National Employment Law Institute

Analysis

National Employment Law Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Golden, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover social science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, National Employment Law Institute reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.6m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.4m to $1.7m (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, National Employment Law Institute sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Musicians at Play Foundation Inc ($1.7m), The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc ($1.7m) and Zeiders American Dream Theater ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $907k (55% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $270k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $8,620, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 6 employees.