This statistic displays the functional expenditures of public charities in the United States in tax year 2017, by detailed category. In 2017, public charities spent 4.82 billion U.S. dollars on legal fees.
Functional expenditures of public charities in the U.S. in 2017, by detailed category (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Internal Revenue Service. (August 31, 2020). Functional expenditures of public charities in the U.S. in 2017, by detailed category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 22, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/879915/functional-expenditures-of-us-public-charities-detailed-category/
Internal Revenue Service. "Functional expenditures of public charities in the U.S. in 2017, by detailed category (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed September 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/879915/functional-expenditures-of-us-public-charities-detailed-category/
Internal Revenue Service. (2020). Functional expenditures of public charities in the U.S. in 2017, by detailed category (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/879915/functional-expenditures-of-us-public-charities-detailed-category/
Internal Revenue Service. "Functional Expenditures of Public Charities in The U.S. in 2017, by Detailed Category (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/879915/functional-expenditures-of-us-public-charities-detailed-category/
Internal Revenue Service, Functional expenditures of public charities in the U.S. in 2017, by detailed category (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/879915/functional-expenditures-of-us-public-charities-detailed-category/ (last visited September 22, 2023)
Functional expenditures of public charities in the U.S. in 2017, by detailed category (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Internal Revenue Service, August 31, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/879915/functional-expenditures-of-us-public-charities-detailed-category/