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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.

$180k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$30k
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.

Civil Rights$3.7MCrime & Legal$2.5MHuman Services$535kPublic Benefit$410kHealth$323kFood & Nutrition$313kEducation$140kEnvironment$139kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $158k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS$30,000
CHILDREN AT RISK$17,400
THE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP$15,000
COLORADO STATEWIDE PARENT COALITION$14,700
AFRICAN BUREAU FOR IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS (ABISA)$10,350
LATINO COMMUNITY FUND GEORGIA$10,150
UNIDOSUS$10,000
ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - DC$10,000
THE UNITED PARENT LEADERS ACTION NETWORK$10,000
MOMSRISING EDUCATION FUND$10,000
FIRST FOCUS (C3)$10,000
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION$10,000
NEO PHILANTHROPY INC$8,800
WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION OF HEAD START AND ECEA PROGRAMS$7,400
INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN ARTS$6,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COMMUNITY SERVICE COUNCIL: $20k → 15%POWER COALITION FOR EQUITY & JUSTICE: $63k → 17%CONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 12%NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $75k → 8%COMUNIDADES UNIDAS: $10k → 8%PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $8k → 16%PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN: $550k → 14%POWER COALITION FOR EQUITY & JUSTICE: $50k → 17%NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $25k → 8%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES BUILDING ECONOMIC SUPPORTS IN THE SOUTH: $50k → 23%PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN: $450k → 14%FAMILY VALUES WORK: $20k → 17%NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $20k → 8%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES BUILDING ECONOMIC SUPPORTS IN THE SOUTH: $50k → 23%MAKE THE ROAD NEVADA: $25k → 13%PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN: $450k → 14%POWER COALITION FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE: $13k → 17%YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $30k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP: $15k → 14%PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN: $50k → 14%CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 14%MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH ACCESS: $10k → 14%CHINESE-AMERICAN PLANNING COUNCIL: $10k → 17%FIRST FOCUS (C3): $10k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP CHILDREN THRIVE ACTION NETWORK: $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

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WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.0M · 37 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
54

Total granted

$7.0M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+51%

Still filing today

97%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $147k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCrime & LegalCivil RightsHealthPublic BenefitFood & NutritionOther
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

  • NW
    NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +99%
  • NM
    NEW MEXICO CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY
    4× · 2017–2021 · $325k · revenue +162%
  • COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $319k · revenue +130%

Funded once

  • NE
    NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -44%
  • AB
    A BETTER BALANCE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $95k · revenue +7%
  • BLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINAgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue +26%
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.

1
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
2
Child Welfare League of America

Child welfare league of america engages its network of public and private agencies and partners to advance policies, best practices, and collaborative strategies that result in better outcomes for vulnerable children, youth, and families.

Human Services
3
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
4
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
5
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,…

Crime & Legal
6
New Jersey Citizen Action

To protect and expand the rights of citizens of the state of new jersey, and encourage active citizen involvement in campaigns promoting economic, social and racial equity.

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7
Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Southern coalition for social justice partners with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities across the south to defend and advance their political, social, and economic rights. through an intersectional and…

Crime & Legal
8
Nijc Nfp

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is a leader in advancing immigrant rights through its unique strategy drawing on its legal services to promote legal reform through litigation, advocacy and strategic communications.

Crime & Legal
9
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California

The american civil liberties union of northern california (aclu nc union) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc union, a california mutual benefit…

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10
The Campaign Legal Center Inc

The nonpartisan campaign legal center advances democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every american's rights to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic…

Crime & Legal
11
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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12
Justice Action Center

Justice Action Center JAC pilots an innovative model that advances the rights of immigrant communities by connecting cutting-edge impact litigation and compelling narrative and communications content. The purpose of JAC is to advance the…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Mexico Center On Law and Poverty; the most unlike its peers is Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

