Childrens Law Center Incorporated

Analysis

Childrens Law Center Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1996, 30 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 (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, Childrens Law Center Incorporated reported income of $12.7m and spending of $12.6m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $11.2m to $12.7m (+14%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 329%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Childrens Law Center Incorporated 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 96th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Attic Correctional Services Inc ($12.7m), New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation ($12.8m) and Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio ($12.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% and program service revenue 57% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $623k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.9m. It paid $99k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $16.9m against liabilities of $5.3m, net assets of $11.7m. It reported 128 employees.