Colorado Poverty Law Project

Analysis

Colorado Poverty Law Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2014, 12 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Colorado Poverty Law Project reported income of $2.2m and spending of $2.3m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $389k to $2.2m (+469%), an average of +78% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Colorado Poverty Law Project sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John Jay College of Criminal Justice Auxiliary Services Corp in ($2.2m), Forgotten Man Ministries ($2.2m) and Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy Inc ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $130k (5.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $846k against liabilities of $295k, net assets of $551k. It reported 29 employees.