IRS Announces 2015 LITC Grant Recipients
MAR. 27, 2015
IR-2015-61
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Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Grant Recipients Announced
March 27, 2015
WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service awarded approximately $10.25 million in matching grants to Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) for the 2015 grant year (Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2015).
LITCs are organizations that represent low income taxpayers in federal tax disputes with the IRS for free or for a nominal fee, organizations that provide tax education and outreach to taxpayers who speak English as a second language, or organizations that do both.
Through the LITC program, the IRS awards matching grants of up to $100,000 per year to qualifying organizations. The LITC program is a federal program administered by the Taxpayer Advocate Service, led by National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson. However, LITCs, their employees and volunteers operate independently of the federal government.
More information about LITCs and the work they do to represent, educate and advocate on behalf of low income taxpayers is available in IRS Publication 5066, LITC Program Report. IRS Publication 4134, Low Income Taxpayer Clinic List, provides information about LITCs by geographic area, including contact information and details about the languages each LITC can accommodate in addition to English. Publication 5066 and Publication 4134 are available at IRS.gov.
A list of the 132 organizations awarded LITC grants for the 2015 grant year is also available on IRS.gov.
The following is a list of organizations awarded a grant for the 2015 grant year:
2015 LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINICS
______________________________________________________________________________
Type of Clinic
Award C=Controversy
Name Of Organization City State Amount E=ESL B=Both
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Alaska Business Development
Center, Inc. Anchorage AK $66,000 B
Legal Services Alabama, Inc. Montgomery AL $50,000 C
University of Arkansas at
Little Rock Little Rock AR $95,000 B
Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc. Springdale AR $60,000 B
DNA -- Peoples Legal Services,
Inc. Chinle AZ $60,000 B
Community Legal Services,
Inc. Phoenix AZ $85,000 C
Catholic Community Services
of Southern Arizona, Inc. Tucson AZ $70,000 B
Central California Legal
Services, Inc. Fresno CA $90,000 B
Koreatown Youth and Community
Center, Inc. Los Angeles CA $65,000 B
The University Corporation Northridge CA $70,000 B
Chapman University Orange CA $100,000 C
Legal Aid Society of San Diego,
Inc. San Diego CA $75,000 C
University of San Diego San Diego CA $90,000 B
Justice and Diversity Center San Francisco CA $75,000 C
Chinese Newcomers Service Center San Francisco CA $60,000 B
President and Board of Trustees
of Santa Clara College San Jose CA $85,000 C
California Polytechnic State
University San Luis Obispo CA $87,000 B
Legal Aid Society of Orange
County Santa Ana CA $100,000 B
University of Denver Denver CO $95,000 C
Quinnipiac University Hamden CT $95,000 C
University of Connecticut Hartford CT $100,000 C
The Catholic University of
America Washington DC $70,000 C
American University Washington DC $90,000 C
University of the District
of Columbia Washington DC $80,000 C
Delaware Community Reinvestment
Action Council, Inc. Wilmington DE $70,000 B
Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc. Jacksonville FL $45,000 C
Legal Services of Greater
Miami, Inc. Miami FL $100,000 B
Haitian Neighborhood Center
Sant La, Inc. Miami FL $25,000 E
Community Legal Services of Mid
Florida, Inc. Orlando FL $90,000 B
Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. Plant City FL $60,000 B
Legal Aid Services of Broward
County, Inc. Plantation FL $65,000 B
GulfCoast Legal Services, Inc. St. Petersburg FL $90,000 B
Legal Services of North
Florida, Inc. Tallahassee FL $100,000 B
Legal Aid Society of Palm
Beach County, Inc. West Palm Beach FL $75,000 B
Georgia State University
Foundation, Inc. Atlanta GA $100,000 C
Legal Aid Society of Hawaii Honolulu HI $70,000 B
Drake University Des Moines IA $85,000 B
Iowa Legal Aid Des Moines IA $100,000 B
Regents of the University of
Idaho Moscow ID $95,000 C
La Posada, Inc. Twin Falls ID $80,000 B
Center for Economic Progress Chicago IL $85,000 B
Loyola University Chicago Chicago IL $85,000 C
Administer Justice Elgin IL $80,000 B
Prairie State Legal Services,
Inc. Wheaton IL $100,000 C
Indiana Legal Services, Inc. Bloomington IN $95,000 C
Neighborhood Christian Legal
Clinic, Inc. Indianapolis IN $100,000 B
The Lutheran University Assoc.
Inc., dba Valparaiso University Valparaiso IN $75,000 C
Kansas Legal Services, Inc. Kansas City KS $57,393 C
Legal Aid Society, Inc. Louisville KY $50,000 C
Appalachian Research and Defense
Fund of Kentucky, Inc.
