Child Care Law Center

Analysis

Child Care Law Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Child Care Law Center reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.0m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $2.5m (+135%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Child Care Law Center sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edgewater Place Inc ($2.5m), Cincinnati Union Bethel ($2.5m) and Homeward ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $162k (8.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $828k. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $57k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 12 employees.