Lee County Legal Aid Society

Analysis

Lee County Legal Aid Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Myers, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1967, 59 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Lee County Legal Aid Society reported income of $1.2m and spending of $847k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $606k to $1.2m (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Lee County Legal Aid Society sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Tennessee Inc ($1.2m), Christian Community Storehouse Inc ($1.2m) and Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $107k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $334k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $110k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 9 employees.