National Employment Law Project

Analysis

National Employment Law Project is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1974, 52 years ago. 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, National Employment Law Project reported income of $11.7m and spending of $15.5m, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $10.6m to $11.7m (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, National Employment Law Project sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Braunfels Christian Academy Inc ($11.7m), Potomac Institute for Policy Studies ($11.7m) and Hill Country Transit District ($11.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 1.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $624k (4.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.2m. At year end it held assets of $26.2m against liabilities of $3.9m, net assets of $22.3m. It reported 63 employees.