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American Bar Association
To serve equally the members of the legal profession and the public by defending liberty and delivering justice as the national representative of the legal profession, to apply the knowledge and experience of the profession to promote the public good and to encourage cordial discourse among the members of the Bar.
- $444k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $258k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 41
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 33
- Total assets, FY2025
- $308M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations American Bar Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 34 | $258k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $252k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $337k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $1.2M | 5% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $2.2M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $2.4M | 11% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $284k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 38 | $12M | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education | $27,521,930 | 5 | 16% |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $559,963 | 9 | n/a |
| Legal Aid Society of San Diego | $70,373 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $58,158 | 1 | 0% |
| Attorney General of Texas | $57,600 | 9 | n/a |
| West Virginia AG's Office | $57,525 | 9 | n/a |
| South Dakota State University | $57,144 | 9 | n/a |
| Wyoming Game & Fish Department | $56,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Nebraska Game and Parks Commission | $56,000 | 9 | n/a |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | $56,000 | 9 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education | $27,521,930 | 5 | 16% |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $559,963 | 9 | n/a |
| Legal Aid Society of San Diego | $70,373 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $58,158 | 1 | 0% |
| Attorney General of Texas | $57,600 | 9 | n/a |
| West Virginia AG's Office | $57,525 | 9 | n/a |
| South Dakota State University | $57,144 | 9 | n/a |
| Wyoming Game & Fish Department | $56,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Nebraska Game and Parks Commission | $56,000 | 9 | n/a |
| State University of New York at Binghamton | $56,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Nevada Department of Health and Human Services | $55,600 | 9 | n/a |
| State of Arkansas Ofc of AG | $55,600 | 9 | n/a |
| State of Indiana | $55,600 | 9 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Department of Justice | $55,182 | 9 | n/a |
| Connecticut Dept of Consumer Protection | $54,956 | 9 | n/a |
| Office of the Attorney General | $54,000 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $54,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Hawaii Securities Dept | $52,640 | 8 | n/a |
| National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws | $52,500 | 2 | n/a |
| State of Tennessee | $51,600 | 8 | n/a |
| South Carolina Network | $51,600 | 8 | n/a |
| Ofc of the AG-Dept of Legal Aff | $50,000 | 8 | n/a |
| NJ Dept of Environmental Protection | $49,600 | 8 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Office of AG | $49,600 | 8 | n/a |
| Washington State Attorney General | $48,750 | 8 | n/a |
| Cape Cod Community College | $45,600 | 7 | n/a |
| Attorney General-State of Illinois | $45,600 | 7 | n/a |
| Vermont Dairy Promo Council | $45,600 | 7 | n/a |
| Georgia Department of Law | $44,292 | 7 | n/a |
| State of Arizona | $44,074 | 7 | n/a |
| State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Contro | $43,600 | 7 | n/a |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $42,000 | 7 | n/a |
| DC Public Schools | $40,323 | 7 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $37,710 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association of Attorneys General | $37,600 | 6 | n/a |
| Oregon Dept of Justice | $37,082 | 6 | n/a |
| Iowa Attorney General's Office | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Minnesota Zoo | $36,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Ip Law Foundation | $35,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Office of the Attorney General | $32,617 | 5 | n/a |
| Oklahoma Indian Legal Services Inc | $30,732 | 1 | 3% |
| University of Rhode Island | $30,655 | 5 | n/a |
| New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Commonwealth of Kentucky | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| ACE Mentor Program of Greater Charlotte Metro-North Carolina | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Internet Crimes Against Child | $30,000 | 5 | n/a |
| State of New Hampshire | $25,600 | 4 | n/a |
| State of Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development | $25,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Donativos Legislativos (Pr Gov) | $24,980 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Oklahoma | $24,548 | 4 | n/a |
| NC Dept of Justice | $19,600 | 3 | n/a |
| State of Ohio | $18,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Legal Services Inc | $17,047 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Tax Aid Inc | $16,520 | 1 | n/a |
| National Association of Black Journalists | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Dakota Attorney General - North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigati | $12,756 | 2 | n/a |
| Department of Public Health & Human Services | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pace University | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Commonwealth of Virginia | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The National Judicial College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| VLP Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services | $7,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Department of Justice (PR) | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Dept Conservation & Natural Res | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Bar Association supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Investor Protection Trust · Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation · Association of State and Territorial Health Officials · National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Inc · Association of Public Health Laboratories Inc · The Pew Charitable Trusts · North American Association of Central Cancer Registries · Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc · Our Rescue · National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc
How this is measured
About American Bar Association
- How much does American Bar Association give?
- American Bar Association reported 34 itemized grants totaling $258,000, out of $443,544 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does American Bar Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (92%), Education (3%), Public Benefit (2%).
- Who are American Bar Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education ($28M), USC School of Medicine Greenville ($560k), Legal Aid Society of San Diego ($70k).
- Does American Bar Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Bar Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Investor Protection Trust, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Inc, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
- Where is American Bar Association based?
- American Bar Association is based in IL.
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