Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio

Analysis

Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1966, 60 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, Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio reported income of $12.7m and spending of $11.4m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $9.7m to $12.7m (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Legal Aid at Work ($12.6m), Attic Correctional Services Inc ($12.7m) and Midpenn Legal Services Inc ($12.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 8.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $227k (2.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5.0m. At year end it held assets of $11.3m against liabilities of $2.2m, net assets of $9.1m. It reported 84 employees.