Volunteer Lawyers for Justice Inc

Analysis

Volunteer Lawyers for Justice Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Newark, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2009, 17 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 2023, Volunteer Lawyers for Justice Inc reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.4m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $2.4m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Volunteer Lawyers for Justice Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Carolina Asian Americans Together ($2.4m), Project Avary Inc ($2.4m) and Womens Health Center of West Virginia Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $174k (7.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $233k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 26 employees.