Western Institute of Legal Medicine

Analysis

Western Institute of Legal Medicine is a registered charity in United States, based in San Mateo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Western Institute of Legal Medicine reported income of $162k and spending of $140k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $214k to $162k (-24%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Western Institute of Legal Medicine sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West End Library Inc ($162k), Firefly Education ($162k) and Youth with a Mission Ventura-Global Strategic Initiatives ($162k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $47k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $47k.