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California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation

The mission of CRLAF is to achieve social justice and equity in partnership with farmworkers and the underserved in rural communities through community, legislative and legal advocacy. Our vision is for all farmworkers and their families to be treated with dignity and respect. CRLAF helps increase the capacity of rural immigrants to…

$1.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Itemized grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$1.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$1,238,905
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,238,905
Organizations funded a year
10 to 24
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$12M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesCivil RightsHealthEnvironmentEducationOther
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
FY2025still arriving1$1.2M100%
FY202424$8.4M29%
FY202310$1.4M10%
FY202211$1.1M82%
FY202121$721kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$7.3MInternational$2.1MHuman Services$1.4MCivil Rights$1.3MEnvironment$753kHealth$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kHousing & Shelter$15kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
International Rescue Committee INC$1,987,78920%
Council on American-Islamic Relations California$1,807,80129%
Pangea Legal Services$1,263,187219%
California Immigration Project$1,238,9051n/a
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$843,45013%
Opening Doors Inc$667,97934%
Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay$592,72514%
CRLA Inc$564,9133n/a
Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project$433,50032%
Center on Race Poverty & the Environment$376,50036%
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All grantees of California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
International Rescue Committee INC$1,987,78920%
Council on American-Islamic Relations California$1,807,80129%
Pangea Legal Services$1,263,187219%
California Immigration Project$1,238,9051n/a
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$843,45013%
Opening Doors Inc$667,97934%
Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay$592,72514%
CRLA Inc$564,9133n/a
Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project$433,50032%
Center on Race Poverty & the Environment$376,50036%
Community Water Center$376,50033%
Todec Legal Center Perris$376,50032%
Central California Environmental Justice Network$376,50032%
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability$376,50032%
Afghan-American Community Organization$307,0071n/a
California Rural Legal Assistance Inc$150,00011%
Hijas del Campo$140,832312%
Centro La Familia Advocacy Services INC$100,00011%
Public Service Law Corporation Dba Riverside Legal Aid$100,00019%
Centro de Unidad popular Benito Juarez Inc$85,0001n/a
Legal Services of Northern California$85,00011%
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles$85,00010%
San Luis Obispo Legal Assistance Foundation$75,000211%
La Familia Counseling Center Inc$70,86031%
University of the Pacific$70,00010%
NorCal Resist$37,71021%
Afripeace & Development Foundation$32,100273%
Stanislaus Multi Cultural Community Health Coalition West Modesto King$31,20213%
El Concilio California$28,50010%
Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services$24,36020%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$22,81010%
Empower Yolo Inc$20,00010%
Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno$20,00010%
California Human Development Corporation$20,00010%
Alliance for Hispanic Advancement$15,000114%
Hands of Hope Resources for Homeless Families$15,00013%
Washington Neighborhood Center$13,225120%
Sacramento Area Congregations Together$12,30020%
The Latino Coalition for Community Leadership$1,04010%

Where it is load-bearing

California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,987,789 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCouncil on American-Islamic Relations California: $1,807,801 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetPangea Legal Services: $1,263,187 over 2y, 19% of budgetCoalition for Humane Immigrant Rights: $843,450 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetOpening Doors Inc: $667,979 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetJewish Family and Community Services East Bay: $592,725 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project: $433,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCenter on Race Poverty & the Environment: $376,500 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetCommunity Water Center: $376,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetTodec Legal Center Perris: $376,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCentral California Environmental Justice Network: $376,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetLeadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability: $376,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetCalifornia Rural Legal Assistance Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHijas del Campo: $140,832 over 3y, 12% of budgetCentro La Familia Advocacy Services INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPublic Service Law Corporation Dba Riverside Legal Aid: $100,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetLegal Services of Northern California: $85,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLegal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: $85,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSan Luis Obispo Legal Assistance Foundation: $75,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetLa Familia Counseling Center Inc: $70,860 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorCal Resist: $37,710 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAfripeace & Development Foundation: $32,100 over 2y, 73% of budgetStanislaus Multi Cultural Community Health Coalition West Modesto King: $31,202 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetEl Concilio California: $28,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSacramento Food Bank & Family Services: $24,360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: $22,810 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmpower Yolo Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCentro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCalifornia Human Development Corporation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Hispanic Advancement: $15,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHands of Hope Resources for Homeless Families: $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetWashington Neighborhood Center: $13,225 over 1y, 20% of budgetSacramento Area Congregations Together: $12,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Latino Coalition for Community Leadership: $1,040 over 1y, 0.0% 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 35.

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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.

Sierra Health Foundat…The California Endowm…California Access to …The California Wellne…Public Health Institu…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Latino Community Foun…Sierra Health Foundat…The James Irvine Foun…Sacramento Region Com…Amalgamated Charitabl…Immigrant Legal Resou…
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program ManagementCA37.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · The California Endowment · California Access to Justice Commission · The California Wellness Foundation · Public Health Institute · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Latino Community Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Immigrant Legal Resource Center

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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How do I get to California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation?

Find your warmest path to California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation

How much does California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation give?
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $1,238,905, out of $1,396,480 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 24 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (57%), International (16%), Human Services (11%).
Who are California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: International Rescue Committee INC ($2.0M), Council on American-Islamic Relations California ($1.8M), Pangea Legal Services ($1.3M).
Does California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management, The California Endowment, California Access to Justice Commission.
Where is California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation based?
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation is based in CA.

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 39 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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