Legal Outreach Inc

Analysis

Legal Outreach Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Long Is City, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1984, 42 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 August 2023, Legal Outreach Inc reported income of $3.6m and spending of $2.9m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $2.7m to $3.6m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Legal Outreach Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seniors in Service of Tampa Bay Inc ($3.6m), Edith Wharton Restoration Inc ($3.6m) and Habitat for Humanity International Inc ($3.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $536k (18% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $8.6m against liabilities of $2.7m, net assets of $5.9m. It reported 71 employees.