Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance Inc

“a complete copy of the organization's final form 990 (including all required schedules), as ultimately filed with the irs, is provided to each person who was a voting member of the governing body at the time the form 990 was provided in electronic form before its filing with the irs.”

“On an annual basis each director, principal officer and/or member of a committee with Board-delegated powers must sign a statement which affirms: (1) that they have received a copy of GBLA's Conflicts of Interest Policy; (2) that they have read and understand the policy; (3) that they agree to comply with the policy; and (4) that they understand that the agency is a charitable organization and, in order to maintain our 501(c)(3) federal tax exemption, the agency must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes.”

“Gblas full board of directors is the authorized, independent body that reviews and approves compensation arrangements for the executive director. In february 2024, the board of directors completed a search and hired the current executive director. A review and adjustment of the executive directors compensation occurred in april 2025. Gblas board of directors utilized multiple resources, including the california legal aid compensation survey, which provides a breakdown of executive salaries throughout the state of california, by region, by corporate budget amount, to establish an appropriate executive director's salary. The survey is compiled by onejustice, which is independent of gblas board of directors. The board members used these surveys and other information as the basis for establishing the appropriate salary range for the executive director, given gblas total budget and geographic location. All proceedings related to compensation review and approval for the executive director are documented in the corporate board minutes.”

“GBLA's annual audited financial statements are made available to the general public through submission to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Other documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“DONATIONS = $10607”

“FOREIGN TAX = $164”

“Nondividend distributions = $464”

“Temp restricted- net assets released from restriction = -$7749603”

“Temp restricted- support funding for the year = $7415378”

“FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 22The organization computes depreciation using the straight line methodover the estimated life of the asset. Estimated lives range fromthree to ten years.”