Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest Inc

Analysis

Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lincoln, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1996, 30 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, Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest Inc reported income of $4.7m and spending of $4.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $4.7m (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest Inc sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 91st percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Black Lives Matter Foundation Inc ($4.7m), Seniorlaw Center ($4.7m) and Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire Inc ($4.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $413k (9.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.5m. At year end it held assets of $9.2m against liabilities of $330k, net assets of $8.9m. It reported 79 employees.