Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia

Analysis

Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1942, 84 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, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia reported income of $14.6m and spending of $11.4m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $8.2m to $14.6m (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia 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 91st percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bridgeway Center Inc ($14.6m), American Society for Reproductive Medicine ($14.6m) and Covenant Living of Keene ($14.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $400k (3.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.6m. At year end it held assets of $18.0m against liabilities of $3.8m, net assets of $14.1m. It reported 124 employees.