Metropolitan Washington DC Trial Lawyers Foundation

Analysis

Metropolitan Washington DC Trial Lawyers Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Metropolitan Washington DC Trial Lawyers Foundation reported income of $51k and spending of $66k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $80k to $51k (-36%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Metropolitan Washington DC Trial Lawyers Foundation sits at the 18th percentile: it is larger than about 18% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 11th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Casa de Mariposa ($51k), Greenfield Walking Group ($51k) and Dine on US Inc ($51k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 267% of the total. At year end it held assets of $75k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $75k.