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Prairie State Legal Services

EIN 37-1030764Human and Civil Rights Illinois Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Making a positive difference

Prairie State Legal Services began operations in 1977, and provides free legal help to senior citizens and low-income persons in 36 counties in northern and central Illinois. It has service offices in Bloomington, Galesburg, Joliet, Kankakee, McHenry, Ottawa, Peoria, Rockford, Rock Island, St. Charles, Waukegan, and Wheaton. Prairie State attorneys specialize in issues related to poverty law. Some of the cases commonly accepted for more extensive legal representation include, but are not limited to: domestic violence orders of protection; financial exploitation or abuse of the elderly or persons with disabilities; denials or evictions from public or subsidized housing; utility shut-offs; and improper garnishment of exempt income or assets.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

93.00Overall score
out of 100

90.11Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$11,245,709

Total expenses · USD$11,009,442

Program expenses

$9,347,016.26 recorded amount

84.9%

Fundraising expenses

$616,528.75 recorded amount

5.6%

Administrative expenses

$1,034,887.55 recorded amount

9.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Michael O'Connor
Recorded compensation: $118,273.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.07%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Prairie State Legal Services
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Prairie State Legal Services began operations in 1977, and provides free legal help to senior citizens and low-income persons in 36 counties in northern and central Illinois. It has service offices in Bloomington, Galesburg, Joliet, Kankakee, McHenry, Ottawa, Peoria, Rockford, Rock Island, St. Charles, Waukegan, and Wheaton. Prairie State attorneys specialize in issues related to poverty law. Some of the cases commonly accepted for more extensive legal representation include, but are not limited to: domestic violence orders of protection; financial exploitation or abuse of the elderly or persons with disabilities; denials or evictions from public or subsidized housing; utility shut-offs; and improper garnishment of exempt income or assets.
`ein` EIN	37-1030764
`tot_exp` Total expenses	11009442.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.094
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.055999999999999994
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8490000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	90.11
`leader` Recorded leader	Michael O'Connor
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	118273.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.010700000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Making a positive difference
`name` Charity name	Prairie State Legal Services
`tot_rev` Total revenue	11245709.0
`score` Overall score	93.0
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	9347016.258000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	616528.752
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1034887.548

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 37-1030764
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.