Counsel for Justice

Analysis

Counsel for Justice is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1985, 41 years ago. 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, Counsel for Justice reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.7m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.7m (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Counsel for Justice sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greater Des Moines Montessori Association Inc ($1.7m), The Womens Law Center of Maryland Inc ($1.7m) and Rwanda Children ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 6.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $977k. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $428k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 1 employees.