YOUR GIFT MATTERS

ANNUAL REPORT 2013–2014

STAFFDiana Poole Executive DirectorKelly Bossley Associate DirectorVicki Capek AdministratorDebbie Gallegos Administrative Assistant

1900 Grant Street, Suite 1112Denver, Colorado 80203laf@legalaidfoundation.orgwww.legalaidfoundation.org

OUR MISSIONThe Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado promotes equal access to justice by raising funds to provide civil legal services for low-income people in the state of Colorado.

Dear Friends,

We invite you to take a bow.

Through your ongoing commitment to equal justice, each one of you plays a starring role in our civil legal aid system here in Colorado.

Thanks to your loyal support and generosity, more Coloradans receive the legal help they so desperately need to protect their livelihoods, their health and their families.

Thanks to your loyal support and generosity, fewer unresolved legal problems for some Coloradans become larger social problems for all Coloradans.

Thanks to your loyal support and generosity, when the curtain came down this year on our 2013–2014 Campaign for Justice, we were in a position to make a record distribution to Colorado Legal Services, ensuring justice and fairness for many who would otherwise go without.

A standing ovation is appropriate when applauding an extraordinary performance of particularly high acclaim. It is certainly appropriate here — to recognize an extraordinary community that cares deeply about equal justice and gives generously to support that end year after year.

Thank you for the important part you play in that community and for your continued support. We value and appreciate you all.

Through your ongoing commitment to equal justice, each one of you plays a starring role in our civil legal aid system here in Colorado.

Board of Trustees Chair, Legal Aid Foundation

Executive Director, Colorado Legal Services

Executive Director, Legal Aid Foundation

Jessica Brown Jonathan D. Asher Diana M. Poole

YOUR GIFT MATTERS 1

In 2013 alone, Colorado Legal Services provided legal assistance to 11,795 low-income Coloradans, helping households comprised of nearly 21,000 people.

With few exceptions, those served live at or below 125% of the federal poverty guidelines. The most recent Census Bureau survey found that there are now more than 900,000 Coloradans who are income-eligible for legal aid services.

MAXIMUM INCOME LEVELS FOR ELIGIBILITY

FAMILY SIZE MONTHLY INCOME ANNUAL INCOME

1 $1,216 $14,588

2 $1,639 $19,663

3 $2,062 $24,738

4 $2,484 $29,813

AREAS OF SERVICE

FAMILY L AW & DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE

43%

INCOME MAINTENANCE

8%

HOUSING

18%

EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH,

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS & MISC.

11%

CONSUMER & FINANCE

20%

COLORADO LEGAL SERVICESYour contributions to the Legal Aid Foundation support the work of Colorado Legal Services, the only agency in the state that provides free legal services in civil cases to indigent clients in every Colorado county.

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Boulder

Denver

Colorado Springs

Pueblo

La Junta

Alamosa

GreeleyFt. Collins

Hayden

Grand Junction

Frisco

Durango

Leadville

Salida

CLS OFFICESDEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE SERVED BY COLORADO LEGAL SERVICES IN 2013

FEMALE

71%

MALE

29%

AGE

18-5982%

17%

1%

OVER

60

UNDER

18

Because legal aid clients are low-income or particularly vulnerable in other ways — perhaps disabled, homeless, isolated in a remote or rural area, uneducated or unskilled, or non-English speaking — their voices are too often marginalized or ignored. CLS advocates, with their deep knowledge of poverty law, work to ensure that every client’s voice is heard, and that each client is treated fairly within the legal system.

— Reenie Terjak, Colorado Legal Services Advocacy Director

YOUR GIFT MATTERS 3

• CLS clients include children, veterans, seniors, mentally or physically disabled people, homeless

individuals and families, and victims of domestic violence.

• CLS operates like a legal emergency room, giving priority to the poor and elderly in greatest economic

and social need, with legal problems implicating basic human needs, including at least minimally-adequate

income, food, shelter, utilities, necessary medical care, and freedom from domestic violence and abuse.

• CLS plays a pivotal role in the

development, coordination,

support and most effective

use of pro bono resources

around the state.

• CLS also plays a critical

role in providing necessary

and easily-accessible legal

information and state-of-the-

art, interactive legal forms to

the community, including the

increasing number of self-

represented litigants.

