Lawyers for Good Government Inc

Analysis

Lawyers for Good Government Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Lawyers for Good Government Inc reported income of $3.2m and spending of $2.3m, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $3.2m (+140%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Lawyers for Good Government Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neighborhood House of Calexico Inc ($3.1m), Maine Development Foundation ($3.2m) and Junior League of Jackson Miss Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $179k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 19 employees.