Colorado Legal Services

Analysis

Colorado Legal Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, 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, Colorado Legal Services reported income of $21.0m and spending of $19.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $14.0m to $21.0m (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Colorado Legal Services sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Inner City Law Center ($20.8m), Louisiana Bar Foundation ($21.1m) and Zerov Inc ($20.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $632k (3.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $12.4m. At year end it held assets of $19.2m against liabilities of $4.7m, net assets of $14.6m. It reported 199 employees.