Lawyers for the Creative Arts

Analysis

Lawyers for the Creative Arts is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Lawyers for the Creative Arts reported income of $949k and spending of $634k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $552k to $949k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Lawyers for the Creative Arts sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Partnership for Economics Education and Research ($949k), Helen G Bonfils Foundation ($949k) and Florence Scott Libbey Trust ($948k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 103% and program service revenue 1.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $145k (23% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $301k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $23k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 6 employees.