Legal Initiatives for Vietnam

Analysis

Legal Initiatives for Vietnam is a registered charity in United States, based in San Jose, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Legal Initiatives for Vietnam reported income of $362k and spending of $320k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $230k to $362k (+58%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 41%. 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, Legal Initiatives for Vietnam sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Connecticut Casa Association Inc ($362k), This Is Living Ministries ($362k) and Wyoming County-Attica Legal Aid Bureau Inc ($362k).

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 $88k (27% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $177k. At year end it held assets of $27k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $27k.