Uniform Law Foundation

Analysis

Uniform Law Foundation 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 philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Uniform Law Foundation reported income of $3.8m and spending of $520k, leaving 86% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $3.8m (+210%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 2253%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Uniform Law Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 90th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eshraghieh and Mahmoud Rabbani Charitable TR ($3.8m), Ohr Yosef Inc ($3.9m) and Global Generosity Inc ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.8% and program service revenue 9.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $17.2m against liabilities of $3.5m, net assets of $13.7m.