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Connecticut Legal Services

EIN 06-0955461Human and Civil Rights Connecticut Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping low-income families and individuals obtain justice

Connecticut Legal Services (CLS) is a private, civil law firm dedicated to helping low-income families and individuals obtain justice. The bulk of our work consists of providing civil law representation and counseling to thousands of low-income families and individuals each year. We help our clients use the law to meet basic life needs. CLS serves all of Connecticut except the greater Hartford and New Haven areas. Our lawyers are experts in a wide range of poverty law practice areas: housing and homelessness; public benefits and employment; domestic violence and other family law matters; health law including Medicaid, Medicare, and nursing home matters; education and juvenile law; consumer law; and mental retardation and disability law.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

79.00Overall score
out of 100

71.40Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$12,698,014

Total expenses · USD$11,944,323

Program expenses

$9,734,623.24 recorded amount

81.5%

Fundraising expenses

$418,051.31 recorded amount

3.5%

Administrative expenses

$1,767,759.80 recorded amount

14.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.03 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Deborah R. Witkin
Recorded compensation: $120,572.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Connecticut Legal Services
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Connecticut Legal Services (CLS) is a private, civil law firm dedicated to helping low-income families and individuals obtain justice. The bulk of our work consists of providing civil law representation and counseling to thousands of low-income families and individuals each year. We help our clients use the law to meet basic life needs. CLS serves all of Connecticut except the greater Hartford and New Haven areas. Our lawyers are experts in a wide range of poverty law practice areas: housing and homelessness; public benefits and employment; domestic violence and other family law matters; health law including Medicaid, Medicare, and nursing home matters; education and juvenile law; consumer law; and mental retardation and disability law.
`ein` EIN	06-0955461
`tot_exp` Total expenses	11944323.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.14800000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.03
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.035
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.815
`fscore` Financial score	71.4
`leader` Recorded leader	Deborah R. Witkin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	120572.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.01
`motto` Tagline	Helping low-income families and individuals obtain justice
`name` Charity name	Connecticut Legal Services
`tot_rev` Total revenue	12698014.0
`score` Overall score	79.0
`state` State code	CT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	9734623.245
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	418051.30500000005
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1767759.8040000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 06-0955461
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Connecticut (CT)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.