Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services

Analysis

Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Detriot, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1967, 59 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, Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services reported income of $9.3m and spending of $9.0m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $6.4m to $9.3m (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childrens Law Center ($9.3m), The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle of Trauma Inc ($9.4m) and Community Legal Aid Society Inc ($9.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $150k (1.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.6m. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $456k. It reported 59 employees.