YOUR GIFT MATTERS TO: MARCY

Family Status: married 8 yearsChildren: Isabella, 6 & Lucas, 5 Legal Need: assistance with a landlord/tenant issue

JUAN & ELENA

QUICK FACTS ABOUT CLS

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Altman Keilbach Lytle Parlapiano & Ware Arnold & Porter BakerHostetler Ballard SpahrBanks & Imatani Phillip D Barber PCW Randolph Barnhart PCBartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & ScottBerg Hill Greenleaf & RuscittiBrownstein Hyatt Farber SchreckBruce & SaltLaw Offices of Peter W BullardBurg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & JardineBryan CaveJoe A Cannon LLC Caplan and Earnest Carlson Hammond & Paddock Carver Schwarz McNab Kamper & Forbes The Castle Law GroupChalat Hatten Koupal & BankerChoquette & HartCline Williams Wright Johnson & OldfatherCooleyCrane & TejadaDavis Graham & Stubbs Law Office of Michael F DiMannaDonley LawDorsey & Whitney Foundation

Law Offices of David L DownsElkind Alterman HarstonFaegre Baker Daniels Loyce A Forrest & AssociatesGarlin Driscoll Gibson DunnGodin & BaityGoldman Robbins & NicholsonGstalder Louisville Law Group H & K LawHaddon Morgan and Foreman Hale – WestfallThe Hannigan Law Firm Heizer PaulHeppenstall & SavageHeuser & Heuser Hoffman Crews Nies Waggener & FosterHogan Lovells Holland & Hart Judith Holmes & Associates Hunnicutt & AppelmanHusch BlackwellHutchinson Black and Cook Ireland Stapleton Pryor & PascoeThe Law Office of Patricia M JarzobskiJohnson Brennan & KleinDavid M Johnson PC Johnson & Repucci Kane Law FirmKaplan Kirsch & Rockwell Keating Wagner Polidori Free

Killmer Lane & NewmanKilpatrick TownsendKing & Greisen Koncilja & Associates Kutak RockLass Moses & RampLehouillier & AssociatesLevine Sullivan Koch & SchulzLewis Bess Williams & WeeseLewis Roca RothgerberLittler MendelsonLaw Firm of John A Lobus Lowe Fell & Skogg McBride & DrinkwineMcClure & Eggleston McGeady SisnerosMcGuane and HoganMcKenna Long & Aldridge McNamara Roseman & KazmierskiMcWilliams Mediation Group Melat Pressman & HigbieMerchant & GouldMiletichCohen Miller & Steiert Mills & Weitzenkorn The Moore Law Firm Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti PackardDierking Jane Cadell Paddison PCPetros & White Purvis GrayRecht & Kornfeld

Reilly Pozner Ridley McGreevy & WinocurRyley Carlock & ApplewhiteScott Law OfficesSeter & Vander WallSheridan Ross Sherman & HowardShoemaker Ghiselli & SchwartzSilver & DeBoskey Jon Sirkis LLC Snell & Wilmer Sparkman Foote MinorStern & Curray Law Office of Ralph G TorresTrout Raley Montano Witwer & FreemanVranesh and Raisch Waas Campbell Rivera Johnson & VelasquezCraig Wagner Law FirmWalker Law OfficesWedgle & Spahn Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley Wells Anderson & Race Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell White & Jankowski Wiegand Attorneys & CounselorsConsuelo Williams Law FirmWilloughby & AssociatesWinzenburg Leff Purvis & PayneWolf Slatkin & Madison

Thank you to the following law firms for their gifts to the Legal Aid Foundation of at least $400 per Colorado lawyer in the firm.LEADERSHIP LAW FIRMS

2013–2014

YOUR GIFT MATTERS 5

Guardians of Justice $10,000 +Richard N & Anne C BaerFrederick J Baumann David Butler David Bye A Bruce Campbell & Brenda Campbell Colorado Bar Association George & Marion Curtis Shelly Hunter W Bruce & Carolyn Kopper Lois Ann Rovira

Partners in Justice $5,000 – $9,999Bennett S AisenbergCharles E BakerBohemian FoundationJessica & Chris Brown Colorado Health Foundation Denver Bar Association Robert & Elizabeth Duncan Hugh Q Gottschalk Kenzo & Irene KawanabeKSL AdvisorsMDC/Richmond American Homes Foundation Peternell Family Foundation Elizabeth Phelan & Paul Smith David Sipiora Mary Hurley Stuart & Charles Stuart Michael & Pegi TouffWPX Energy

