Lawyers for Children America Inc

Analysis

Lawyers for Children America Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hartford, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 Children America Inc reported income of $649k and spending of $664k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $639k to $649k (+1.5%), an average of +0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Lawyers for Children America Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alvin I S D Education Foundation Inc ($649k), Shiawassee Community Foundation ($650k) and Queen Esther Fund Inc ($649k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $300k (45% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $182k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $635k, net assets of $647k. It reported 5 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.