Lancaster Law Foundation

Analysis

Lancaster Law Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2003, 23 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, Lancaster Law Foundation reported income of $173k and spending of $103k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $109k to $173k (+60%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Lancaster Law Foundation sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 48th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Win-Some Women Foundation ($173k), Take Action Mon Valey ($174k) and Prism FL Inc ($173k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% of the total. It paid $7,000 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $661k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $661k.