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Accesslex Institute

ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE is an organization underpinned by a membership comprised of approximately 200 american bar association (aba)-approved nonprofit and state-affiliated law schools and is dedicated to improved educational access for diverse and underrepresented students, increased affordability, and enhanced and lasting value in legal…

$2.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
19
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2025.

Education$7.1MCrime & Legal$5.3MScience & Tech$1.1MHealth$382kCivil Rights$250kFood & Nutrition$250kPublic Benefit$100k
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 38 grants below total $2,282,755 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,719,087 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $436,332 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $321k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $1.9M
$50,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$1.6B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA - EXAM FEATURES EXPERIMENT$175,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - SPPARK GRANT AGR$160,000
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL - EMPIRICAL STUDY OF USE OF STUDENTS' PRIOR KNOWLEDGE &$150,000
AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION - EMERGING SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN LEGAL AND$150,000
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - ANTIRACIST DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR LAW S$125,000
ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOL DIVERSITY PROFESSIONALS - THIS GRANT WOULD SUPPOR$115,000
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION INC - ENHANCING THE EA'S PRODUCTIVE M$100,000
REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - PRELAW PATHWAY PARTNERSHIP$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CURRICULUM SELECTIONS AND BA$92,500
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MAURER SCHOOL OF LAW - EVALUATING A PRODUCTIVE MINDSET P$91,438
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SJ QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW - THE LAW AS INFLUENCE LAW$75,000
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS (AALS) - RESEARCH DIRECTED GRANT$75,000
THE LAW COLLEGE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (LCA) ON BEHALF OF$75,000
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC - PRELAW SOCIETY PRELAW PATHWAY INIT$75,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA LAW SCHOOL - JD-NEXT GRANT AGR (LAW COLLEGE ASSOCIATI$70,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Law College Assc of the University of AZ: $190k → 15%ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOL DIVERSITY PROFESSIONALS - THIS GRANT WOULD SUPPOR: $115k → 11%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $250k → 8%MONTEREY COLLEGE OF LAW - EXAMINING THE CALIFORNIA CUT SCORE: $81k → 12%Texas A&M University: $156k → 22%FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY - PRE-LAW UNIVERSITY SERVICES (PLUS) EXPANSION: $90k → 11%Association for Institutional Research (Reseearch: $259k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON - ASSESMENT OF CAMPUS FINANCIAL EDUCATION: $85k → 10%WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY - ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF COHORT STRUCTURE ON FIRST-T: $90k → 14%Elon University: $86k → 13%ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $85k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SJ QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW - THE LAW AS INFLUENCE LAW: $141k → 8%University of Denver Colorado Seminary: $83k → 12%INDIANA UNIVERSITY MAURER SCHOOL OF LAW - EVALUATING A PRODUCTIVE MINDSET P: $91k → 18%Northern Illinois University: $83k → 13%NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS - COMMITTEE ON LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSI: $90k → 7%DILLARD UNIVERSITY - LEGAL EDUCATION ADVANCING DIVERSITY: $130k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA LAW SCHOOL - JD-NEXT GRANT AGR (LAW COLLEGE ASSOCIATI: $180k → 15%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $125k → 8%ASSOCIATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH (AIR) SOW #5: $225k → 19%WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $90k → 14%Elon University: $86k → 13%The Trustees of the Indiana University: $83k → 18%ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW: $200k → 14%Dillard University: $90k → 23%ARIZONA JE ROGERS: $177k → 15%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - ANTIRACIST DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR LAW S: $125k → 8%NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL - EMPIRICAL STUDY OF USE OF STUDENTS' PRIOR KNOWLEDGE &: $150k → 17%Assoc for Institutional Research: $214k → 19%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW - MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEG: $90k → 16%REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - PRELAW PATHWAY PARTNERSHIP: $100k → 12%Dillard University: $90k → 23%NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION INC - ENHANCING THE EA'S PRODUCTIVE M: $100k → 17%UCLA: $250k → 14%American Bar Foundation (ABF): $244k → 14%AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION - EMERGING SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN LEGAL AND: $150k → 14%AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION (ABF): $141k → 14%The State Bar of California: $258k → 10%American Bar Foundation (ABF): $128k → 14%THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA - EXAM FEATURES EXPERIMENT: $175k → 10%AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION (ABF): $112k → 14%THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA - EXAM FEATURES EXPERIMENT: $175k → 10%AMERICAN UNIVERSITY - EXTRACURRICULARS ON BAR EXAM: $87k → 14%AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION (ABF): $112k → 14%THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA - INVESTIGATING THE BENEFITS OF LIVE REMOTE PRO: $141k → 10%THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA - ATTORNEY JOB ANALYSIS STUDY FOR THE CALIFORNI: $129k → 10%The State Bar of California: $129k → 10%STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA: $85k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$13M · 60 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

