Volunteers of Legal Service Inc

Analysis

Volunteers of Legal Service Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1985, 41 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 April 2024, Volunteers of Legal Service Inc reported income of $3.9m and spending of $2.8m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from April 2019 to April 2024, income grew from $1.7m to $3.9m (+134%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2021, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Volunteers of Legal Service Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 88th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Government Accountability Institute ($3.9m), Rhode Island Bar Foundation ($3.9m) and Team for West Virginia Children Inc ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 2.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $229k (8.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $4.9m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $3.7m.