Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation

Analysis

Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Hattiesburg, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1979, 47 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, Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation reported income of $5.6m and spending of $5.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.8m to $5.6m (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas ($5.6m), Rural Nevada Development Corporation ($5.6m) and Habitat for Humanity International Inc ($5.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.7m. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $677k. It reported 46 employees.