Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Center for Law and Social Policy
CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY (clasp) is a national, nonpartisan, anti-poverty nonprofit advancing policy solutions to improve the lives of people with low incomes. We develop practical yet visionary strategies for reducing poverty, promoting economic opportunity, and addressing institutional and racial barriers faced by people of…
- $180k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 51
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Center for Law and Social Policy funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $180k | 87% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $275k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $240k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $443k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $1.0M | 19% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $1.3M | 65% |
| FY2019 | 51 | $2.3M | 61% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $1.7M | 70% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Women's Law Center | $1,729,997 | 7 | 3% |
| Partnership for Americas Children | $1,500,000 | 4 | 21% |
| New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty | $325,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Community Legal Services Inc | $319,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Inc | $305,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Center for Public Policy Priorities | $230,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | $230,000 | 4 | 1% |
| National Immigration Law Center | $190,000 | 4 | 1% |
| North Carolina Justice Center | $150,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Family Forward Oregon | $125,000 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 101 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Center for Law and Social Policy supplied at peak.
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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: National Immigration Law Center · Community Catalyst Inc · Center on Budget and Policy Priorities · MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Center for Community Change · Food Research & Action Center · The Ford Foundation
How this is measured
About Center for Law and Social Policy
- How much does Center for Law and Social Policy give?
- Center for Law and Social Policy reported 15 grants totaling $179,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Center for Law and Social Policy fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (45%), Crime & Legal (30%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Center for Law and Social Policy's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Women's Law Center ($1.7M), Partnership for Americas Children ($1.5M), New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty ($325k).
- Does Center for Law and Social Policy fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Center for Law and Social Policy?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Immigration Law Center, Community Catalyst Inc, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
- Where is Center for Law and Social Policy based?
- Center for Law and Social Policy is based in DC.
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