Legal Services of North Dakota

Analysis

Legal Services of North Dakota is a registered charity in United States, based in Bismarck, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1977, 49 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, Legal Services of North Dakota reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.6m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $2.5m (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Legal Services of North Dakota sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Regional Addicition Prevention Inc ($2.5m), Day One ($2.5m) and Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.9% and program service revenue 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $216k (8.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $633k, net assets of $635k. It reported 33 employees.