California Lawyers Foundation

Analysis

California Lawyers Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, California Lawyers Foundation reported income of $270k and spending of $374k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $215k to $270k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, California Lawyers Foundation sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scottdale Free Public Library ($270k), Keats USA Inc ($270k) and Decatur Central High School Band Booster Inc ($270k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $92k. At year end it held assets of $690k against liabilities of $605k, net assets of $85k.