West Tennessee Legal Services Incorporated

Analysis

West Tennessee Legal Services Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Jackson, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1978, 48 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 December 2023, West Tennessee Legal Services Incorporated reported income of $6.2m and spending of $5.9m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.5m to $6.2m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, West Tennessee Legal Services Incorporated sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catholic Youth Org of Mercer County Inc ($6.2m), American Lutheran Church ($6.2m) and Uchealth Northern Colorado Foundation ($6.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 1.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $168k (2.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.5m. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $887k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 54 employees.