Volunteer Legal Advocates

Analysis

Volunteer Legal Advocates is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Volunteer Legal Advocates reported income of $3.5m and spending of $3.4m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $3.5m (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Volunteer Legal Advocates sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neighborhoods Inc of Battle Creek ($3.5m), Hope Community Inc ($3.5m) and Kokoro Assisted Living Inc ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $175k (5.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.3m. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $255k, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 43 employees.