Legal Defender Office of Summit County Ohio Inc

Analysis

Legal Defender Office of Summit County Ohio Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Akron, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2002, 24 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 Defender Office of Summit County Ohio Inc reported income of $4.3m and spending of $3.8m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $4.3m (+263%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 45%. 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, Legal Defender Office of Summit County Ohio Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include F5 Project ($4.3m), Public Justice Center Inc ($4.3m) and Williamson County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc ($4.3m).

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 $136k (3.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.2m. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $96k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 65 employees.