Friends of the Legal Resources Centre of South Africa

Analysis

Friends of the Legal Resources Centre of South Africa is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 March 2023, Friends of the Legal Resources Centre of South Africa reported income of $177k and spending of $265k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2019 to March 2023, income fell from $342k to $177k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2021, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Friends of the Legal Resources Centre of South Africa sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 28th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compassion Way Inc ($177k), The Peace and Justice Studies Association ($177k) and Friends of Haiti Providence University ($177k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 16% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $4.8m.