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Public Law Center

EIN 95-3709253Human and Civil Rights California Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Providing Access to Justice For Orange County's Low Income Residents

The Public Law Center, Orange County's pro bono law firm, is committed to providing access to justice for low income residents. Through volunteers and staff, the Public Law Center provides free civil legal services, including counseling, individual representation, community education, and strategic litigation and advocacy to challenge societal injustices. Now in its 37th year of service, PLC's staff of nearly 40 works with more than 1,600 volunteer lawyers, law students and others from throughout the county who volunteer their time and expertise.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.32Overall score
out of 100

79.24Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,672,559

Total expenses · USD$3,302,462

Program expenses

$2,414,099.72 recorded amount

73.1%

Fundraising expenses

$227,869.88 recorded amount

6.9%

Administrative expenses

$653,887.48 recorded amount

19.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Kenneth Babcock
Recorded compensation: $177,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.35%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Public Law Center
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	The Public Law Center, Orange County's pro bono law firm, is committed to providing access to justice for low income residents. Through volunteers and staff, the Public Law Center provides free civil legal services, including counseling, individual representation, community education, and strategic litigation and advocacy to challenge societal injustices. Now in its 37th year of service, PLC's staff of nearly 40 works with more than 1,600 volunteer lawyers, law students and others from throughout the county who volunteer their time and expertise.
`ein` EIN	95-3709253
`tot_exp` Total expenses	3302462.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.198
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.069
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.731
`fscore` Financial score	79.24
`leader` Recorded leader	Kenneth Babcock
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	177000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0535
`motto` Tagline	Providing Access to Justice For Orange County's Low Income Residents
`name` Charity name	Public Law Center
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3672559.0
`score` Overall score	85.32
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2414099.722
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	227869.87800000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	653887.476

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-3709253
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.