New York · Public charity
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A
BROOKLYN LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION A (dba. Build up justice nyc) wields community-focused civil legal services to confront injustice. We work to ensure all new yorkers have equal access to legal services to seek justice, make their voices heard, and overcome systemic racism and oppression.
- $620k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $620,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $620,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $950k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $620k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.0M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $824k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $683k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $645k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $821k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $160k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteers of Legal Service Inc | $2,083,839 | 6 | 26% |
| Rha Kim Grossman & McLlwain LLP | $1,570,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Development Inc | $512,591 | 3 | 33% |
| Urban Justice Center | $214,635 | 2 | 0% |
| Churches United for Fair Housing Inc | $115,816 | 1 | 14% |
| Southside United Housing Development Fund Corporation | $101,386 | 2 | 1% |
| St Nicks Alliance Home Care Corporation | $56,447 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooper Square Community Development Committee Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| African Communities Together Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Yemeni American Merchant Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteers of Legal Service Inc | $2,083,839 | 6 | 26% |
| Rha Kim Grossman & McLlwain LLP | $1,570,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Development Inc | $512,591 | 3 | 33% |
| Urban Justice Center | $214,635 | 2 | 0% |
| Churches United for Fair Housing Inc | $115,816 | 1 | 14% |
| Southside United Housing Development Fund Corporation | $101,386 | 2 | 1% |
| St Nicks Alliance Home Care Corporation | $56,447 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooper Square Community Development Committee Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| African Communities Together Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Yemeni American Merchant Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Asian American Federation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Accompany Capital Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Brooklyn Community Foundation · Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development · Make the Road New York · New York Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · North Star Fund Inc · New York Women's Foundation Inc · United Way of New York City · The Ford Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A
- How much does Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A give?
- Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A reported 1 grants totaling $620,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (48%), Community Improvement (36%), Housing & Shelter (15%).
- Who are Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Volunteers of Legal Service Inc ($2.1M), Rha Kim Grossman & McLlwain LLP ($1.6M), Community Development Inc ($513k).
- Does Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Brooklyn Community Foundation, Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development, Make the Road New York.
- Where is Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A based?
- Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A is based in NY.
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