Colorado Center on Law and Policy

Analysis

Colorado Center on Law and Policy is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1994, 32 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 Center on Law and Policy reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.9m, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $2.1m (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Colorado Center on Law and Policy sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends N Family Helping the Youth Inc ($2.1m), Every Child ($2.1m) and American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $1.9m. It reported 18 employees.