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American College of Bankruptcy Foundation

To promote the educational and charitable activities of the american college of bankruptcy.

$718k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
53
Grants FY2024
45
Organizations funded FY2023
16%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$38,341
Organizations funded a year
33 to 58
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
23
Total assets, FY2024
$3.1M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 16% of the organizations American College of Bankruptcy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Crime & LegalEducationHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving53$709k19%
FY202345$599k16%
FY202244$452k25%
FY202145$451k13%
FY202033$350k18%
FY201947$460k40%
FY201844$423k43%
FY201758$449kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$3.7MHuman Services$98kYouth Development$49kEducation$30k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 136 grantees
All grantees of American College of Bankruptcy Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc$92,50080%
The Pro Bono Project$87,50082%
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati$82,50080%
Public Law Center$82,50080%
DC Bar Pro Bono Center$82,50080%
Public Counsel$82,50080%
Volunteer Lawyers Network Ltd$82,50081%
Veterans Legal Services Inc$80,00061%
Volunteer Lawyers for Justice In$79,99981%
Conejo Free Clinic$77,50074%
Shore Legal Access Inc$77,50071%
Legal Services Vermont Inc$77,50071%
Public Service Law Corporation Dba Riverside Legal Aid$77,50082%
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc$75,00050%
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County$75,00070%
Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc$70,00071%
California Western School of Law$68,02480%
Consumer Education and Training Services$67,50066%
South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program$65,00053%
Access Justice Brooklyn Inc$65,00051%
Legal Aid Society of San Diego$64,70060%
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan$62,50060%
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc$62,50061%
Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project$60,00057%
Legal Aid Association of California$57,00051%
Just the Beginning - a Pipeline Organization$56,34125%
Legal Access Alameda$47,50041%
Nevada Legal Services Inc$47,48040%
Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc$42,50043%
Legal Services NYC$42,50040%
Legal Aid Chicago$40,00040%
District 10 Pro Bono Project Inc$40,00045%
Emergency Legal Responders$40,000310%
Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc$40,00040%
Nashville Conflict Resolution Ctr$40,00032%
Alameda County Bar Association$40,00040%
The Legal Aid Society$40,00040%
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A$37,50040%
National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center$37,500414%
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland$36,50040%
Rutgers the State University$34,0004n/a
Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc$32,50030%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago$32,50040%
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corp$30,67530%
University of Utah$30,0003n/a
Pro Se Bankruptcy Assistance Project$30,0003n/a
Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio$30,00030%
Federal Bar Association East District of MI Chapte$29,50034%
Legal Services of North Dakota$28,00031%
Dade Legal Aid Foundation$27,500223%
Legal Aid Society Inc$27,00030%
Montana Legal Services Association$25,00020%
South Carolina Legal Services$25,00020%
GLBT Bar Association of Washington Foundation$25,00026%
Her Justice Inc$25,00020%
Capital Pro Bono$24,00031%
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education$20,50020%
Northern District of Florida Bankru Ptcy Bar Association Inc$20,0001n/a
Community Legal Access$20,0001n/a
Parachute Credit Counseling Inc$20,00021%
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Inc$20,00020%
Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia$20,00020%
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Inc$20,00021%
Utah Legal Services Inc$20,00020%
Georgia Legal Services Program Inc$20,00020%
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands$20,00020%
Greater Boston Legal Services Inc$20,00020%
Illinois Legal Aid Online$19,20021%
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc$18,50020%
Community Law Program Inc$18,00023%
Denver Bar Foundation$17,50025%
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc$15,50020%
St Louis Bar Foundation$15,000114%
Community Legal Aid Services$15,00020%
Legal Aid of Nebraska$15,00010%
Legal Services Corp of Delaware$15,00010%
Credit Abuse Resistance Education Los Angeles$15,000122%
Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Inc$15,0001n/a
Military Assistance Project$15,00025%
Law College Association of the University of Arizona$15,00010%
Pro Bono Indiana Inc$15,00011%
Step Up To Justice$15,00022%
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc$13,35020%
Neighborhood Legal Services Inc$12,50010%
Legal Aid of Western Missouri$12,50010%
Allegheny County Bar Foundation$12,50010%
South Coastal Counties Legal Services Inc$12,50010%
Community Legal Aid Inc$12,50010%
Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc$12,50010%
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc$10,00010%
Prairie State Legal Services Inc$10,00010%
Maryland Legal Services Corporation$10,00010%
Credit Abuse Resistance Education$10,0001n/a
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation$10,00010%
Campbell University$10,00010%
Access to Bankruptcy for Low Income$10,0001n/a
Western New York Law Center Inc$10,00010%
King County Bar Foundation$10,00011%
Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project$10,00013%
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley$10,00010%
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Inc$10,00010%
Cumberland Trace Legal Services Inc$10,0001n/a
Southern Mn Regional Legal Services Inc$10,00010%
Louisiana Civil Justice Center$10,0001n/a
Pro Bono Net Inc$10,00010%
Inner Banks Legal Services$10,00014%
Elder Law of Michigan$10,00011%
The Legal Aid Society of Columbus$10,00010%
Micronesian Legal Services Corp$10,0001n/a
Lakeshore Legal Aid$10,00010%
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York Inc$10,00010%
Vermont Legal Aid Inc$10,00010%
Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Associationinc$10,000121%
Peoples Legal Aid$10,00013%
Open Door Legal$10,00011%
Massachusetts Debt Relief Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Financial Protection Law Center$10,00013%
East River Legal Services Corporation$10,00011%
Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation$10,0001n/a
Northwest Consumer Law Center$9,90017%
Community Justice Incorporated$8,0001n/a
