Neighborhood Legal Services Association

Analysis

Neighborhood Legal Services Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Pittsburgh, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1967, 59 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 June 2024, Neighborhood Legal Services Association reported income of $8.3m and spending of $8.0m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $5.8m to $8.3m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Neighborhood Legal Services Association 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 94th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Public Defender Services of Lane County Inc ($8.3m), The Translatin Coalition ($8.3m) and Middle District of Alabama Federal Defender Program Inc ($8.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $411k (5.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.4m. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $728k, net assets of $3.1m. It reported 99 employees.