Advocates for Justice $2,000 – $4,999AnonymousBall CorporationJames J & Kristin BenderJoe A CannonCastaways FoundationNancy Cohen & Jim WasonFred & Christine EssigFord C & Ann B FrickWoody & Georgia GarnseyDick & Bev GastSteve & Karen Gottesfeld Harold A & Beverly Haddon Dave Jankowski & Nancy Connick Mark F Leonard Robert G LewisAndrew M Low & Margaret M Stroock M Brook McKinley & Andrew Johnson Gale & Jan Miller Bill & Rita NeffEric R Olson & Lauren SchmidtPaul Phillips & Susan Zimmermann QDROMANBrent Rychener Bruce Sattler John C & Susie Siegesmund III Charles Y Tanabe & Arlene Bobrow Melissa Hart & Kevin Traskos Kimberley H Tyson Gina B Weitzenkorn Lester R & Marianne Woodward David F Zinger

Friends to Justice $1,000 – $1,999Anonymous Jonathan D Asher William A & Deborah Bianco Kent H Borges & Stephanie B DiCenzo Robert W & Jana Brandes, Jr Joseph J Bronesky & Jacquelin Medina J Robert Brown, Jr & Allison Lee Doris E Burd Larry L CarlileColorado Women’s Bar AssociationCommunity First FoundationLisa M Dailey R Stanton DodgeLeslie Eaton & Kevin Shea Andrea Faley & Robert Traver Rebecca Anderson FischerHarmes C Fishback FoundationChristopher Ford Tad S & Melissa Foster Edward A Gleason Tami Goodlette & Paul Kim Robert K Gruber Russell K & Susan Haskell Daniel & Shannon Hassan David & Julie Hersh Mary HoaglandChevis F HorneThe Humphreys FoundationDavid M Johnson Ed & Cyndi Kahn Michael O’Brien Keating Phillip A Kendall Celeste Holder Kling & Robert Kling

Debra Knapp & Ben SachsKiplund Kolkmeier Kenneth M & Barbara Laff Christopher LaneChristopher M Leh & Natalie Hanlon-Leh David N & Roberta A Levin John & Carol Livingston James LyonsSaranne K Maxwell Meredith McBurneyHarriet McConnellAnn C McCullough Joseph E & Jane R Meyer IIIMargaret & Mitch MorrisseyCharles W & Diane M Newcom Devin O’Dell & Maria Fernandez-Gimenez Jeffrey Pagliuca Jeffery & Jessica Pearson Richard & Frances Penn Diana Poole & Steve Lass Mary D Poole Andrew Pouzeshi QEP Resources Dorothy G RaymondKevin RohnstockWalter H Sargent Martha Sattler Brad Schacht Gail E Skaggs Sabrina C & Ted Stavish Miriam D Trudell Sam & Cynthia Walker

Thank you to the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their gifts to the Legal Aid Foundation of $1,000 or more during the year.LEADERSHIP SOCIETY

2013–2014

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The Legal Aid Foundation’s Justice Society is comprised of individuals who are committed to making a difference now and in the future. Each of these donors has made a significant contribution to the Foundation’s Endowment Fund or included the Foundation in their Estate Plans in order to make access to civil justice a reality in the future.Bennett S Aisenberg*Frederick J Baumann*Field C BentonDavid Butler*Spencer DenisonKent Borges & Stephanie DiCenzo*Gretchen & Rob Busch*A Bruce Campbell*Thomas E CarlockAnne J Castle & Frank A Daviess*Denver Bar Foundation*Donald Hoagland*Melissa Hubbard-GiordanoDavid Jankowski & Nancy Connick* Steve & Ellen KoernerJerome & Sheila Lemberger*Luis D & Lois Ann RoviraBruce & Martha Sattler*Susan W Siegesmund & John C Siegesmund III*Gail E Skaggs*Elizabeth M Steele*Mary Hurley Stuart & Charles Stuart*William E Walters III*

* Charter Members

Thank you to all who braved the rain, hail and tornado warnings to attend our May Donor Recognition Reception. We appreciated the opportunity to thank you — and applaud you — in person.

