The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc

Analysis

The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1988, 38 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, The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.0m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.2m to $2.4m (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nurturing Independence Through Artistic Development ($2.4m), Families Planning Association of Puerto Rico ($2.4m) and Wespac Foundation Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $215k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $83k, net assets of $3.0m. It reported 18 employees.