Fourth Circuit Public Defender Corporation

Analysis

Fourth Circuit Public Defender Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Parkersburg, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2024, Fourth Circuit Public Defender Corporation reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.8m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.4m to $1.8m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fourth Circuit Public Defender Corporation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keren Simchas Kallah ($1.8m), Mount Alvernia Day Care and Learning Center ($1.8m) and Sylvia Center Incorporated ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $119k (6.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $291k, net assets of $902k. It reported 25 employees.