South Carolina Legal Services

Analysis

South Carolina Legal Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1977, 49 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, South Carolina Legal Services reported income of $14.1m and spending of $13.5m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $11.8m to $14.1m (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, South Carolina Legal Services sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Metropolitan Organization Countering Sexual Assault ($14.1m), Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund ($14.1m) and Live Action ($14.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $239k (1.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $7.9m. At year end it held assets of $16.0m against liabilities of $5.6m, net assets of $10.4m. It reported 143 employees.