Childrens Legal Services of San Diego

Analysis

Childrens Legal Services of San Diego is a registered charity in United States, based in San Diego, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 September 2023, Childrens Legal Services of San Diego reported income of $5.0m and spending of $4.8m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $3.4m to $5.0m (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Childrens Legal Services of San Diego sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Mission ($5.0m), Childrens Initiative ($5.0m) and Jewish Federation of Ocean County ($5.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $482k (10.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.7m. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $651k, net assets of $3.2m. It reported 48 employees.