Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation

Analysis

Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation is a registered charity in United States, based in Hammond, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1980, 46 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, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation reported income of $17.0m and spending of $15.3m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $7.7m to $17.0m (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. 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, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Legal Aid Socal ($17.0m), Legal Aid of West Virginia Inc ($17.2m) and California Calls Education Fund ($16.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $131k (0.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $9.4m. At year end it held assets of $7.4m against liabilities of $3.8m, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 256 employees.