The Nebraska Lawyers Foundation

Analysis

The Nebraska Lawyers Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lincoln, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2003, 23 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, The Nebraska Lawyers Foundation reported income of $575k and spending of $365k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $349k to $575k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, The Nebraska Lawyers Foundation sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include First Coast Crimestoppers Inc ($575k), Firstrepair ($576k) and Rescuing Hope Inc ($575k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $847k against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $772k.