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Pisgah Legal Services

EIN 56-1191115Human and Civil Rights North Carolina Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Pursuing justice for low-income people in Western North Carolina

Pisgah Legal Services seeks to pursue justice by providing legal assistance and advocacy to help low-income people in Western North Carolina meet their basic needs and improve their lives. Pisgah Legal Services is an innovative nonprofit law firm founded in 1978 that provides free civil legal aid to people who live in poverty, helps the most vulnerable people in our communities annually to meet urgent needs, partners with dozens of other agencies to make sustainable change for people in crisis, coordinates the services of pro bono attorneys in Western North Carolina, and improves systems and policies that impact the lives of thousands of low-income people.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

94.31Overall score
out of 100

93.02Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,838,192

Total expenses · USD$4,131,898

Program expenses

$3,227,012.34 recorded amount

78.1%

Fundraising expenses

$454,508.78 recorded amount

11.0%

Administrative expenses

$442,113.09 recorded amount

10.7%

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: James Barrett
Recorded compensation: $132,778.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.21%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Pisgah Legal Services
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Pisgah Legal Services seeks to pursue justice by providing legal assistance and advocacy to help low-income people in Western North Carolina meet their basic needs and improve their lives. Pisgah Legal Services is an innovative nonprofit law firm founded in 1978 that provides free civil legal aid to people who live in poverty, helps the most vulnerable people in our communities annually to meet urgent needs, partners with dozens of other agencies to make sustainable change for people in crisis, coordinates the services of pro bono attorneys in Western North Carolina, and improves systems and policies that impact the lives of thousands of low-income people.
`ein` EIN	56-1191115
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4131898.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.107
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.11
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7809999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	93.02
`leader` Recorded leader	James Barrett
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	132778.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0321
`motto` Tagline	Pursuing justice for low-income people in Western North Carolina
`name` Charity name	Pisgah Legal Services
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4838192.0
`score` Overall score	94.31
`state` State code	NC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3227012.3379999995
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	454508.78
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	442113.086

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 56-1191115
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: North Carolina (NC)
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.