Legal Aid of Western Missouri

Analysis

Legal Aid of Western Missouri is a registered charity in United States, based in Kansas City, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1965, 61 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, Legal Aid of Western Missouri reported income of $13.1m and spending of $12.1m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $10.3m to $13.1m (+28%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 361%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Legal Aid of Western Missouri sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Legal Aid Services of Oregon ($13.1m), Family Resource Center of South Florida Inc ($13.3m) and Nevada Bar Foundation ($12.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $272k (2.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.7m. At year end it held assets of $53.6m against liabilities of $2.8m, net assets of $50.8m. It reported 154 employees.