JUSTICE SOCIETY

YOUR GIFT MATTERS 7

Associates Campaign Firm RepresentativesDimitri AdloffMatt ArentsenNate BarkerSusan BeblaviKevin Bell Josh BerryNate BruggemanKevin BurnsKyle BrentonScott Campbell Dustin CharapataCharles Ciaccio Clarissa CollierMaranda ComptonKatie DixAllison DoddChris EbyBart EmeryAndrea FitzgeraldNick FogelBree Gorynski Jeff GravesAaron GoldhamerJackie Guesno Kat HackerJohn Heuton David HyamsCedric Ireland Ryan Jardine Matt JonsenCory Kalanick Josh Kweller Mark Lacis

Reagan LarkinSterling LeBoeufAdam Lewis Ian London Sarah Mastalir KellnerNeal McConomyRachel MentzChris Montville Sam Niebrugge Ryan Nichols Lara NochomovitzNate PageKim PerdueBeth PhillipsAndy Pouzeshi Katie Roush Megan Rhodes Matt RozierSarah Shechter Mason Smith Aaron Solomon Sheela StackChris Sundberg Aaron ThompsonRyan ThurberLiz Titus Krystyna Wamboldt Zach Warkentin Jon WatsonAlix Wengert-LaSalleKate Wilson Jon White

Boulder Campaign CommitteeChris Ford, Co-ChairHeidi Potter, Co-ChairChris AshJoyce BergmannPaul BierbaumEllen CadetteNeal CohenScott CulleyCarmen DanielsonDavid DriscollLew HarsteadJeff KahnBill KowalskiChris LehCristina McGarrSteve MeyrichMike MinerRich NehlsJeff QuickMike RafikMichelle RafikRick SamsonHelen Stone

Denver Law Firm Campaign CommitteeNatalie Hanlon-Leh, Co-ChairMark Leonard, Co-ChairJon BenderAmy Benson

Jessica BrownJeff CowmanRobert DuncanLeslie EatonRebecca FischerTony GiacominiJulie GiffordTami GoodletteHugh GottschalkLaura HazenDave JankowskiVicki JohnsonMike KeatingSaranne MaxwellReid NeureiterChuck NewcomEric OlsonJeff PagliucaDave PalmerPaul PhillipsJon RauchwayDaniel RechtSusan RyanJim ScarboroBrad SchachtSabrina StavishJon SteelerMary Hurley StuartKim TysonJesus Vazquez, Jr.Gina WeitzenkornJeff Welborn Steve Zansberg

El Paso County Campaign CommitteeDave Johnson, Co-ChairErin Sokol, Co-ChairKent BorgesRebecca BromleyLarry GaddisEd GleasonPhil KendallSynthia MorrisJessica MuzzioBrent RychenerJill Whitley

Larimer County CampaignRandy Williams, Co-ChairJosh Zugish, Co-Chair

Pueblo CampaignJohn Keilbach, Chair

Southwest CampaignMichael Goldman, ChairLaranne BreagyBeth CraneLynn Sholler

Weld County CampaignJohn Barry, Chair

Western Slope CampaignChris McAnany, Chair

CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS 2013–2014

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Jonathan Bender, Co-ChairHolland & Hart

Josh Berry, Co-ChairFennemore Craig

Dimitri AdloffOtten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti

Allison AltarasClerkship

Kyle BrentonDavis Graham & Stubbs

Nathan BruggemanWheeler Trigg O’Donnell

Scott CampbellGibson Dunn & Crutcher

Clarissa CollierHolland & Hart

Maranda ComptonGreenberg Traurig

Katherine DixLittler Mendelson

Nick FogelBurg Simpson

Aaron GoldhamerJones & Keller

Bree GorynskiHall & Evans

Scott HumphreysBallard Spahr

Ryan JardineKutak Rock

Cory KalanickSherman & Howard

Mark LacisIreland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe

Reagan LarkinSweetbaum Sands Anderson

Christopher MontvilleWheeler Trigg O’Donnell

Mackenzie MorganChilds McCune

Lara NochomovitzJackson Kelly

Kimberly PerdueChilds McCune

Sarah SchechterBurns Figa & Will

Leslie SchulzeClerkship

Mason SmithMcKenna Long

Martine WellsBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

ASSOCIATES ADVISORY BOARD2013–2014

MARCY

Family Status: widowerChildren: 2 adult daughters Legal Need: assistance with social security and disability benefits

HOWARDYOUR GIFT MATTERS TO:

YOUR GIFT MATTERS 9

Platinum Partner – $2,500 +All American Records ManagementBrief-LynxEONHansen & CompanyHunter & GeistJAGUMBVision Real Estate – Bret Weinstein

Gold Partner – $1,000 – $2,499Hulac Court ReportingMcWilliams Mediation Group

Silver Partner – $500 – $999Harper Hofer & Associates Pikes Peak ParalegalsRichardson Agency

Bronze Partner – $200 – $499Blue Moose Litigation SupportCheckmateHighBridge Creative Pikes Peak Paralegals Rossi Legal StaffingSalomon Solutions

Media PartnerLaw Week Colorado

Dan Phillips and Shelly Hunter of Hunter & Geist accepting

the Outstanding Community Partner award at the Donor

Recognition Reception.

