2024 Accomplishments

With your support, we are changing lives and strengthening Western North Carolina.

The 2024 Impact Report 

Pisgah Legal Services (PLS) is a nonprofit organization that provides a broad array of free, civil legal aid, anti-poverty advocacy and access to health care to people with low incomes in Western North Carolina.

25,842 people were helped by PLS in 2024.

More than 6,400 of them were children.*

Priority Areas

HOUSING 4,099 people helped to stabilize housing and prevent homelessness

SAFETY 5,622 people helped to escape domestic abuse and rebuild their lives

HEALTH 6,515 people assisted to increase their access to health care, including ACA health insurance

INCOME 8,969 people helped to increase their basic income, including free tax aid

*Includes all household members, cases closed and pending and those served through NC Medicaid Ombudsman. Some may be helped and counted more than once.

$35 million was secured in quantifiable benefits, including:

• $4,020,117 in benefits for people with disabilities
• $1,570,794 tax refunds secured
• $2,365,607 estimated in Medicaid and Medicare benefits, payable to WNC medical providers
• $13,261,647 in monetary benefits for clients, such as home equity preserved from foreclosure, child support, etc.
• $3,586,316 estimated health insurance premium tax credits
• $554,500 value of pro bono hours donated
• $9,558,368 estimated value of healthcare benefits from clients eligible under Medicaid Expansion

Special thanks to the volunteer attorneys and community members donated more than 9,000 hours of their time in 2024.