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Legal Aid Society

EIN 13-5562265 · NY · NTEE I800 · Form 990, fiscal 2023

The nation's oldest and largest not-for-profit legal services organization, founded in 1876. It provides free legal representation to low-income New Yorkers across all five boroughs through its criminal defense, civil, and juvenile rights practices, handling matters such as housing, family, immigration, public benefits, and criminal cases, and pursuing systemic law-reform litigation.

Financials, fiscal 2023

Revenue

$376.6M

Expenses

$377.2M

Total assets

$486.0M

Net assets

$9.2M

Operating margin

-0.1%

1-year growth

7.2%

5-year growth (CAGR)

5.4%

Reserve (years of spending)

0.3

Contributions share

98.3%

Programme spending

0.0%

Fundraising cost

0.2%

Executive pay share

0.56%

Employees

2,411

Revenue per employee

$156K

Grants paid

n/a

Years filing

80

NFP Health Score: 57 / 100

Financial 19 · Governance 100 · Operational 90. The score is built from Form 990 line items only. It cannot measure how well an organisation delivers its mission.

Mission

The Legal Aid Society is built on one simple but powerful belief: that no New Yorker should be denied the right to equal justice.

Revenue history