South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center

Analysis

South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, 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 Appleseed Legal Justice Center reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.3m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $910k to $1.5m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Appleseed Legal Justice Center sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 86th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North County Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Questioning Resource ($1.5m), Innocence Project of Florida Inc ($1.5m) and Oakland Mediation Center Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $210k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $614k. At year end it held assets of $4.4m against liabilities of $32k, net assets of $4.4m. It reported 14 employees.