Legal Aid Bureau Inc

Analysis

Legal Aid Bureau Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Baltimore, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1945, 81 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Legal Aid Bureau Inc reported income of $35.6m and spending of $44.4m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $29.9m to $35.6m (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Legal Aid Bureau Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Inc ($35.6m), Shalem Foundation ($36.2m) and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc ($35.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $628k (1.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $24.9m. At year end it held assets of $39.4m against liabilities of $13.5m, net assets of $25.9m. It reported 470 employees.