East Bay Community Law Center

Analysis

East Bay Community Law Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1987, 39 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, East Bay Community Law Center reported income of $11.2m and spending of $10.0m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $10.4m to $11.2m (+6.9%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, East Bay Community Law Center sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Legal Aid Services Inc ($11.1m), Economic Security Project Inc ($11.2m) and Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation ($10.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $672k (6.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.1m. At year end it held assets of $13.2m against liabilities of $2.3m, net assets of $11.0m. It reported 99 employees.