Illinois · Public charity
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education
The Fund for Justice Education FJE was created to support the American Bar Associations ABA law-related and public services education programs.
- $16M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $7.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $69,713
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,686,722
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $42M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education 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; $264k 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 | 11 | $7.6M | 18% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $12M | 44% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $2.7M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $3.2M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.7M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $2.1M | 52% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $1.9M | 56% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $1.2M | 62% |
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 | $19,331,483 | 4 | 10% |
| Public Knowledge LLC | $1,967,557 | 6 | n/a |
| Grameen Foundation USA | $1,951,130 | 4 | 8% |
| Search for Common Ground | $1,945,591 | 4 | 3% |
| Westat Corp | $1,671,533 | 6 | n/a |
| National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges | $1,243,860 | 7 | 3% |
| National Center for State Courts | $783,010 | 5 | 0% |
| The National Judicial College | $683,762 | 6 | 4% |
| Appellate Judges Education Institute | $390,598 | 7 | 18% |
| Center for International Private Enterprise Inc | $389,910 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 58 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education 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: Equal Justice Works · Legal Services Corporation · American College of Bankruptcy Foundation · The Pew Charitable Trusts · New Venture Fund · American Bar Association · American Bar Endowment · National Endowment for Democracy · The Skadden Foundation · Georgetown University · The Kresge Foundation · Tides Foundation
How this is measured
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About American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education
- How much does American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education give?
- American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education reported 11 itemized grants totaling $7,557,864, out of $16,241,827 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (75%), International (13%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Bar Association ($19M), Public Knowledge LLC ($2.0M), Grameen Foundation USA ($2.0M).
- Does American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Equal Justice Works, Legal Services Corporation, American College of Bankruptcy Foundation.
- Where is American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education based?
- American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education is based in IL.
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