Civic Intelligence

Free Law Project

990EZ • Fiscal year 2018 • EIN 46-3342480

Jan 01, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018 • Filed on Jun 13, 2019

Organization Profilefree.law
6432 Raymond StOakland, CA 94609

(909) 576-4123

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on this filing.

Source year 2018

Liabilities / Revenue

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on this filing.

Source year 2018

Net Margin

87th percentile

38%

Higher net margin than 87% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Top Officer Pay

97th percentile

$80,500

Higher top officer pay than 97% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 59.1% of source-year revenue.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2018

Asset Growth

87th percentile

67%

Faster asset growth than 87% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Revenue Growth

84th percentile

43%

Faster revenue growth than 84% of similar nonprofits.

2018 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2017 to 2018

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / AssetsScore unavailable

Assets

Up

$126,857

Up $51,097 (+67%) from 2017

Net Assets

Up

$126,857

Up $108,518 (+592%) from 2017

Liabilities

-

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / RevenueScore unavailableNet Margin87th percentile

Revenue

Up

$136,119

Up $40,660 (+43%) from 2017

Expenses

Up

$85,022

Up $21,143 (+33%) from 2017

Net Income

Up

$51,097

Up $19,517 (+62%) from 2017

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth87th percentile

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$1.5M$1.0M$500K$0Assets 2015: $67,389Net Assets 2015: $67,3892015Assets 2016: $47,884Liabilities 2016: $18,145Net Assets 2016: $29,7392016Assets 2017: $75,760Liabilities 2017: $57,421Net Assets 2017: $18,3392017Assets 2018: $126,857Net Assets 2018: $126,8572018Assets 2019: $267,997Liabilities 2019: $8,633Net Assets 2019: $259,3642019Assets 2020: $232,776Liabilities 2020: $0Net Assets 2020: $232,7762020Assets 2021: $272,594Liabilities 2021: $0Net Assets 2021: $272,5942021Assets 2022: $430,907Liabilities 2022: $0Net Assets 2022: $430,9072022Assets 2023: $747,880Liabilities 2023: $0Net Assets 2023: $747,8802023Assets 2024: $1,097,414Liabilities 2024: $0Net Assets 2024: $1,097,4142024

Highlighted filing

2018

Assets$126,857
Liabilities-
Net Assets$126,857
Open 2018 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth84th percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$1.5M$1.0M$500K$0-$500KRevenue 2015: $95,446Expenses 2015: $28,057Net Income 2015: $67,3892015Revenue 2016: $54,528Expenses 2016: $92,178Net Income 2016: -$37,6502016Revenue 2017: $95,459Expenses 2017: $63,879Net Income 2017: $31,5802017Revenue 2018: $136,119Expenses 2018: $85,022Net Income 2018: $51,0972018Revenue 2019: $309,820Expenses 2019: $176,109Net Income 2019: $133,7112019Revenue 2020: $227,971Expenses 2020: $254,559Net Income 2020: -$26,5882020Revenue 2021: $336,472Expenses 2021: $296,654Net Income 2021: $39,8182021Revenue 2022: $639,041Expenses 2022: $480,728Net Income 2022: $158,3132022Revenue 2023: $854,099Expenses 2023: $537,117Net Income 2023: $316,9822023Revenue 2024: $1,347,431Expenses 2024: $997,897Net Income 2024: $349,5342024

Highlighted filing

2018

Revenue$136,119
Expenses$85,022
Net Income$51,097
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2018 to Dec 31, 2018
Signed
Jun 13, 2019
Return Version
2018v3.1
Gross Receipts
$136,119
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Free Law Project is a California non-profit public benefit corporation and a federally-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity whose specific purposes are primarily:to provide free, public, and permanent access to primary legal materials on the Internet for educational, charitable, and scientific purposes to the benefit of the general public and the public interest;to develop, implement, and provide public access to technologies useful for legal research;to create an open ecosystem for legal research and materials;to support academic research on related technologies, corpora, and legal systems; and to carry on other charitable activities associated with these purposes, including, but not limited to, publications, meetings, conferences, trainings, educational seminars, and the issuance of grants and other financial support to educational institutions, foundations, and other organizations exclusively for educational, charitable, and scientific purposes as allowed by law.

Free Law Project is a California non-profit public benefit corporation and a federally-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity whose specific purposes are primarily:to provide free, public, and permanent access to primary legal materials on the Internet for educational, charitable, and scientific purposes to the benefit of the general public and the public interest; to develop, implement, and provide public access to technologies useful for legal research; to create an open ecosystem for legal research and materials; to support academic research on related technologies, corpora, and legal systems; and to carry on other charitable activities associated with these purposes, including, but not limited to, publications, meetings, conferences, trainings, educational seminars, and the issuance of grants and other financial support to educational institutions, foundations, and other organizations exclusively for educational, charitable, and scientific purposes as allowed by law.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
Program accomplishments for year.1. Launched new legal alert system for journalists, researchers, and the public.2. Developed innovative data replication system to share our data as broadly as possible.3. Continued scaling our system to share legal data with the public.4. Gathered and shared incredible amounts of legal data through partnerships with researchers and organizations.$77,109-
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay97th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
Michael LissnerExecutive DirectorFT$80,500-$80,500
Brian CarverTreasurer-$0--
Ansel HalliburtonBoard Member-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Free Law Project
EIN
46-3342480
Phone
9095764123
Address
6432 Raymond St, Oakland, CA 94609

Signing Officer

Name
Michael Lissner
Title
Executive Director
Signed
2019-06-13
Discuss with paid preparer
Yes

Preparer

Firm
Patricia A Foley EA
Address
1131 Comanche Drive, Fawnskin, CA 92333
Preparer
Patricia A Foley
Phone
5105896820
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Other Expenses.1001

“Advertising and Promotion $403”

Other Expenses.1003

“Information Technology $754”

Other Expenses.1005

“Travel $698”

Other Expenses.1012

“Insurance $520”

Other Expenses.1

“Dues, Subscriptions, Fees $1228”

Other Expenses.2

“Bank Charges, Credit Card fees $33”

Other Expenses.3

“Miscellaneous Expense $32”

Other Assets.1005

“Accounts Receivable - Beginning $7455 Accounts Receivable - Ending $13150”

Total Liabilities.1001

“Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Beginning $57421 Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses - Ending $0”

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Filings

Displayed year

2018 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$126,857
Liabilities
-
Net assets
$126,857
Revenue
$136,119
Expenses
$85,022
Net income
$51,097
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2024Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$1.10$0.00$1.10$1.35$1.00$0.35
2023XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.75$0.00$0.75$0.85$0.54$0.32
2022Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$0.43$0.00$0.43$0.64$0.48$0.16
2021XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.27$0.00$0.27$0.34$0.30$0.04
2020XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.23$0.00$0.23$0.23$0.25$0.03
2019Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$0.27$0.01$0.26$0.31$0.18$0.13
2018Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.13$0.13$0.14$0.09$0.05
2017XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.08$0.06$0.02$0.10$0.06$0.03
2016Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.05$0.02$0.03$0.05$0.09$0.04
2015XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.07$0.07$0.10$0.03$0.07