Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc

Analysis

Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2000, 26 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 December 2023, Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc reported income of $3.0m and spending of $2.9m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $3.0m (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Disability Law Center ($3.0m), Indiana Sheriffs Assn Inc ($3.0m) and Center for Justice and International Law ($3.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $431k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $240k, net assets of $4.3m. It reported 17 employees.