Thank you to the following vendors for joining the legal community in improving access to justice.COMMUNITY PARTNERS

2013–2014

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MARCY

Family Status: separatedChildren: Trinity, 1 Legal Need: assistance obtaining order of protection and child support

MICHELLE

Media PartnerLaw Week Colorado

YOUR GIFT MATTERS TO:

Every gift matters. In order to preserve resources for services, the complete list of our donors is now available at www.legalaidfoundation.org.

YOUR GIFT MATTERS 11

REVENUE

Contributions

Individuals $537,278

Law Firms $1,041,653

Corporate & Foundations $67,813

In-Kind $9,208

Investment Income $4,880

Events $34,955

Endowment $0

TOTAL SUPPORT & REVENUE $1,695,787

EXPENSES

Distribution to CLS $1,400,000

Distributions Other $4,000

Management & General $68,271

Fundraising Activities $148,920

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $1,621,191

The financial information presented here is extracted from the Foundation’s books and records. An audit was performed by GC2 Professional Services PC and is available on request.

32%INDIVIDUALS

61%LAW FIRMS

2013—2014REVENUE

4%CORPORATE & FOUNDATION

CONTRIBUTIONS

3%IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS

INVESTMENT INCOMEEVENTS & ENDOWMENT

9%FUND

RAISINGACTIVITIES

86%DISTRIBUTION

TO CLS

2013–2014EXPENSES

4%MANAGEMENT

& GENERAL

1%DISTRIBUTIONS

OTHER

REVENUES AND EXPENSES 2013–2014

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Jessica Brown, ChairpersonGibson Dunn & Crutcher Denver

Christopher W Ford, Vice-ChairpersonHutchinson Black & Cook Boulder

Mark F Leonard, SecretaryBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Denver

Sheri Betzer, TreasurerBetzer Call Lausten & Schwartz Denver

Hugh Q Gottschalk, Past-ChairpersonWheeler Trigg O’Donnell Denver

Jonathan D Asher Colorado Legal Services Denver

Charles E BakerBall Corporation Broomfield

John J BarryWitwer Oldenburg Barry & Johnson Greeley

Jonathan S BenderHolland & Hart Denver

Amy L BensonBryan Cave Denver

Josh I BerryFennemore Craig Denver

Jeffrey CowmanBallard Spahr Denver

R Stanton DodgeDISH Network Englewood

Robert R DuncanDuncan Ostrander & Dingess Denver

Rebecca Anderson FischerSherman & Howard Denver

Michael A GoldmanGoldman Robbins & Nicholson Durango

Tamara F GoodletteLewis Roca Rothgerber Denver

Stephen P GottesfeldNewmont Mining Corporation Greenwood Village

Natalie Hanlon-LehFaegre Baker Daniels Denver

David M JohnsonDavid M Johnson PC Colorado Springs

Michael O’Brien KeatingKeating Wagner Polidori Free Denver

John J KeilbachAltman Keilbach Lytle Parlapiano & Ware Pueblo

Saranne MaxwellKutak Rock Denver

Christopher G McAnanyDufford Waldeck Milburn & Krohn Grand Junction

Eric R OlsonBartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott Denver

Jeffrey S PagliucaHaddon Morgan Foreman Denver

David G PalmerGreenberg Traurig Denver

Paul D PhillipsHolland & Hart Denver

Heidi C PotterBerg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti Boulder

Jonathan W RauchwayDavis Graham & Stubbs Denver

Kevin RohnstockKSL Capital PartnersDenver

W Terry Ruckriegle Breckenridge

Brad W SchachtOtten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti Denver

Erin L SokolHogan Lovells Colorado Springs

Jonathan H SteelerRyley Carlock & Applewhite Denver

Chantell TaylorHogan Lovells Denver

Kimberley H TysonIreland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe Denver

Joshua ZugishColorado State University Fort Collins

Trustees EmeritusDavid ButlerRetired Partner, Holland & Hart Denver

BOARD OF TRUSTEES2013–2014

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