Southern Arizona Legal Aid Inc$7,50010%
Capital District Women's Bar Association$7,50010%
Legal Aid of Arkansas$7,50010%
The Dade County Bar Association$7,50011%
Center for Arkansas Legal Services$7,50010%
Volunteer Attorney Program$7,00012%
Legal Aid Services of Oregon$5,5001n/a
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas$5,00010%
Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc$5,0001n/a
VLP Inc$5,00011%
Neighborhood Legal Services Association$5,00010%
Community Legal Services$5,00010%
Clark County Volunteer Lawyers Program$5,00014%
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida Inc$5,00010%
Bay Area Legal Aid$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American College of Bankruptcy Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVolunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc: $92,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Pro Bono Project: $87,500 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Cincinnati: $82,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPublic Law Center: $82,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDC Bar Pro Bono Center: $82,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPublic Counsel: $82,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVolunteer Lawyers Network Ltd: $82,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetVeterans Legal Services Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetVolunteer Lawyers for Justice In: $79,999 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetConejo Free Clinic: $77,500 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetShore Legal Access Inc: $77,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetLegal Services Vermont Inc: $77,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetPublic Service Law Corporation Dba Riverside Legal Aid: $77,500 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetAssociation of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNeighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County: $75,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc: $70,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCalifornia Western School of Law: $68,024 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetConsumer Education and Training Services: $67,500 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetSouth Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program: $65,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetAccess Justice Brooklyn Inc: $65,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetLegal Aid Society of San Diego: $64,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Services of Eastern Michigan: $62,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMaryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc: $62,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetConsumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project: $60,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetLegal Aid Association of California: $57,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetJust the Beginning - a Pipeline Organization: $56,341 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetLegal Access Alameda: $47,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetNevada Legal Services Inc: $47,480 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBirmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc: $42,500 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetLegal Services NYC: $42,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Aid Chicago: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDistrict 10 Pro Bono Project Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetEmergency Legal Responders: $40,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetLegal Assistance of Western New York Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNashville Conflict Resolution Ctr: $40,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetAlameda County Bar Association: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Legal Aid Society: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBrooklyn Legal Services Corporation A: $37,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNational Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center: $37,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Cleveland: $36,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetStatewide Legal Services of Connecticut Inc: $32,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago: $32,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheast Louisiana Legal Services Corp: $30,675 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFederal Bar Association East District of MI Chapte: $29,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetLegal Services of North Dakota: $28,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetDade Legal Aid Foundation: $27,500 over 2y, 23% of budgetLegal Aid Society Inc: $27,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 120.

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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.

Legal Services CorporationDC105.2× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Legal Services Corporation · Equal Justice Works · The Skadden Foundation · The Sidley Austin Foundation · AARP Foundation · National Legal Aid and Defender Association · The New York Bar Foundation · The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation · The Morrison & Foerster Foundation · Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc Attn Tax Manager · West Tennessee Legal Services INC · Mc Dermott Will and Emery Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About American College of Bankruptcy Foundation

How much does American College of Bankruptcy Foundation give?
American College of Bankruptcy Foundation reported 53 grants totaling $718,391 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 58 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does American College of Bankruptcy Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (95%), Human Services (3%), Youth Development (1%).
Who are American College of Bankruptcy Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc ($93k), The Pro Bono Project ($88k), Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati ($83k).
Does American College of Bankruptcy Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American College of Bankruptcy Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Legal Services Corporation, Equal Justice Works, The Skadden Foundation.
Where is American College of Bankruptcy Foundation based?
American College of Bankruptcy Foundation is based in DE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 136 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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