Texas Access to Justice Foundation
Donations deductibleRevenue
$106.2m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$32.9m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$203.4m
$1.4m liabilities
Net assets
$202m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
6.3 years on average
Staff
0
13 volunteers
Chair observed
≥2 yrs
Deborah G Hankinson
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Texas Access to Justice Foundation's network
13 people5 organisationsi13 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (5) 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
13 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 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah G Hankinson Chair | Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Carlos M Zaffirini Jr | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Denise Scofield | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| G Joseph Barrientos | Vice Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Honorable Pete Gallego | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jose A Aranda Jr | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kay Sim | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Lisa M Tatum (also filed as Lisa Tatum) | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Margarita Sanchez | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Perla Cavazos | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Roland K Johnson (also filed as Roland Johnson) | Treasurer | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Terry O Tottenham | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Travis A Torrence (also filed as Travis Torrence) | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Betty Balli Torres | Executive Director | since 2019 |
| Deborah G Hankinson | Chair | since 2019 |
| G Joseph Barrientos | Vice Chair | since 2019 |
| Jonathan Vickery | Associate Director | since 2019 |
| Kimberly Schmitt | Communications Manager | since 2022 |
| Lisa Melton | Special Projects Manager | since 2022 |
| Roland K Johnson | Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Shefali Tewari | Financial Director | 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Balli Torres | Executive Director | 40 | $209k | $31k | |
| Jonathan Vickery | Assistant Director | 40 | $177k | $25k | |
| Lisa Melton | Special Projects Manager | 40 | $124k | $23k | |
| Kimberly Schmitt | Communication Manager | 40 | $111k | $19k | |
| Deborah G Hankinson | Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| G Joseph Barrientos | Vice Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| Terry O Tottenham | Secretary | 2 | $0 | ||
| Roland K Johnson | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Jose A Aranda Jr | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Margarita Sanchez | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lisa M Tatum | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Travis A Torrence | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Carlos M Zaffirini Jr | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Perla Cavazos | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Honorable Pete Gallego | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Denise Scofield | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kay Sim | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Texas Access to Justice Foundation
- EIN
- 742354575
- Address
- Po Box 12886, Austin, TX, 78711-2886
- State
- Texas
- Mission
- The Texas Access to Justice Foundation is a nonprofit corporation organized as a funding source for legal services to indigent Texans in civil matters. The funding primarily generated by interest earned on lawyers' trust accounts (IOLTA) throughout Texas. (as filed on the Form 990)
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1984
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 1985
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsCarlos M Zaffirini Jr
≥7years on the filingsDenise Scofield
≥7years on the filingsKay Sim
≥7years on the filingsLisa M Tatum
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $203.4m
- Total liabilities
- $1.4m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $202m
- Contributions and grants received
- $98.4m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $30.3m
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 13
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 | $106.2m | $32.9m | $73.3m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Inc | $9.5m | |
| Legal Aid of Northwest Texas | $5.2m | |
| Lone Star Legal Aid | $3.5m | |
| Texas Legal Services Center | $2.1m | |
| Texas Immigration | $1.6m | |
| Disability Rights Texas | $1.3m | |
| Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services | $595k | |
| Cabrini Center for Immigration Legal Services | $539k | |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas | $518k | |
| Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas | $508k | |
| American Gateways | $496k | |
| Equal Justice Center | $479k | |
| South Texas College of Law Houston | $469k | |
| San Antonio Legal Service Association | $332k | |
| Houston Volunteer Lawyers | $252k | |
| University of Houston Law Foundation | $251k | |
| Boat People SOS Inc | $238k | |
| St Mary's University School of Law | $184k | |
| ProBar | $156k | |
| Beacon of Downtown Houston | $140k | |
| Austin Bar Foundation | $131k | |
| YMCA of the Greater Houston Area | $127k | |
| Tahirih Justice Center | $118k | |
| Baylor University School of Law | $78k | |
| Legal Aid Society of Lubbock | $63k |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Texas Access To Justice Foundation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Texas
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 11 January 1985
- Registered agent
- Not stated
This register does not publish officers or directors.