Neighborhood Legal Services Inc

Analysis

Neighborhood Legal Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1976, 50 years ago. 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, Neighborhood Legal Services Inc reported income of $13.1m and spending of $12.9m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $6.5m to $13.1m (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Neighborhood Legal Services Inc sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Marys of Medford Inc ($13.1m), Healtheconnections Inc ($13.2m) and Rumson Country Day School ($13.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $859k (6.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.2m. At year end it held assets of $6.9m against liabilities of $5.5m, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 148 employees.