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West Virginia Fund for Law in the Public Interest Inc

RegisteredEIN 55-0680592Morgantown, WVOther charitable purposes
Income$143k2024-07
Spending$94ksame year
Spent / received106%6-year average
Size in its cause45th pctOther charitable purposes
Exempt since1988Publicly supported organisat
Employees0latest return

Analysis

West Virginia Fund for Law in the Public Interest Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Morgantown, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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 July 2024, West Virginia Fund for Law in the Public Interest Inc reported income of $143k and spending of $94k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2024, income fell from $155k to $143k (-7.9%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, West Virginia Fund for Law in the Public Interest Inc sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ashland Rotary Foundation ($143k), Educational Kinesiology Foundation ($143k) and Friend for Life a Cancer Support Network Inc ($143k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. At year end it held assets of $570k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $570k.

Income and spending

$0$55k$110k$165k$220k2019 Income: $155,2412019 Spending: $161,87220192020 Income: $172,9872020 Spending: $219,55520202021 Income: $165,4862021 Spending: $198,24120212022 Income: $93,0292022 Spending: $105,33620222023 Income: $152,5432023 Spending: $159,35020232024 Income: $142,9972024 Spending: $94,2072024
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 86%
  • Other 14%

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Ashland Rotary FoundationAshland$143k
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Friend for Life a Cancer Support Network IncLouisville$143k
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Partners in EducationCarlsbad$143k