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Association of Corporate Counsel Group Return

To further the Association of Corporate Counsel purpose at the local level.

$268k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$601kCrime & Legal$524kCivil Rights$20kRecreation & Sports$20kFood & Nutrition$14kCommunity Improvement$10kHealth$7kHuman Services$7k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $84,107, the rows itemized in this filing. The $268,185 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $184,078 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$15,994
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Greater Washington Community Foundation$54,613
Children's Law Center of Minnesota$15,994
Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio$7,000
SALSA$6,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Children's Law Center: $29k → 14%Public Law Center: $20k → 10%California Change Lawyers: $10k → 10%Alliance for Children's Rights: $10k → 14%LawNY: $10k → 14%Texas A&M School of Law: $10k → 11%UNT Dallas - College of Law: $7k → 14%Community Justice Foundation: $27k → 16%The Houston Food Bank: $14k → 16%Greater Washington Community Foundation: $108k → 14%Legal Services of Eastern Missouri: $10k → 21%Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta Inc: $76k → 13%First Descents: $7k → 12%Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio: $7k → 15%The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland: $20k → 17%Seton Hall Law School: $8k → 16%Street Law: $10k → 8%UBSPI University of Baltimore School of Law: $12k → 19%Children's Law Center of Minnesota: $22k → 14%Public Law Center: $10k → 10%Public Counsel: $10k → 14%SABA Community Justice Center: $20k → 16%Greater Washington Community Foundation: $107k → 14%Legal Services of Eastern Missouri (LSEM): $10k → 21%Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta: $40k → 13%MPILP: $12k → 19%Children's Law Center of Minnesota: $17k → 14%Public Law Center: $10k → 10%Public Counsel: $10k → 14%SABA Community Justice Center: $18k → 16%Greater Washington Community Foundation: $104k → 14%Legal Services of Eastern Missouri: $10k → 21%Children's Law Center of Minnesota: $16k → 14%Public Law Center: $10k → 10%Public Counsel: $10k → 14%SALSA: $11k → 16%Greater Washington Community Foundation: $102k → 14%Children's Law Center of Minnesota: $16k → 14%Public Law Center: $10k → 10%ACLU Southern California: $10k → 14%SALSA: $7k → 16%Greater Washington Community Foundation: $50k → 14%Children's Law Center of Minnesota: $15k → 14%SALSA: $7k → 16%Greater Washington Community Foundation: $48k → 14%SALSA: $6k → 16%Whitman-Walker Health Legal Services: $6k → 14%KIND Kids In Need of Defense: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MO
MD
DC
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 45% of Association of Corporate Counsel Group Return’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Association of Corporate Counsel Group Returnlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$552k · 7 repeat orgs$197k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
20

Total granted

$552k
$190k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+37%

Still filing today

100%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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Crime & LegalHealthSocial ScienceRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PB
    PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF ATLANTA INC
    2× · 2019–2023 · $116k · revenue +29%
  • CL
    CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA
    6× · 2017–2025 · $115k · revenue +31%
  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $95k · revenue +518%

Funded once

  • LA
    LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELANDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +134%
  • The Houston Food Bank
    one grant, 2021 · $14k · revenue -4%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK
    one grant, 2017 · $12k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Volunteer Legal Advocates

To advocate for domestic violence victims, at-risk children, and other vulnerable individuals by providing over $22.8m in pro bono legal services, social service referrals, and on-going support; to train and support a strong network of…

Housing & Shelter
2
Legal Services Nyc

Legal services nyc is a non-profit organization that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in new york city. a community-based organization serving more than 100,000 people annually, lsnyc is the nation's largest…

Crime & Legal
3
Legal Aid Justice Center

The legal aid justice center partners with communities and clients to achieve justice by dismantling systems that create and perpetuate poverty.

Crime & Legal
4
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
5
Legal Aid of Western Ohio Inc

Legal aid of western ohio, inc. (lawo) is a non-profit law firm that champions equity and justice through client-centered community collaboration and transformative legal advocacy.

Crime & Legal
6
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

To attract, recruit, advance, and retain attorneys of color in the twin cities through education and collaboration with member organizations.

Community Improvement
7
Afl-Cio Union Lawyers Alliance

Afl-cio union lawyers alliance was established to better the conditions of working men and women and their families by enhancing the quality of legal representation that is available to the afl-cio and the national and international unions…

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8
Louisiana State Bar Association

The mission of the louisiana state bar association is to assist its members in the practice of law, assure access to and aid in the administration of justice, assist the supreme court in the regulation of the practice of law, uphold the…

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9
California Western School of Law

California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…

Education
10
South Carolina Legal Services

South carolina legal services is a statewide law firm that provides civil legal services to protect the rights and represent the interests of low income south carolinians.

Crime & Legal
11
Association of Legal Administrators

Ala is the catalyst for growth by providing: diverse educational experiences, engaged peer communities, strategic solutions, dynamic resources, and trusted networks.

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12
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc C/O the Organization

Enforcing and protecting the rights of individuals and families by providing accessible, creative, and high quality legal assistance and working collaboratively for systemic change.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Changelawyers; the most unlike its peers is The Houston Food Bank. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $518,492 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONPRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF ATLANTA INC: $115,976 · Crime & LegalPRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF ATLANTA INCCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $115,254 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTASAN ANTONIO LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $94,562 · Crime & LegalSAN ANTONIO LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATIONPUBLIC LAW CENTER: $40,000 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC LAW CENTERLEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC: $35,660 · Crime & LegalLEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MISSOURI INCPUBLIC COUNSEL: $30,000 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC COUNSEL+5 more: $42,000 · Crime & Legal+5 moreWHITMAN-WALKER FOUNDATION INC: $120,117 · HealthWHITMAN-WAL…WHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC INC: $6,000 · HealthLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND: $19,500 · OtherLEGAL AID S…The Houston Food Bank: $14,000 · OtherThe Houston…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $12,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY …MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST LAW PROJECT INC: $12,000 · OtherMARYLAND PU…ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $10,000 · OtherALLIANCE FO…TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherTEXAS A&M U…SETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · OtherSETON HALL …SALSA: $5,520 · OtherPRO BONO PARTNERSHIP INC: $5,075 · OtherACLU FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · OtherACLU FOUNDA…STREET LAW INC: $10,000 · OtherSTREET LAW …FIRST DESCENTS: $7,264 · OtherFIRST DESCE…FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $6,500 · OtherNETWORK FOR GOOD: $20,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCALIFORNIA CHANGELAWYERS: $10,000 · Social ScienceSouthern Methodist University: $10,000 · Education
Philanthropy$518,492Crime & Legal$473,452Health$126,117Other$129,359Public Safety & Disaster$20,000Social Science$10,000Education$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $518,492 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWHITMAN-WALKER FOUNDATION INC: $120,117 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF ATLANTA INC: $115,976 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $115,254 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $94,562 over 7y, 12% of budgetPUBLIC LAW CENTER: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MISSOURI INC: $35,660 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC COUNSEL: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND: $19,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST LAW PROJECT INC: $12,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCALIFORNIA CHANGELAWYERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEGAL ASSISTANCE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTREET LAW INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTexas Bar Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST DESCENTS: $7,264 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST TEXAS: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO BONO PARTNERSHIP INC: $5,075 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

Equal Justice WorksLittler Mendelson Fou…The Sidley Austin Fou…United Way Miami IncThe Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …
Equal Justice WorksDC17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Equal Justice Works · Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc Attn Tax Manager · The Sidley Austin Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Association of Corporate Counsel Group Return funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Association of Corporate Counsel Group Return. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

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 30 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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