Public Interest Law Project

Analysis

Public Interest Law Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1996, 30 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, Public Interest Law Project reported income of $1.8m and spending of $2.1m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.9m to $1.8m (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 255%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Public Interest Law Project sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Workers Center for Racial Justice NFP ($1.8m), Paluxy River Childrens Advocacy Center Inc ($1.8m) and Lawyers Without Borders Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 38% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $747k, net assets of $3.8m. It reported 13 employees.