Bay Area Community Law Foundation

Analysis

Bay Area Community Law Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Bay Area Community Law Foundation reported income of $257k and spending of $185k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $214k to $257k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Bay Area Community Law Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roofing Industry Joint Apprentice & Training Committee for Ny Et Al ($257k), Community Investment Corporation of Decatur Inc ($257k) and Novato Rotary Endowment ($257k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% of the total. At year end it held assets of $282k against liabilities of $1, net assets of $282k.