Western New York Law Center Inc

Analysis

Western New York Law Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1996, 30 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, Western New York Law Center Inc reported income of $4.3m and spending of $4.0m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $4.3m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Western New York Law Center Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 89th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Freedom Project ($4.3m), Remerge Inc ($4.3m) and Cray Youth and Family Services Inc ($4.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 2.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.9m. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $554k. It reported 49 employees.