Volunteer Lawyers Project of Cny Inc

Analysis

Volunteer Lawyers Project of Cny Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Syracuse, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2013, 13 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, Volunteer Lawyers Project of Cny Inc reported income of $3.4m and spending of $3.6m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $3.4m (+174%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Volunteer Lawyers Project of Cny Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester ($3.4m), Allegheny County Bar Foundation ($3.5m) and National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild Inc ($3.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% and program service revenue 34% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $265k (7.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $899k. It reported 37 employees.