60 repeat relationships — 24 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
21

Total granted

$13M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+24%

Still filing today

63%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $483k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationCrime & LegalPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AB
    AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +2%
  • LC
    LAW COLLEGE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    5× · 2020–2025 · $795k · revenue +55%
  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH
    4× · 2018–2021 · $744k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • RU
    REGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
  • TA
    TEXAS A&M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $156k
  • FA
    FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $90k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
3
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
7
Roger Williams University School of Law

The only law school in Rhode Island, Roger Williams University School of Law offers future attorneys a rigorous, hands-on legal education in a supportive, personalized environment. Preparing students for success in the public and private…

Education
8
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Syracuse University and the most unlike its peers is Behavioral Insights Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 57 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%8%10–20yr16%15%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr16%58%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%7%20–35yr13%6%35–55yr16%77%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/90
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,475

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

60 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 60 of the 90 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/60
Grantees still filing
43/60
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA — $1,165,500 · OtherSTATE BAR OF CALIFORNIATHE ASSOCIATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH — $744,093 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCHIndiana University School of Medicine — $601,438 · OtherIndiana University School of MedicinePENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — $500,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE — $310,323 · OtherUC COLLEGE OF THE LAW SAN FRANCISCO — $253,031 · OtherREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA — $250,000 · Other+30 more — $2,852,036 · Other+30 moreLAW COLLEGE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA — $794,658 · EducationLAW COLLEGE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF AR…ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS INC — $725,000 · EducationASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS INCDILLARD UNIVERSITY — $487,069 · EducationDILLARD UNIVERSITYIllinois Institute of Technology — $301,082 · EducationNEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — $275,000 · EducationUniversity of Miami — $250,000 · EducationUniversity of St Thomas — $222,300 · EducationElon University — $210,674 · Education+39 more — $2,809,039 · Education+39 moreAMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION — $1,031,976 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN BA…LEGAL EDUCATION ACCESS PIPELINE INC — $201,407 · Crime & LegalLEGAL EDUCA…NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS — $160,000 · Crime & LegalNATIONAL CE…Association Of Academic Support Educators Inc — $100,000 · Crime & LegalAssociation…THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION — $104,187 · Public BenefitNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN — $100,000 · Community Improvement
Other$6,676,421Education$6,074,822Crime & Legal$1,493,383Public Benefit$104,187Community Improvement$100,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION — $1,031,976 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetLAW COLLEGE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA — $794,658 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH — $744,093 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS INC — $725,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetDILLARD UNIVERSITY — $487,069 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology — $301,082 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK LAW SCHOOL — $275,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Miami — $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas — $222,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElon University — $210,674 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL EDUCATION ACCESS PIPELINE INC — $201,407 over 3y, 30% of budgetWILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY — $194,944 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Bar Association — $183,833 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC — $170,812 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetWESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY — $160,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS — $160,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $158,098 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK — $156,347 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOFSTRA UNIVERSITY — $152,480 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $126,306 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER — $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc — $120,741 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY — $106,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION — $104,187 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetDistrict of Columbia School of Law Foundation — $100,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetAPPALACHIAN SCHOOL OF LAW — $100,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAssociation Of Academic Support Educators Inc — $100,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC — $94,076 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO — $89,770 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University — $86,603 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — $84,999 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEREY COLLEGE OF LAW — $81,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLEGACY LAW SCHOOL CORPORATION — $80,236 over 2y, 80% of budgetBEHAVIORAL INSIGHTS INSTITUTE — $80,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetBOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTOURO UNIVERSITY — $63,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $62,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education — $36,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE — $30,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — $27,380 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND LAWBOSTON — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of San Francisco — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS M COOLEY LAW SCHOOL — $20,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $20,460 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAW COLLEGE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds DILLARD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Illinois Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds Elon University ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL EDUCATION ACCESS PIPELINE INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds American Bar Association ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOL DIVERSITY PROFESSIONALS ↗
  • Who funds ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Collegiate A…Folds of Honor Founda…American Council of L…Kpmg US Foundation IncHelix Bar Review IncAmerican Chemical Soc…Tulsa Community Found…The Trustees of Colum…Ibm International Fou…Law School Admission …National Academy of S…Cornell University
National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN18.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · American Council of Learned Societies · Kpmg US Foundation Inc · Helix Bar Review Inc · American Chemical Society · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Ibm International Foundation · Law School Admission Council · National Academy of Sciences · Cornell University

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Accesslex Institute funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Loyola University Maryland Inc — 6% of income from government
  • University of Miami — 5% of income from government
  • Willamette University — 1% of income from government
  • Western New England University — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 90 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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