Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc

Analysis

Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lynchburg, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1978, 48 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 June 2024, Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc reported income of $5.9m and spending of $5.0m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $3.6m to $5.9m (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shriver Center on Poverty Law ($5.9m), Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute ($5.9m) and Kalamazoo County Defender Inc ($5.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $263k (5.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.2m. At year end it held assets of $4.7m against liabilities of $368k, net assets of $4.3m. It reported 59 employees.