Also known as: deplete · depletes · depleted · depleting · depletions · depletion allowance · depletion deduction
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A reduction in an organization's financial resources that would render payment of standard legal fees inappropriate. The reduction occurs when fees would exhaust funds needed for the organization's core activities or mission.
Allied Green maintains a small fund from local donations for air filters and health screenings. The group asks Camila to challenge a proposed incinerator permit on environmental justice grounds. Standard fees would exhaust the fund and halt the group's workshops for residents.
Pinnacle Heritage operates on grants and donor support but holds no dedicated legal defense funds. Its director asks Brandon to contest new state restrictions on programming about racial justice and voting rights. Payment of full fees would force closure of free community classes.
Alpha Scholar collects under five thousand dollars yearly in dues and donations. Its leaders ask Nelson to file a systemic complaint about services for students with disabilities and to assist with incorporation. Standard fees would eliminate funds for workshops serving low-income families.
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Payment significantly depletes resources when it would exhaust the modest funds an organization uses for its core mission activities. The rule applies when those funds come from local donations and support direct services such as workshops or health screenings for low-income communities.
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Expressions of interest in future grants do not negate depletion when the funds remain uncommitted and the organization currently lacks resources for legal fees. The rule focuses on the immediate impact of standard fees on existing economic resources.
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Formal corporate structure is not required. The rule covers loosely organized civic and community groups whose activities advance civil rights or public rights and whose limited local funds would be exhausted by standard fees.
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…to which they might have turned their powers of observation; nothing has been directly attacked, seized, possessed, used, or depleted. The only "caretaker" who could have guarded the interest of appellants from the silent actions of the legislature and the surface owner, is a caretaker charged with the responsibility of…