Legal Priorities Inc

Analysis

Legal Priorities Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Boston, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2020, 6 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, Legal Priorities Inc reported income of $963k and spending of $1.1m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $156k to $963k (+516%), an average of +83% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 380%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Legal Priorities Inc sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Watsonville Law Center ($963k), Motor City Mitten Mission ($964k) and Asian American Resource Workshop Inc ($963k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 9.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $193k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $283k. At year end it held assets of $262k against liabilities of $36k, net assets of $226k. It reported 3 employees.