Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc

Analysis

Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Philadelphia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1995, 31 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, Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc reported income of $9.2m and spending of $8.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.3m to $9.2m (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asociacion Interamericana Para LA Defensa Del Ambiente ($9.1m), Sunshine Division Portland Police Dept ($9.2m) and Oklahoma Bar Foundation Inc ($9.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 13% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $288k (3.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5.5m. At year end it held assets of $5.3m against liabilities of $3.5m, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 125 employees.