Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Covington, KY EIN: 61-0668572

Legal Aid of the Bluegrass pursues justice and transforms lives through free, high-quality civil legal services for low-income and vulnerable people.

Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc at a glance

Total assets
$6,112,545
+2.3% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$7,395,468
+3.1% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$67,133
-25.8% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$6,787,528
-6.2% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 4 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Lexington

How Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (−9%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $40K (2022) to $70K (2023). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $47K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Kentucky Equal Justice Center Lexington, KYExpenses for services that KEJCF provided. This funding comes from the Kentucky Filing Fees.$47,268
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$6,112,545$7,395,468$6,787,528——$67,133
2024$5,972,489$7,172,892$7,235,142$47,2681$90,506
2023$5,984,356$7,840,571$6,273,217$69,5691$36,606
2022$4,069,887$6,288,527$6,335,957$40,1071$11,872
2021$4,063,170$6,166,317$5,989,188$51,7321$3,156
2020$4,538,056$5,585,651$5,461,448$53,2161$2,855

About Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc

Based on IRS filings

Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc is a public charity focused on Crime & Legal Related, based in Covington, KY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $6.1M in total assets. Net investment income was $67K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc is led by Robert Johns, Executive Director on every filing since 2023; 4 of 30 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Robert Johns

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2023

    44 hrs/week

    $96K (2023) → $151K (2025)

  • James Moore

    President

    Vice President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karen Ginn

    Advocacy Director

    On filings since 2020

    41 hrs/week

    $97K (2020) → $111K (2025)

  • Brenda Combs

    Operations Director

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $21K (2021) → $92K (2025)

  • Angela Dailey

    Operations Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    61 hrs/week

    $66K (2025)

  • Becky Sittason

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Billie Mallory

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bonnie Louis

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cathy Stickels

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Connie Kyle

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • James R Kruer

    Individual Trustee Director

    President → Individual Trustee Director, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.7 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John McGinnis

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kim Hunt Price

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • LaToi D Mayo

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Lawrence

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jillian McGraw

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cara Beth Sharp Dunaway

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dean Judith Daar

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kimberly C Morton

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rosemary Nolan

    Individual Trustee Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angie McPherson - Start

    Individual Trustee Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ellen Arvin Kennedy - Exit

    Individual Trustee Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kristeena L Johnson - Start

    Individual Trustee Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Ellen Wimberly - Start

    Individual Trustee Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michelle Slone

    Individual Trustee Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Paul Blair - Exit

    Individual Trustee Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nicole Sotiriou Bearse

    Vice President

    Secretary → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sara Ruml

    Treasurer

    Individual Trustee Director → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sister Cathy Bauer

    Secretary

    Individual Trustee Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Palmer G Gene Vance II - Exit

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (29)
  • Former: Ellen Arvin Kennedy (2020–2024) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Palmer G Gene Vance II (2020–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Paul Blair (2020–2024) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Corinne Williams - Exit (2024) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Michelle Slone - Start (2024) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Annie-Tyler Morgan (2020–2023) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Corinne Williams (2023) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Joshua Crabtree (2020–2022) — Executive Director-Exit Sept
  • Former: Deanna Jessie-Exit (2022) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Adam Shastid (2020–2021) — Operations Director
  • Former: Deanna Jessie (2020–2021) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Cara Beth Sharp (2021) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Dean Judith Daar - Start (2021) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Debra Rigg - Exit (2021) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Kimberly C Morton- Start (2021) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Michael E Nitardy - Exit (2021) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Rosemary Nolan - Start (2021) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Sherman Frederick - Exit (2021) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Willahmenia Ginter - Exit (2021) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Debra Rigg (2020) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Jennifer Lawrence - start (2020) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Jillian McGraw - start (2020) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Michael E Nitardy (2020) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Sara Elrod (2020) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Sarah Young - Exit (2020) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Sherman Frederick (2020) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Sister Cathy Baur - start (2020) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: Willahmenia Willa Ginter (2020) — Individual Trustee Director
  • Former: William Noelker - Exit (2020) — Individual Trustee Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Robert Johns — Executive Director: $151KRobert JohnsExecutive Director$151KKaren Ginn — Advocacy Director: $111KKaren GinnAdvocacy Director$111KBrenda Combs — Operations Director: $92KBrenda CombsOperations Director$92KAngela Dailey — Operations Director: $66KAngela DaileyOperations Director$66K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $151K, to Robert Johns (Executive Director). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc

How large is Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc?

Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc reported $6.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $7.4M.

What is Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc?

Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc is a public charity focused on Crime & Legal Related, based in Covington, KY. It holds $6.1M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc operate?

Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc has awarded grants in Kentucky.

What is Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc's EIN?

Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 61-0668572. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 8, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS June 7, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 13, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 11, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 8, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 5, 2026)

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