Polk County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project

Analysis

Polk County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Des Moines, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1997, 29 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 June 2023, Polk County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project reported income of $111k and spending of $149k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2023, income fell from $148k to $111k (-25%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Polk County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Petersburg Civitan Foundation Inc ($111k), Ukrainian Womens Association of America ($111k) and Neighbors Fundraising for Neighbors Inc ($111k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1,014 against liabilities of $1,124, net assets of -$110.