Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas

Analysis

Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1986, 40 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 2022, Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $1.0m to $1.4m (+39%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 86th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gateway Womens Care ($1.4m), American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma Foundation ($1.4m) and Justice for Greenwood Foundation ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $125k (9.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $751k. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $277k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 20 employees.