Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance Inc

Analysis

Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bakersfield, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1975, 51 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, Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance Inc reported income of $6.4m and spending of $6.2m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.4m to $6.4m (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Men of Valor ($6.3m), National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women ($6.4m) and Appalachian Research & Defense Fund of Ky Inc ($6.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $126k (2.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.0m. At year end it held assets of $5.0m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 66 employees.