Charity profile · Historical source record

Legal Services for Children

EIN 51-0169463Human and Civil Rights California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Advancing the rights of youth since 1975

Legal Services for Children (LSC) was founded in 1975 as one of the first non-profit law firms in the country to provide free legal representation and social work services to children and youth. LSC's mission is to ensure that all children and youth in San Francisco Bay Area have an opportunity to be raised in a safe environment with equal access to a meaningful education and the services and supports they need to become healthy and productive young adults. LSC pioneered a unique interdisciplinary approach to legal services, employing teams of attorneys and social workers to comprehensively meet the needs of our clients. We represent children and youth in cases that include legal guardianship, dependency, school discipline, immigration, emancipation, and restraining order proceedings.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.89Overall score
out of 100

90.88Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,708,690

Total expenses · USD$2,541,488

Program expenses

$2,050,980.82 recorded amount

80.7%

Fundraising expenses

$269,397.73 recorded amount

10.6%

Administrative expenses

$218,567.97 recorded amount

8.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Abigail Trillin
Recorded compensation: $96,290.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.78%

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All 23 original fields for Legal Services for Children
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Legal Services for Children (LSC) was founded in 1975 as one of the first non-profit law firms in the country to provide free legal representation and social work services to children and youth. LSC's mission is to ensure that all children and youth in San Francisco Bay Area have an opportunity to be raised in a safe environment with equal access to a meaningful education and the services and supports they need to become healthy and productive young adults. LSC pioneered a unique interdisciplinary approach to legal services, employing teams of attorneys and social workers to comprehensively meet the needs of our clients. We represent children and youth in cases that include legal guardianship, dependency, school discipline, immigration, emancipation, and restraining order proceedings.
`ein` EIN	51-0169463
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2541488.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.086
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.106
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.807
`fscore` Financial score	90.88
`leader` Recorded leader	Abigail Trillin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	96290.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0378
`motto` Tagline	Advancing the rights of youth since 1975
`name` Charity name	Legal Services for Children
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2708690.0
`score` Overall score	89.89
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2050980.816
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	269397.728
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	218567.968

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 51-0169463
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.