex. Director | 37.5 | $146,573 |
| David Rivera | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Alexandria Blythe | Director | 0 | $0 |
| Teryl D Wakeman | Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Lydia E Ortiz | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jonathon Webster | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Tommie Hollis | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Madlyn Scott | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Vanessa Chavez | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 |
| Lynne Johnson Carrithers | Director | 1 | $0 |
| James A Yoro | Sec/Treas | 1 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202131379349308133_public.xml