Indiana Legal Services Inc

Analysis

Indiana Legal Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Indianapolis, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1996, 30 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, Indiana Legal Services Inc reported income of $17.3m and spending of $17.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $11.9m to $17.3m (+46%), an average of +10% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Indiana Legal Services Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Public Counsel ($17.3m), Asian Law Caucus ($17.4m) and Legal Aid of West Virginia Inc ($17.2m).

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 $275k (1.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $11.1m. At year end it held assets of $12.2m against liabilities of $11.5m, net assets of $760k. It reported 241 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.