IR-2016-32, Feb. 26, 2016
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced $10.72 million in matching grants to 129 recipients across the country for development, expansion or continuation of qualified Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) for the 2016 grant year.
The IRS plans to award additional part-year matching grants pursuant to a supplemental application period open to qualifying organizations in certain identified underserved areas. For more see news release IR-2016-31.
LITCs are organizations that represent low income taxpayers in federal tax disputes with the IRS for free or for a nominal fee and provide tax education and outreach to taxpayers who speak English as a second language (ESL).
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 grant program administered by the Taxpayer Advocate Service, led by the National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina E. Olson. Although LITCs receive partial funding from the IRS, LITCs, their employees, and volunteers are independent from the IRS.
More information about LITCs and the work they do to represent, educate, and advocate on behalf of low income and ESL 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, in addition to English, in which each LITC offers services. Publication 5066 and Publication 4134 are available at IRS.gov.
The grant year began on Jan. 1 and ends on Dec. 31. A list of organizations awarded grants for the 2016 grant year can be found on IRS.gov.
The following is a list of organizations awarded a grant for the 2016 grant year:
2016 LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINICS
|
Name of Organization |
City |
State |
Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Business Development Center, Inc. | Anchorage |
AK |
$48,250 |
| Legal Services Alabama, Inc. | Montgomery |
AL |
$50,000 |
| Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc. | Jonesboro |
AR |
$60,000 |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock |
AR |
$98,000 |
| Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Inc. | Tucson |
AZ |
$75,000 |
| Community Legal Services, Inc. | Phoenix |
AZ |
$85,000 |
| DNA-People's Legal Services | Window Rock |
AZ |
$60,000 |
| Bet Tzedek | Los Angeles |
CA |
$85,000 |
| California Polytechnic State University | San Luis Obispo |
CA |
$95,000 |
| Central California Legal Services, Inc. | Fresno |
CA |
$90,000 |
| Chapman University | Orange |
CA |
$100,000 |
| Chinese Newcomers Service Center | San Francisco |
CA |
$60,000 |
| Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco | San Francisco |
CA |
$90,000 |
| Koreatown Youth and Community Center, Inc. | Los Angeles |
CA |
$85,000 |
| Legal Aid Society of Orange County | Santa Ana |
CA |
$100,000 |
| Legal Aid Society of San Diego | San Diego |
CA |
$100,000 |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu |
CA |
$85,000 |
| President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College | Santa Clara |
CA |
$95,000 |
| The University Corporation | Northridge |
CA |
$70,000 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego |
CA |
$90,000 |
| University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) | Denver |
CO |
$100,000 |
| Quinnipiac University | Hamden |
CT |
$100,000 |
| University of Connecticut | Storrs |
CT |
$90,000 |
| American University | Washington |
DC |
$90,000 |
| The Catholic University of America | Washington |
DC |
$82,000 |
| University of the District of Columbia | Washington |
DC |
$90,000 |
| Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, Inc. | Wilmington |
DE |
$70,000 |
| Bay Area Legal Services, Inc. | Plant City |
FL |
$60,000 |
| Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc. | Daytona Beach |
FL |
$75,000 |
| Gulfcoast Legal Services, Inc. | St. Petersburg |
FL |
$95,000 |
| Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Inc. | Plantation |
FL |
$75,000 |
| Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. | West Palm Beach |
FL |
$85,000 |
| Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. | Miami |
FL |
$100,000 |
| Legal Services of North Florida, Inc. | Tallahassee |
FL |
$100,000 |
| Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc. | Gainesville |
FL |
$45,000 |
| Georgia State University Foundation, Inc. | Atlanta |
GA |
$100,000 |
| Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | Honolulu |
HI |
$70,000 |
| Iowa Legal Aid | Des Moines |
IA |
$100,000 |
| La Posada, Inc. | Twin Falls |
ID |
$80,000 |
| Regents of the University of Idaho | Moscow |
ID |
$99,722 |
| Administer Justice | Elgin |
IL |
$90,000 |
| Center for Economic Progress | Chicago |
IL |
$95,000 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago |
IL |
$85,000 |
| Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. | Rockford |
IL |
$100,000 |
| Indiana Legal Services, Inc. | Indianapolis |
IN |
$100,000 |
| Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic | Indianapolis |
IN |
$100,000 |
| The Lutheran University Assoc. Inc. d/b/a Valparaiso University | Valparaiso |
IN |
$75,000 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
IN |
$70,000 |
| Kansas Legal Services, Inc. | Topeka |
KS |
$58,816 |
| Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky, Inc. | Prestonsburg |
KY |
$75,000 |
| Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington, Inc. | Covington |
KY |
$75,000 |
| Legal Aid Society, Inc. | Louisville |
KY |
$50,000 |
| Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corp. | Hammond |
LA |
$95,000 |
| Southern University and A&M College | Baton Rouge |
LA |
$60,000 |
| Bentley University | Waltham |
MA |
$85,000 |
| Greater Boston Legal Services | Boston |
MA |
$70,000 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge |
MA |
$90,000 |
| Springfield Partners for Community Action | Springfield |
MA |
$50,000 |
| Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Inc. | Baltimore |
MD |
$90,000 |
| University of Baltimore Foundation, Inc. | Baltimore |
MD |
$80,000 |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore | Baltimore |
MD |
$70,000 |
| Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. | Portland |
ME |
$95,000 |
| Accounting Aid Society | Detroit |
MI |
$80,000 |
| Legal Aid of Western Michigan | Grand Rapids |
MI |
$77,000 |
| Michigan State University College of Law | East Lansing |
MI |
$100,000 |
| The Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor |
MI |
$85,000 |
| Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance | Minneapolis |
MN |
$90,000 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota | Minneapolis |
MN |
$100,000 |
| Curators of the University of Missouri on behalf of UMKC | Kansas City |
MO |
$100,000 |
| Legal Aid of Western Missouri | Kansas City |
MO |
$67,300 |
| Washington University | St. Louis |
MO |
$80,000 |
| North Mississippi Rural Legal Services | Oxford |
MS |
$58,500 |
| Montana Legal Services Association | Helena |
MT |
$65,000 |
| Legal Services of Southern Piedmont, Inc. | Charlotte |
NC |
$100,000 |
| North Carolina Central University | Durham |
NC |
$80,000 |
| Legal Aid of Nebraska | Omaha |
NE |
$36,000 |
| NH Pro Bono Referral Program | Concord |
NH |
$75,000 |
| Legal Services of New Jersey | Edison |
NJ |
$90,000 |
| Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corp. | Jersey City |
NJ |
$85,000 |
| Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey | Newark |
NJ |
$100,000 |
| South Jersey Legal Services, Inc. | Camden |
NJ |
$70,000 |
| The University of New Mexico | Albuquerque |
NM |
$90,000 |
| Nevada Legal Services, Inc. | Las Vegas |
NV |
$84,000 |
| Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. A | Brooklyn |
NY |
$85,000 |
| Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc. | Buffalo |
NY |
$82,500 |
| Fordham University | Bronx |
NY |
$95,000 |
| Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc. | Albany |
NY |
$100,000 |
| LSNY-Bronx Corp (d/b/a Legal Services NYC-Bronx) | Bronx |
NY |
$90,000 |
| Queens Legal Services Corp. | Jamaica |
NY |
$100,000 |
| South Brooklyn Legal Services, Inc. | Brooklyn |
NY |
$100,000 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse |
NY |
$100,000 |
| The Legal Aid Society | New York |
NY |
$100,000 |
| Community Legal Aid Services, Inc. | Akron |
OH |
$61,500 |
| Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc. | Toledo |
OH |
$75,000 |
| Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
OH |
$85,000 |
| The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | Cleveland |
OH |
$95,000 |
| Ohio State Legal Services Association | Columbus |
OH |
$78,000 |
| The Legal Aid Society of Columbus | Columbus |
OH |
$80,000 |
| Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Inc. | Oklahoma City |
OK |
$70,000 |
| Catholic Charities | Portland |
OR |
$88,000 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oregon | Portland |
OR |
$100,000 |
| Lewis and Clark Law School | Portland |
OR |
$100,000 |
| MidPenn Legal Services, Inc. | Harrisburg |
PA |
$85,000 |
| Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center, Inc. | Philadelphia |
PA |
$85,000 |
| Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services | Washington |
PA |
$43,284 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
PA |
$85,000 |
| Villanova University | Villanova |
PA |
$100,000 |
| Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. | Providence |
RI |
$100,000 |
| South Carolina Legal Services, Inc. | Greenville |
SC |
$85,000 |
| University of South Dakota | Vermillion |
SD |
$80,000 |
| Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands | Nashville |
TN |
$100,000 |
| Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. | Memphis |
TN |
$65,000 |
| Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program, Inc. | Houston |
TX |
$70,000 |
| Legal Aid of Northwest Texas | Fort Worth |
TX |
$100,000 |
| Lone Star Legal Aid | Houston |
TX |
$90,000 |
| Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc. | Weslaco |
TX |
$100,000 |
| Texas Tech University | Lubbock |
TX |
$85,000 |
| Centro Hispano | Provo |
UT |
$57,000 |
| Legal Services of Northern Virginia | Fairfax |
VA |
$85,000 |
| The Community Tax Law Project | Richmond |
VA |
$100,000 |
| Washington and Lee University | Lexington |
VA |
$85,000 |
| Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. | Burlington |
VT |
$65,000 |
| Corporation of Gonzaga University | Spokane |
WA |
$94,000 |
| University of Washington | Seattle |
WA |
$100,000 |
| Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc. | Milwaukee |
WI |
$100,000 |
| Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Inc. | Milwaukee |
WI |
$94,000 |
| Wisconsin Judicare, Inc. | Wausau |
WI |
$80,000 |
| Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc. | Charleston |
WV |
$44,000 |
| Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc. | Cheyenne |
WY |
$60,000 |