Mecklenburg Bar Foundation

Analysis

Mecklenburg Bar Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Charlotte, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1970, 56 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Mecklenburg Bar Foundation reported income of $379k and spending of $371k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $569k to $379k (-33%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Mecklenburg Bar Foundation sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Safety Network Inc ($379k), District of Columbia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc ($379k) and Midwest Center for Holocaust Education Inc ($378k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 67% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $2.0m, net assets of $2.1m.