2025 Accomplishments

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

The 2025 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.

27,804 people were helped by PLS in 2025.

More than 6,700 of them were children.*

Priority Areas

HOUSING 3,719 people helped to stabilize housing and prevent homelessness

SAFETY 5,796 people helped to escape domestic abuse and rebuild their lives

HEALTH 6,186 people assisted to increase their access to health care, including ACA health insurance

INCOME 8,631 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.

$28 million was secured in quantifiable benefits, including:

• $4,150,445 in benefits for people with disabilities
• $1,466,040 FEMA aid, disaster assistance and insurance appeals
• $1,370,962 tax refunds secured
• $1,826,832 estimated in Medicaid and Medicare benefits, payable to WNC medical providers
• $9,306,144 in monetary benefits for clients, such as home equity preserved from foreclosure, child support, etc.
• $3,326,372 estimated health insurance premium tax credits
• $740,376 value of pro bono hours donated
• $5,859,904 estimated value of healthcare benefits from clients eligible under Medicaid Expansion

Special thanks to the volunteer attorneys and community members donated more than 10,000 hours of their time in 2025.