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Legal Action Center of the City of New York

EIN 13-2756320Human and Civil Rights New York Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping People Rebuild Their Lives With Dignity

The Legal Action Center is the only non-profit law and policy organization in the United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with histories of addiction, HIV/AIDS, or criminal records, and to advocate for sound public policies in these areas. Over four decades, LAC's legal and policy projects have helped hundreds of thousands of men and women by expanding addiction treatment, fighting stigma and discrimination, and protecting privacy rights crucial to getting and staying in care. We have also broken down barriers that keep millions of people with criminal records from employment, housing, education and other opportunities. Our work has helped to vastly increase alternatives to incarceration and achieve historic sentencing reforms as well as dozens of other policies that promote a public health approach to addiction, HIV/AIDS, and the criminal justice system.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.67Overall score
out of 100

82.51Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,735,231

Total expenses · USD$5,209,211

Program expenses

$3,974,627.99 recorded amount

76.3%

Fundraising expenses

$500,084.26 recorded amount

9.6%

Administrative expenses

$724,080.33 recorded amount

13.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Paul Samuels
Recorded compensation: $220,864.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.23%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Legal Action Center of the City of New York
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	The Legal Action Center is the only non-profit law and policy organization in the United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with histories of addiction, HIV/AIDS, or criminal records, and to advocate for sound public policies in these areas. Over four decades, LAC's legal and policy projects have helped hundreds of thousands of men and women by expanding addiction treatment, fighting stigma and discrimination, and protecting privacy rights crucial to getting and staying in care. We have also broken down barriers that keep millions of people with criminal records from employment, housing, education and other opportunities. Our work has helped to vastly increase alternatives to incarceration and achieve historic sentencing reforms as well as dozens of other policies that promote a public health approach to addiction, HIV/AIDS, and the criminal justice system.
`ein` EIN	13-2756320
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5209211.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.139
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.096
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.763
`fscore` Financial score	82.51
`leader` Recorded leader	Paul Samuels
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	220864.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.042300000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Helping People Rebuild Their Lives With Dignity
`name` Charity name	Legal Action Center of the City of New York
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4735231.0
`score` Overall score	86.67
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3974627.9930000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	500084.256
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	724080.329

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-2756320
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: New York (NY)
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.