Legal Aid of East Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, TN EIN: 58-9132803 Website

LEGAL AID OF EAST TENNESSEE PROVIDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION, LEGAL EDUCATION, AND OTHER CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE LOW-INCOME POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ADVOCACY OF ALL TYPES.

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

$2.7M

-28.8% YoY

Annual Giving

$129K

Grant Count

1

Avg Grant Size

$129K

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$3M$5M$8M$10M20202021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets$2,708,544$3,802,603$3,359,495
Revenue$8,447,656$7,303,095$5,868,375
Expenses$9,527,749$7,161,519$5,833,922
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income$28,447$33,133$2,954
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$32K$65K$97K$129K0 grants20200 grants20210 grants20220 grants20231 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 1 recipients in 2024

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF …$129K

Grant Size Distribution

1 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

DEBRA HOUSEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$207KRUSSELL FOWLERDIRECTOR OF LITIGATION/ATT$187KDEBORAH YEOMANS-BARTONDEPUTY DIR/ATTORNEY$160KJEFF ARMSTRONGATTORNEY$152KDAVID NAGLEATTORNEY$150KMELISSA BRUMFIELDDIRECTOR OF FINANCE$148KCATHY ALLSHOUSEDEPUTY DIR LITIGATION/ATTO$127KCHARLES MCDANIELDIRECTOR HR/ATTORNEY$116KBRIAN FRYEATTORNEY$115KHOLLY FULLERDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS/ATTOR…$110K

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
AARON J CHAPMAN ESQBOARD PRESIDENT1
CHRISTINA MAGRANS-TILLERY ESQVICE PRESIDENT1
JOANIE SOMPAYRAC JD MACC CPATREASURER1
STEPHEN BARHAM ESQSECRETARY1
G KEITH ALLEY ESQDIRECTOR1
MARSHA BRYANTDIRECTOR1
GREG EASTERLING ESQDIRECTOR1
NANCY LINKOUSDIRECTOR1
JESSICA MALLOY-THORPEDIRECTOR1
HENRY MOLTERDIRECTOR1
ANNA PENLAND ESQDIRECTOR1
KARISSA RANGEDIRECTOR1
JARED SMITHDIRECTOR1
DEBRA HOUSEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40$207,185
MELISSA BRUMFIELDDIRECTOR OF FINANCE40$147,520
RUSSELL FOWLERDIRECTOR OF LITIGATION/ATT40$187,436
DEBORAH YEOMANS-BARTONDEPUTY DIR/ATTORNEY40$159,580
JEFF ARMSTRONGATTORNEY40$151,888
DAVID NAGLEATTORNEY40$150,118
CATHY ALLSHOUSEDEPUTY DIR LITIGATION/ATTO40$127,034
CHARLES MCDANIELDIRECTOR HR/ATTORNEY40$116,329
BRIAN FRYEATTORNEY40$114,836
HOLLY FULLERDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS/ATTORNEY40$110,216

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

1states

States

Cities

Chattanooga

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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