Pro Bono Legal Services Inc

Analysis

Pro Bono Legal Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Charleston, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2004, 22 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 2022, Pro Bono Legal Services Inc reported income of $1.2m and spending of $826k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $439k to $1.2m (+165%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Pro Bono Legal Services Inc sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 84th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bonafide Inc ($1.2m), Upsolve Inc ($1.2m) and Raised the Floor Alliance ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $106k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $465k. At year end it held assets of $783k against liabilities of $28k, net assets of $755k. It reported 22 employees.