🏢 Organizations

The full name of the organization. Use the name people would recognize — "Prairie State Legal Services" not "PSLS."

Field slug: org_name

The organization's main website. If they have a specific legal help landing page, use that instead of the general homepage.

Field slug: url

The state where this organization operates. Use the standard two-letter code (IL, CA, NY, etc.). If the organization is national, select the state where they're headquartered and note "national" in the jurisdiction level field.

Field slug: jurisdiction_state_code

What kind of organization is this? This helps people understand what to expect before they even look at services — a court is different from a legal aid group is different from a law library.

Field slug: org_type

What specific counties, cities, or areas does this organization serve? This is more specific than the state code — it tells you whether a legal aid group in Illinois covers Cook County or downstate. If the org is statewide, you can note that here or in the jurisdiction level field.

Field slug: jurisdiction

How broad is this organization's coverage? Useful for filtering — someone looking for help in a specific county doesn't need to wade through national organizations.

Field slug: jurisdiction_level

A brief description of what the organization does and who it serves. One to three sentences is plenty. This is also the field that AI tools will read to understand the organization, so clear language helps.

Field slug: org_description

Who does this organization serve? Select all that apply. If the organization has no restrictions, select general-population. If it primarily serves low-income people (as most legal aid does), select low-income. You can select multiple — a legal aid group that focuses on DV survivors would get both low-income and domestic-violence.

Field slug: audience_served

Services linked to this organization inherit these values as defaults. You only need to tag a service differently if it serves a different audience than the org overall.

A high-level summary of what kind of legal help this organization provides. This gives someone a quick sense of what they'd get before looking at individual services. If you also have a Services table, the individual services will have more specific tags — this field is the "elevator pitch" version.

Field slug: offering_type

What legal topics does this organization help with? Use LIST taxonomy codes. The LIST is a standard classification of legal problems (housing, family, immigration, benefits, etc.) used across the legal aid community. If you're not sure of the codes, start with the top-level categories: HO for housing, FA for family, IM for immigration, BE for benefits, etc.

Field slug: list_codes

The main public-facing phone number. This is usually the intake line or general information number.

Field slug: phone

What languages can this organization serve in — through bilingual staff or interpreter services? Select all that apply. Services inherit these defaults unless they set their own.

Field slug: languages

Option values use international language codes so they work across systems:

How can people access this organization's services? This is a default for all services — individual services can override it if they're delivered differently.

Field slug: delivery_mode

Is this a nonprofit, for-profit, or government entity?

Field slug: org_business_model

Public-facing contact email.

Field slug: email

Direct link to the organization's online intake or application page. This is gold for warm handoffs — you can send someone directly to the application instead of making them navigate a website.

Field slug: url_intake

Main office address, split into street, city, state, and zip. Useful for mapping and proximity-based referrals.

Field slugs: address_street address_city address_state address_zip

Anything the structured fields don't capture — special eligibility rules, intake procedures, seasonal availability, or other context that would help someone making a referral.

Field slug: notes