Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc

Analysis

Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Atlanta, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1942, 84 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, Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc reported income of $15.7m and spending of $14.2m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $12.5m to $15.7m (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 15%. 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, Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc 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 GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colorofchangeorg Education Fund Inc ($15.6m), Florida Rising Together Inc ($15.7m) and Cultural Survival Inc ($15.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $139k (1.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $9.3m. At year end it held assets of $17.6m against liabilities of $3.1m, net assets of $14.5m. It reported 190 employees.