Central Jersey Legal Services Inc

Analysis

Central Jersey Legal Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New Brunswick, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1956, 70 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 June 2023, Central Jersey Legal Services Inc reported income of $13.3m and spending of $11.3m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $6.9m to $13.3m (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Central Jersey Legal Services Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Resource Center of South Florida Inc ($13.3m), Thomas More Society ($13.3m) and Legal Aid of Western Missouri ($13.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 5.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $478k (4.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.1m. At year end it held assets of $7.3m against liabilities of $4.2m, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 89 employees.