Cy Pres awards help Centro Legal continue to expand the essential services we provide. Help us make a lasting impact for our communities!
For more information, contact Litigation Director Jesse Newmark at 510-437-1863 or jessenewmark@centrolegal.org.
Cy Pres Awards
Make a real impact in the lives of low-income and immigrant workers, tenants, consumers, and more by designating Centro Legal de la Raza as a Cy Pres recipient!
Cy Pres awards allow any remaining funds after the distribution of a class action settlement to be given to charitable organizations who share a mission similar to the purpose of the case. Cy Pres awards are a critical source of funding for nonprofit legal service organizations. Centro Legal is an ideal choice of beneficiary for Cy Pres awards.
Real Impact of CY Pres Awards at Centro
Centro Legal reinvests Cy Pres awards directly in the communities we serve. For instance, after receiving an award from a tenant class action for a landlord’s repeated failure to return security deposits, Centro immediately hired an additional tenants’ rights attorney to represent low-income tenants similarly defrauded by their landlords. Likewise, Centro Legal used an award from a wage-and-hour class action for construction workers to fund a new staff attorney position representing immigrant day laborers and other construction workers also facing wage theft.
Centro Legal’s History, Accessibility, and Reach
For almost fifty years, Centro Legal has been headquartered in the heart of the immigrant community in Oakland’s Fruitvale District. As a result, we are the most accessible—and in many areas, the only—legal service organization serving the East Bay immigrant community. With offices in Hayward and San Francisco, our reach extends throughout the entire Bay Area. Additionally, Centro Legal travels monthly to harder to reach areas throughout Northern and Central California, serving hundreds of clients who live in the Central Valley, and various parts of Northern California.
Asylum Pro Bono Project for Unaccompanied Children and Families
Centro Legal’s Diverse and Holistic Programs
Centro Legal de la Raza serves all low-income clients that come through our doors, regardless of immigration status. We provide services ranging from immediate clinics and individual consults to full representation in state and federal court to low-income and immigrant:
Courts Regularly Approve Cy Pres Awards to Centro Legal
In recognition of and to support Centro Legal’s longstanding work on behalf of low-income and immigrant workers, tenants, consumers, and other client communities, state and federal courts regularly approve Cy Pres awards to our organization. This funding is critical to supporting the work we do for low-income and immigrant communities in the Bay Area and beyond, where we are often the only legal aid organization providing free services.