Association of Legal Writing Directors

Analysis

Association of Legal Writing Directors is a registered charity in United States, based in Lawrence, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1997, 29 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Association of Legal Writing Directors reported income of $272k and spending of $164k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $202k to $272k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 212%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Association of Legal Writing Directors sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reclaim Inc ($272k), Catholic Prison Ministries Coalition ($272k) and My Way Out Inc ($272k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% and program service revenue 36% of the total. At year end it held assets of $653k against liabilities of $9,616, net assets of $643k.