Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services

Analysis

Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2024, Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services reported income of $5.0m and spending of $4.7m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $3.0m to $5.0m (+65%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Service Options Inc ($5.0m), Warren County Association for Retarded Citizens ($5.0m) and Survival Centers Inc ($5.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $150k (3.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.3m. At year end it held assets of $4.2m against liabilities of $901k, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 63 employees.