Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc

Analysis

Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1976, 50 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, Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc reported income of $2.9m and spending of $2.6m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.4m to $2.9m (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Casa Kane Co ($2.9m), Community Justice Project Inc ($2.9m) and Delaware Center for Justice Inc ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% and program service revenue 3.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $177k (6.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $578k, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 26 employees.