Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County Inc

Analysis

Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Central Islip, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1958, 68 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, Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County Inc reported income of $25.9m and spending of $26.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $24.3m to $25.9m (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence ($25.9m), Bluestem Communities Management Inc ($26.1m) and Lasting Change Inc ($25.3m).

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 $312k (1.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $16.8m. At year end it held assets of $7.5m against liabilities of $5.7m, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 225 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.