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Chicago Legal Clinic

EIN 36-3200465Human and Civil Rights Illinois Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Making the dream of justice a reality.

Since 1981, the Chicago Legal Clinic has evolved from a small neighborhood office to a keystone provider of legal services to the working poor and disadvantaged in the Chicago area. This entails providing direct legal counseling and high quality representation at low cost or pro bono and free educational seminars on legal topics. Through our efforts, hundreds of clients have received legal protection from domestic violence, had their immigration status formalized, adopted children and been rescued from foreclosure. Thousands more received representation in other areas, including landlord/tenant, guardianships, consumer issues and the quest for social security disability benefits.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.29Overall score
out of 100

85.00Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,770,170

Total expenses · USD$2,536,631

Program expenses

$2,282,967.90 recorded amount

90.0%

Fundraising expenses

$83,708.82 recorded amount

3.3%

Administrative expenses

$164,881.02 recorded amount

6.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Edward Grossman
Recorded compensation: $83,294.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.28%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Chicago Legal Clinic
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Since 1981, the Chicago Legal Clinic has evolved from a small neighborhood office to a keystone provider of legal services to the working poor and disadvantaged in the Chicago area. This entails providing direct legal counseling and high quality representation at low cost or pro bono and free educational seminars on legal topics. Through our efforts, hundreds of clients have received legal protection from domestic violence, had their immigration status formalized, adopted children and been rescued from foreclosure. Thousands more received representation in other areas, including landlord/tenant, guardianships, consumer issues and the quest for social security disability benefits.
`ein` EIN	36-3200465
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2536631.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.065
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.033
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.9
`fscore` Financial score	85.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Edward Grossman
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	83294.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.032799999999999996
`motto` Tagline	Making the dream of justice a reality.
`name` Charity name	Chicago Legal Clinic
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2770170.0
`score` Overall score	88.29
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2282967.9
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	83708.823
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	164881.015

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3200465
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.