California Appellate Project

Analysis

California Appellate Project is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1984, 42 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, California Appellate Project reported income of $12.3m and spending of $12.6m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $11.2m to $12.3m (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, California Appellate Project 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 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Calmatters ($12.3m), Democracy Forward Foundation ($12.4m) and Project Harmony-Haven for Abuse Response Members Serving Our ($12.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $515k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.7m. At year end it held assets of $6.0m against liabilities of $2.7m, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 72 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.