Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho

Analysis

Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho is a registered charity in United States, based in Spokane, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover unknown, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. 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 September 2023, Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho reported income of $9.7m and spending of $9.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $7.2m to $9.7m (+33%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Life Center ($9.7m), Center City Housing Corporation ($9.7m) and Think Ability Inc ($9.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $232k (2.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $5.2m. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $134k. It reported 41 employees.