Vermont Legal Aid Inc

Analysis

Vermont Legal Aid Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Burlington, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Vermont Legal Aid Inc reported income of $10.1m and spending of $10.0m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $7.7m to $10.1m (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Vermont Legal Aid Inc sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Correctional Association ($10.1m), Delaware Bar Foundation ($10.1m) and Childrens Advocacy Centers of Illinois ($10.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $206k (2.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5.5m. At year end it held assets of $7.1m against liabilities of $3.5m, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 103 employees.