Harry H Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund

Analysis

Harry H Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1985, 41 years ago. 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, Harry H Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund reported income of $107k and spending of $116k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $92k to $107k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Harry H Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mount Union Area Schools Alumni Association ($107k), Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf ($107k) and PTA Massachusetts Parent-Teacher Association Inc ($107k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% of the total. At year end it held assets of $828k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $828k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.