Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc

Analysis

Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1987, 39 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, Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc reported income of $3.5m and spending of $3.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $3.6m to $3.5m (-2.1%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Democracy North Carolina ($3.5m), TB Enterprises Inc ($3.5m) and National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc ($3.5m).

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 $52k (1.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.1m. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $609k, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 35 employees.