Community Legal Services

Analysis

Community Legal Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1954, 72 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, Community Legal Services reported income of $11.3m and spending of $9.7m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $7.4m to $11.3m (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Community Legal Services sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Specialists Corporation ($11.3m), Empire Justice Center ($11.3m) and Committee to Protect Journalists Inc ($11.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $733k (7.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5.6m. At year end it held assets of $7.3m against liabilities of $3.5m, net assets of $3.8m. It reported 93 employees.