DC Affordable Law Firm

Analysis

DC Affordable Law Firm is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, DC Affordable Law Firm reported income of $2.8m and spending of $2.1m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $843k to $2.8m (+237%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, DC Affordable Law Firm 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 89th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alba Care Services Inc ($2.8m), City Hope San Francisco ($2.8m) and PNC Inc ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $127k (6.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. It paid $59k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $282k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 29 employees.