Central Minnesota Legal Services Incorporated

Analysis

Central Minnesota Legal Services Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Minneapolis, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1979, 47 years ago. 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, Central Minnesota Legal Services Incorporated reported income of $4.0m and spending of $3.7m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $4.0m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 246%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Central Minnesota Legal Services Incorporated sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 90th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boys and Girls Clubs of Lowcountry Inc ($4.0m), White River Planning & Development Dist Inc ($4.0m) and Camp Leelanau and Kohahna Foundation Inc ($4.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $215k (5.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.1m. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $500k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 46 employees.