Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Analysis

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1963, 63 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, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law reported income of $16.7m and spending of $23.9m, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $13.2m to $16.7m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 220%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Central Missouri Community Action Agency ($16.7m), Guardian Angels Health Services Inc ($16.7m) and Liberty Lutheran Housing Development Corporation ($16.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% and program service revenue 8.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.7m (7.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.6m. It paid $147k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $82.4m against liabilities of $18.0m, net assets of $64.5m. It reported 116 employees.