Legal Writing Institute

Analysis

Legal Writing Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Forks, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1991, 35 years ago. 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, Legal Writing Institute reported income of $102k and spending of $109k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $314k to $102k (-68%), an average of -68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Legal Writing Institute sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trustees of Purdue University ($102k), Ptsa Connecticut Inc ($102k) and Midway Youth Support Organization Inc ($102k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.4% and program service revenue 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $238k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $238k.