(AppalReD Legal Aid) Prestonsburg KY $75,000 C
Southern University Law Center Baton Rouge LA $60,000 C
Southeast Louisiana Legal
Services Corporation New Orleans LA $90,000 C
Harvard University Boston MA $55,000 C
Greater Boston Legal Services,
Inc. Boston MA $70,000 C
Springfield Partners for
Community Action, Inc. Springfield MA $50,000 B
Bentley University Waltham MA $89,000 C
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers
Service, Inc. Baltimore MD $85,000 C
University of Baltimore
Foundation, Inc. Baltimore MD $70,000 C
University of Maryland,
Baltimore Baltimore MD $65,000 C
Pine Tree Legal Assistance,
Inc. Bangor ME $95,000 B
Regents of the University
of Michigan Ann Arbor MI $75,000 B
Accounting Aid Society Detroit MI $75,000 B
Michigan State University College
of Law Lansing MI $100,000 B
Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance Minneapolis MN $80,000 B
Regents of the University of
Minnesota Minneapolis MN $100,000 B
Legal Aid of Western Missouri Kansas City MO $64,350 C
UMKC Graduate Tax Law Foundation Kansas City MO $100,000 C
Washington University St. Louis MO $80,000 C
North Mississippi Rural Legal
Services, Inc. Oxford MS $56,500 C
Montana Legal Services
Association Helena MT $50,229 C
Legal Services of Southern
Piedmont, Inc. Charlotte NC $100,000 B
North Carolina Central University
School of Law Durham NC $80,000 C
Legal Aid of Nebraska Omaha NE $35,000 C
Legal Advice and Referral Center Concord NH $30,000 E
NH Pro Bono Referral System Concord NH $50,000 C
South Jersey Legal Services, Inc. Camden NJ $70,000 C
Legal Services of New Jersey,
Inc. Edison NJ $89,000 B
Northeast New Jersey Legal
Services Jersey City NJ $84,000 B
Rutgers, the State University of
New Jersey Newark NJ $100,000 C
University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM $90,000 C
Nevada Legal Services, Inc. Las Vegas NV $84,000 B
Legal Aid Society of
Northeastern New York, Inc. Albany NY $90,000 C
Legal Services NYC-Bronx Bronx NY $90,000 C
Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal
Services Corporation Brooklyn NY $55,000 C
Brooklyn Legal Services Corp A Brooklyn NY $72,300 C
South Brooklyn Legal Services,
Inc. Brooklyn NY $100,000 B
Erie County Bar Association
Volunteer Lawyers Project Buffalo NY $80,000 B
Queens Legal Services Corporation Jamaica NY $100,000 B
Fordham University New York NY $95,000 C
The Legal Aid Society New York NY $100,000 C
Syracuse University Syracuse NY $100,000 C
Community Legal Aid Services,
Inc. Akron OH $55,000 B
Legal Aid of Greater Cincinnati Cincinnati OH $65,000 C
Friendship Foundation of
American-Vietnamese, Inc. Cleveland OH $23,900 E
The Legal Aid Society of
Cleveland Cleveland OH $94,000 B
The Legal Aid Society of
Columbus Columbus OH $75,000 C
Ohio State Legal Services
Association Columbus OH $72,000 C
The Community Action Committee
of Pike County Piketon OH $50,000 C
Advocates for Basic Legal
Equality, Inc. Toledo OH $45,000 B
Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc. Toledo OH $55,000 C
Oklahoma Indian Legal Services,
Inc. Oklahoma City OK $70,000 B
Catholic Charities Gresham OR $84,000 B
Legal Aid Services of Oregon Portland OR $98,000 B
Lewis & Clark College Portland OR $100,000 C
MidPenn Legal Services, Inc. Harrisburg PA $85,000 B
Philadelphia Legal Assistance
Center, Inc. Philadelphia PA $75,000 B
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA $85,000 C
Villanova University School of
Law Villanova PA $100,000 C
Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. Providence RI $95,000 B
South Carolina Legal Services Greenville SC $85,000 B
University of South Dakota Vermillion SD $55,000 C
Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. Memphis TN $60,000 B
Legal Aid Society of Middle
Tennessee and the Cumberlands Oak Ridge TN $100,000 B
Lone Star Legal Aid Bryan TX $85,000 C
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas,
Inc. Fort Worth TX $100,000 B
Houston Volunteer Lawyers
Program Houston TX $70,000 B
Texas Tech University School
of Law Lubbock TX $85,000 C
St. Mary's University of San
Antonio San Antonio TX $87,000 B
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid,
Inc. San Antonio TX $100,000 B
Centro Hispano Provo UT $57,000 B
Legal Services of Northern
Virginia, Inc. Fairfax VA $60,000 C
Washington and Lee University Lexington VA $75,000 C
Community Tax Law Project Richmond VA $100,000 B
Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. Montpelier VT $55,000 C
University of Washington Seattle WA $100,000 B
Gonzaga University School of Law Spokane WA $94,000 C
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc. Milwaukee WI $95,000 C
Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee,
Inc. Milwaukee WI $94,000 C
Wisconsin Judicare, Inc. Wausau WI $70,000 B
Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc. Martinsburg WV $50,000 C
Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc. Cheyenne WY $60,000 C
Latino Resource Center, Inc. Jackson WY $20,000 E
DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
- Institutional AuthorsInternal Revenue Service
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- Tax Analysts Document NumberDoc 2015-7490
- Tax Analysts Electronic Citation2015 TNT 60-17
