Immigrant Legal Defense

Analysis

Immigrant Legal Defense is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2019, 7 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, Immigrant Legal Defense reported income of $5.6m and spending of $6.2m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $765k to $5.6m (+638%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 263%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Immigrant Legal Defense sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Civil Rights Corps ($5.6m), Ft Bend County Child Advocates Inc ($5.7m) and National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation Inc ($5.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 2.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $198k (3.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.3m. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $430k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 41 employees.