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Volunteer Legal Advocates

Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 26-1089584 · Housing & Shelter · tax-exempt since 2008

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 75.8 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Graded against 16,270 housing & shelter nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.9.5 months94
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.98% of practices98
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.78
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.101% from one source1
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.91.3%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.07not scored

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Year by year

201620172018202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Dec 2025Form 990$5.49M$4.86M$626K$3.83M9.558B
Dec 2024Form 990$4.58M$4.19M$390K$3.21M9.251B
Dec 2023Form 990$3.53M$3.36M$165K$2.80M10.043C
Dec 2022Form 990$3.38M$2.64M$740K$2.63M12.040C
Dec 2021Form 990$2.77M$1.83M$933K$1.89M12.428C
Dec 2020Form 990$1.85M$1.66M$189K$960K6.923C
Dec 2018Form 990$1.81M$1.47M$343K$964K7.925C
Dec 2017Form 990$1.21M$1.43M−$213K$620K5.225B
Dec 2016Form 990$1.40M$1.43M−$22K$833K7.026B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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