Lawndale Christian Legal Center

Analysis

Lawndale Christian Legal Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2010, 16 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 2022, Lawndale Christian Legal Center reported income of $6.0m and spending of $5.3m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $2.9m to $6.0m (+106%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Lawndale Christian Legal Center sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charmeck Family Justice Center Inc ($6.0m), Hawaii Justice Foundation ($6.0m) and Mid-States Organized Crime ($6.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $536k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.3m. It paid $10k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $805k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 82 employees.