Community Legal Center

Analysis

Community Legal Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Memphis, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2023, Community Legal Center reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.0m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $747k to $1.1m (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Legal Center sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kids Stuff Center ($1.1m), Curts Closet ($1.1m) and Jennifer S Fallick Cancer Support Center ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $65k (6.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $682k. At year end it held assets of $697k against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $667k. It reported 18 employees.