Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation

Analysis

Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1978, 48 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, Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation reported income of $2.1m and spending of $1.7m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $2.1m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 566%. Over the whole period it spent 39% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parker Task Force for Human Services ($2.1m), Furniture Bank of Detroit ($2.1m) and The International Dark-Sky Association Inc ($2.1m).

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 $93k (5.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $958k. At year end it held assets of $14.3m against liabilities of $342k, net assets of $14.0m. It reported 27 employees.