New England Legal Foundation

Analysis

New England Legal Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, 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 December 2023, New England Legal Foundation reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.4m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $591k to $1.2m (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, New England Legal Foundation sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 80th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compassion Prison Project ($1.2m), California Family Council Foundation ($1.2m) and Advancing Real Change Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 2.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $259k (19% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $582k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $566k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 9 employees.