Salt Lake Legal Defender Association

Analysis

Salt Lake Legal Defender Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Salt Lake Cty, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1967, 59 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Salt Lake Legal Defender Association reported income of $29.9m and spending of $25.8m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $18.4m to $29.9m (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Salt Lake Legal Defender Association sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include N a a C P Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc ($29.5m), Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc ($30.6m) and Brooklyn Legal Services Inc ($29.2m).

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 $16.6m. At year end it held assets of $41.3m against liabilities of $13.2m, net assets of $28.1m. It reported 224 employees.