Letter of the Law Inc

Analysis

Letter of the Law Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, 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, Letter of the Law Inc reported income of $2.4m and spending of $258k, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.1m to $2.4m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Letter of the Law Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hudson Valley Justice Center ($2.4m), Attitudinal Healing Connection Inc ($2.4m) and Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $9.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $9.4m.