Foundation of the International Association of the Defense Counsel

Analysis

Foundation of the International Association of the Defense Counsel is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1991, 35 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 supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending October 2023, Foundation of the International Association of the Defense Counsel reported income of $217k and spending of $239k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income grew from $203k to $217k (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2021, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Foundation of the International Association of the Defense Counsel sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oklahoma Agriculture Mediation Program Inc ($217k), Collateral Consequences Resource Center Inc ($217k) and Valley Immigrant Advocates ($217k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $8,205, net assets of $1.8m.