Public Charity

PUBLIC LAW CENTER

PUBLIC LAW CENTER is a Public Charity headquartered in SANTA ANA, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $6.9M revenue, $8.7M expenses, $5.8M total assets. 104 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 953709253 SANTA ANA, CA Legal Services NTEE: I80 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$6.9M
Total Expenses$8.7M
Total Assets$5.8M
Grant Records104
Funding Total$3.9M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

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.

Where $100 goes at Public Law Center

How Public Law Center divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$70 Programs the work itself
$24 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $70 for programs

$70
The organization provided $48 million worth of free legal services to low-income orange county residents, nonprofit organizations, and small businesses through staff and volunteers
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 18,000 hours
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Ajit Singh Thind
DIRECTOR Alexander C Payne
DIRECTOR Amy Chen
DIRECTOR Ann T Rossum
DIRECTOR Brian B Farrell
DIRECTOR Casey Johnson

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,128,687 48 grants
Health & Medicine
$316,500 11 grants
Education
$254,480 7 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$212,537 6 grants
Human & Social Services
$200,806 5 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $6.9M $8.7M $5.8M
2023 $7.5M $7.3M $6.4M
2022 $6.8M $5.7M $5.2M
2020 $5.3M $4.8M $3.3M
2019 $4.5M $4.2M $2.1M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $4.5M to $6.9M (+56%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.8M.

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