Ways to Give
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Your generous support helps our neighbors in Orange and Southeast Los Angeles Counties stay in their homes, protect their families, and safeguard their livelihoods. Your commitment enables us to provide the legal help people need to change the trajectory of their lives.
You make a difference.
Planned Giving
Leave a legacy of justice. You can do this by making a bequest in your estate plan to Community Legal Aid SoCal. Your bequest will ensure that we remain a critical resource in the community and continue to provide free legal help for the tens of thousands of our neighbors who experience a civil legal problem involving basic necessities of life like housing, health care, safety, and income.
Making a bequest is simple.
Here is sample bequest language you can use in your will:
“I hereby bequeath to Community Legal Aid SoCal, a nonprofit organization located at 2101 North Tustin Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92705, the sum of $____ (or ____ % of my residuary estate) for the unrestricted purposes of the organization.
Here is more information you might want to include:
- Our legal name is “Community Legal Aid SoCal.”
- Our administrative address is 2101 North Tustin Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92705.
- Our tax ID number is 95-1994337.
- We were incorporated on May 9, 1958.
In addition to bequests, there are many different ways to make a planned gift. Please contact your financial advisor to discuss the best option for your personal circumstances. If you are planning a gift to Community Legal Aid SoCal in your estate plan and would like to be recognized as having made a planned gift, please contact Emily Wing, Director of Fund Development, at 714.571.5290 or ewing@clsocal.org.
This information is not intended to be legal or tax advice. Please contact your financial or legal advisor for more information about including a legacy gift to Community Legal Aid SoCal in your estate plan.
Stock Gifts
You can support our neighbors in need by making a donation of stock. Please contact Emily Wing, Director of Fund Development, at 714.571.5290 or ewing@clsocal.org to learn more.
Cy Pres Awards
Derived from a phrase translating to “as near as possible,” Cy Pres Awards are a way to direct remaining class action settlement funds toward a purpose that is close to the intention of the settlement itself. California Code of Civil Procedure § 384(b) authorizes the trial court to direct residual funds to nonprofit organizations providing civil legal services to the indigent, or nonprofit organizations to support projects that will benefit the class or similarly situated persons.
Given that Community Legal Aid SoCal’s clients are low-income community members who are often impacted by issues such as those litigated in class action lawsuits, CLA SoCal is favorably considered by the courts to be an excellent choice for Cy Pres Awards. For more information, please contact Emily Wing, Director of Fund Development, at 714.571.5290 or ewing@clsocal.org.
Donor Advised Fund
You can make a significant impact with a donor advised fund. Recommend a gift to Community Legal Aid SoCal through your existing DAF.
Matching Gifts
You may be able to double or even triple the impact of your gift to Community Legal Aid SoCal by making a matching gift. In addition, some companies will match gifts made by retired employees and/or employee spouses.
Check with your firm’s or company’s human resources department to find out if there is a matching gift program. The human resources department will also be able to provide you with a matching gift form. Once you have completed the form, please send it via email to Emily Wing, Director of Fund Development, at ewing@clsocal.org.
IRA Charitable Rollover
If you are age 70½ or older, use your traditional IRA as a simple way to reduce your tax liability and make your charitable gifts. Contact your tax advisor for additional information.
Sponsor an Event
If you would like to sponsor or attend Justice Served, Community Legal Aid SoCal’s annual fundraising event, please contact Emily Wing, Director of Fund Development, at 714.571.5290 or ewing@clsocal.org.
Law Fellows
Does your firm or law school have a fellowship program, or are you interested in establishing one? You can help expand Community Legal Aid SoCal’s capacity by underwriting a staff attorney’s salary or legal intern’s stipend and instill the spirit of public interest law in your associates or law students. Summer, year-long, and multi-year opportunities are available. Please contact Monica Mar, Director of Pro Bono, at 714.571.5299 or mmar@clsocal.org to further discuss this opportunity and learn more about how we can partner to further your pro bono and corporate social responsibility goals.
Amazon Smile
In addition to making a monetary donation to Community Legal Aid SoCal, you can also support us when you shop on Amazon. When you use Amazon Smile and select Community Legal Aid SoCal as your preferred organization, Amazon will donate a small percentage of your purchase price.
Important information
Community Legal Aid SoCal is a non-profit organization incorporated on May 9, 1958. Our tax ID number is 95-1994337. Our legal name is “Community Legal Aid SoCal.” Our administrative office is located at 2101 North Tustin Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92705. You can contact our Executive Director, Kate Marr at 714.571.5218 or kmarr@clsocal.org and our Director of Fund Development, Emily Wing at 714.571.5290 or ewing@clsocal.org.
Community Legal Aid SoCal is a 501(c)(3) organization and is funded in part by the Legal Services Corporation (“LSC”). All Non-LSC grants and contributions to us are subject to restrictions in the Legal Services Corporation Act, 42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq. and LSC’s appropriations. Please contact us for more information.
