Pisgah Legal Services

Analysis

Pisgah Legal Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Asheville, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1980, 46 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, Pisgah Legal Services reported income of $11.6m and spending of $12.6m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.6m to $11.6m (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Pisgah Legal Services 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 97th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ($11.6m), Center for Appellate Litigation ($11.6m) and The Housing Collective Inc ($11.6m).

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 $514k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.9m. At year end it held assets of $10.3m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $9.3m. It reported 154 employees.