Acadiana Legal Service Corporation

Analysis

Acadiana Legal Service Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lafayette, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, Acadiana Legal Service Corporation reported income of $12.1m and spending of $11.3m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $6.1m to $12.1m (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Acadiana Legal Service Corporation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges ($12.1m), National Immigration Law Center ($12.1m) and Home Start Incorporated ($12.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $170k (1.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.8m. At year end it held assets of $7.7m against liabilities of $2.2m, net assets of $5.6m. It reported 143 employees.