Pennsylvania · Public charity
American Law Institute
The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal work.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of American Law Institute’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2025
- $58k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $48,448
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $48,448
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $117M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations American Law Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $29k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithsonian Institution | $29,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pepperdine University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The National Museum of Women in the Arts | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
About American Law Institute
- How much does American Law Institute give?
- American Law Institute reported 2 itemized grants totaling $58,448, out of $1,281,822 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does American Law Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (80%), Arts & Culture (9%), Civil Rights (5%).
- Who are American Law Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Smithsonian Institution ($29k), New York University ($20k), University of Washington ($10k).
- Does American Law Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is American Law Institute based?
- American Law Institute is based in PA.
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