Prisoners Literature Project

Analysis

Prisoners Literature Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2021, 5 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, Prisoners Literature Project reported income of $133k and spending of $131k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $169k to $133k (-21%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Prisoners Literature Project sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Room for All Inc ($133k), Muscatine Legal Services ($133k) and Southwest Recovery Alliance Inc ($133k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 4.9% of the total. At year end it held assets of $146k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $146k.