Legal Services of North West Jersey

Analysis

Legal Services of North West Jersey is a registered charity in United States, based in Somerville, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover unknown, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. 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, Legal Services of North West Jersey reported income of $6.1m and spending of $5.9m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.2m to $6.1m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Legal Services of North West Jersey sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake ($6.1m), Bread of the Mighty Food Bank Inc ($6.1m) and United Animal Nations ($6.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $536k (9.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.8m. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $974k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 61 employees.