Cair National Legal Defense Fund Inc

Analysis

Cair National Legal Defense Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2018, 8 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, Cair National Legal Defense Fund Inc reported income of $85k and spending of $192k, spending 227% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $434k to $85k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 1047%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Cair National Legal Defense Fund Inc sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 16th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soroptimist International of the Americas Inc ($84k), Stonewall Foundation of Greater Sacramento ($85k) and Thrive New England ($84k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $48k against liabilities of $275k, net assets of -$227k.