Snohomish County Legal Services

Analysis

Snohomish County Legal Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Everett, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1985, 41 years ago. 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, Snohomish County Legal Services reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $448k to $1.6m (+250%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Snohomish County Legal Services sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child Freedom Coalition Inc ($1.6m), Frankford Volunteer Fire Co ($1.6m) and Duc Vien Buddhist Community Pagoda ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $670k against liabilities of $20k, net assets of $650k. It reported 23 employees.