Legalization Project

Analysis

Legalization Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Legalization Project reported income of $301k and spending of $346k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.3m to $301k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Legalization Project sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 66th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice ($301k), Idaho Falls Area Humanitarian Center Inc ($301k) and Tabernacle of the Congregation Interdenominational Fellowship Inc ($300k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $21k against liabilities of $273k, net assets of -$252k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.