California Indian Legal Services Inc

Analysis

California Indian Legal Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1968, 58 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 (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, California Indian Legal Services Inc reported income of $4.2m and spending of $4.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.0m to $4.2m (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, California Indian Legal Services Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Inspiration Ministries Inc ($4.2m), Southern Center for Human Rights ($4.2m) and Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc ($4.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $703k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.2m. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $671k, net assets of $3.8m. It reported 48 employees.