Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc

Analysis

Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $473k to $1.2m (+151%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc 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 58th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cair Florida Inc ($1.2m), Project Citizenship Inc ($1.2m) and A Wider Bridge ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $99k (9.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $509k. It paid $31k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $841k against liabilities of $6,591, net assets of $834k. It reported 12 employees.