Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands

Analysis

Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1968, 58 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, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands reported income of $11.7m and spending of $11.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $7.4m to $11.7m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fletcher School Inc ($11.7m), Yuma Private Industry Council Incorporated ($11.8m) and Abyssinian Development Corporation ($11.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $252k (2.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.8m. At year end it held assets of $11.1m against liabilities of $3.9m, net assets of $7.2m. It reported 126 employees.