Senior Citizens Legal Services

Analysis

Senior Citizens Legal Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Cruz, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1981, 45 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 June 2023, Senior Citizens Legal Services reported income of $928k and spending of $867k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $245k to $928k (+279%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Senior Citizens Legal Services sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nolef Turns ($927k), Innocent Lives Foundation ($929k) and Douglas County Casa Program Inc ($925k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 103% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $550k. At year end it held assets of $603k against liabilities of $235k, net assets of $368k. It reported 17 employees.