Forthright Legal

Analysis

Forthright Legal is a registered charity in United States, based in Charlottesvle, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2015, 11 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, Forthright Legal reported income of $93k and spending of $77k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $112k to $93k (-17%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Forthright Legal sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Network for Life Rochester ($93k), Wilson and Carol Trueblood Performing Arts Center Inc ($93k) and Peoples Legal Clinic of Houston ($93k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 24% and program service revenue 76% of the total. At year end it held assets of $210k against liabilities of $94k, net assets of $115k.