Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$7.3m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$6.2m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$4.9m
$1.5m liabilities
Net assets
$3.4m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
16
6.1 years on average
Staff
58
285 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc's network
16 people2 organisationsi16 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (16). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
16 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 16 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgette Bowman | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Christopher E Trible ESQ (also filed as Christopher E Trible) | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Christy Kiely ESQ | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Cora Hayes | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Dora-Ann Callahan | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Earl J GEE ESQ (also filed as Earl J GEE) | Vice President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Gerald Lewis | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Harry M Johnson III ESQ (also filed as Harry M Johnson III) | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| James A McCauley ESQ (also filed as James A McCauley) | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Joel McClellan | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Lisa Brook ESQ | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lonnie D Nunley III ESQ (also filed as Lonnie D Nunley III) | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Patrice Shelton | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sean P Byrne ESQ (also filed as Sean P Byrne) | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Tina Washington | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Vanessa Hale | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Bennett | Managing Director of Pro Bono Services | since 2022 |
| Martin Wegbreit | Director of Litigation | since 2022 |
| Stephen Dickinson | Executive Director | since 2022 |
| Sylvia Jones | Director of Advocacy | since 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Dickinson | Executive Director | 40 | $130k | $4k | |
| Sylvia Jones | Director of Advocacy | 40 | $121k | $2k | |
| Lisa Bennett | Managing Director of Pro B | 40 | $110k | $1k | |
| Christopher E Trible Esq | President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Earl J Gee Esq | Vice President | 1 | $0 | ||
| Patrice Shelton | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lonnie D Nunley III Esq | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sean P Byrne Esq | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Harry M Johnson III Esq | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christy Kiely Esq | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| James A McCauley Esq | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lisa Brook Esq | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cora Hayes | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dora-Ann Callahan | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joel McClellan | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Bridgette Bowman | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Vanessa Hale | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tina Washington | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Gerald Lewis | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc
- EIN
- 540900644
- Address
- 115 S 15th St Ste 400, Richmond, VA, 23219-4255
- State
- Virginia
- Mission
- Central virginia legal aid society (cvlas) provides free civil (non-criminal) legal assistance to low income people who have legal problem arising in the cities of richmond, petersburg, hopewell, colonial heights and charlottesville; and the counties of albemarle, charles city, chesterfield, dinwiddie, fluvanna, goochland, greene, hanover, henrico, louisa, nelson, new kent, powhatan, prince... (as filed on the Form 990)
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1971
- Principal officer
- Stephen Dickinson (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 1984
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 8, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsChristopher E Trible ESQ
≥8years on the filingsCora Hayes
≥8years on the filingsEarl J GEE ESQ
≥8years on the filingsHarry M Johnson III ESQ
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $4.9m
- Total liabilities
- $1.5m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $3.4m
- Contributions and grants received
- $7.2m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 58
- Volunteers
- 285
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.4m | $5.4m | Deficit $5k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.