96 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. 96 of the 105 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)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
96/96
Grantees still filing
69/96
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $1,729,997 · OtherNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTERCOMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES: $117,670 · OtherNEW VENTURE FUND: $129,222 · Other+36 more: $1,032,452 · Other+36 morePARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICAS CHILDREN: $1,500,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICAS CHILD…NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $150,000 · Human ServicesNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTERFAMILY FORWARD OREGON: $125,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY FORWARD OREGONPUBLIC ALLIES INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesPUBLIC ALLIES INCSPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $100,000 · Human ServicesMississippi Low-Income Childcare Initiative Inc: $100,000 · Human Services+11 more: $198,333 · Human Services+11 moreNEW MEXICO CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY: $325,000 · Crime & LegalNEW MEXICO CENTER ON L…COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC: $319,000 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVIC…MASSACHUSETTS LAW REFORM INSTITUTE INC: $305,000 · Crime & LegalMASSACHUSETTS LAW REFO…SHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $230,000 · Crime & LegalSHRIVER CENTER ON POVE…VIRGINIA POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $100,000 · Crime & LegalVIRGINIA POVERTY LAW C…Michigan Advocacy Program: $95,000 · Crime & LegalMichigan Advocacy Prog…Children At Risk: $67,400 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE INC: $60,000 · Crime & Legal+8 more: $135,000 · Crime & Legal+8 moreNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $190,000 · Civil RightsNEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $125,000 · Civil RightsNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $125,000 · Civil RightsMASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS: $30,000 · Civil RightsCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $25,000 · Civil Rights+5 more: $72,750 · Civil RightsCenter for Public Policy Priorities: $230,000 · Public BenefitSCHUYLER CENTER FOR ANALYSIS AND ADVOCACY INC: $25,000 · Public BenefitINVEST IN LOUISIANA: $20,000 · Public BenefitFLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitALABAMA ARISE: $20,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $8,800 · Public BenefitFLORIDA HEALTH JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $100,000 · HealthHEALTH EQUITY SOLUTIONS INC: $40,000 · HealthCALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION: $40,000 · HealthENTRE HERMANOS: $35,000 · HealthCENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRESS: $20,000 · HealthKENTUCKY VOICES FOR HEALTH INC: $20,000 · HealthCalifornia Pan-Ethnic Health Network: $10,000 · HealthBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $10,000 · Health+3 more: $22,666 · HealthFood Research & Action Center: $100,000 · Food & NutritionHUNGER FREE COLORADO: $81,495 · Food & NutritionTHREE SQUARE: $29,849 · Food & NutritionNourish California: $20,000 · Food & NutritionCALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS: $12,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,009,341Human Services$2,298,333Crime & Legal$1,636,400Civil Rights$617,750Public Benefit$323,800Health$297,666Food & Nutrition$243,344

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 budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $1,729,997 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICAS CHILDREN: $1,500,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetNEW MEXICO CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY: $325,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC: $319,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS LAW REFORM INSTITUTE INC: $305,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetCenter for Public Policy Priorities: $230,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $230,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $190,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $150,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $129,222 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY FORWARD OREGON: $125,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetPUBLIC ALLIES INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNEW MEXICO VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $125,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FAMILY ISSUES: $117,670 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFood Research & Action Center: $100,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMississippi Low-Income Childcare Initiative Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetVIRGINIA POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $100,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFLORIDA HEALTH JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $100,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetMichigan Advocacy Program: $95,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetA BETTER BALANCE INC: $95,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHUNGER FREE COLORADO: $81,495 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNeighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County: $80,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA: $75,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetChildren At Risk: $67,400 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS: $60,460 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE INC: $60,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTENNESSEE JUSTICE CENTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHEALTH EQUITY SOLUTIONS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetENTRE HERMANOS: $35,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCASA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHREE SQUARE: $29,849 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake The Road States Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVELA: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSCHUYLER CENTER FOR ANALYSIS AND ADVOCACY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $21,028 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetINVEST IN LOUISIANA: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRESS: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

National Immigration …Community Catalyst IncCenter on Budget and …MAZON A Jewish Respon…Annie E Casey Foundat…New Venture FundThe David and Lucile …WK Kellogg FoundationNEO Philanthropy IncCenter for Community …Food Research & Actio…The Ford Foundation
National Immigration Law CenterDC49× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Center for Law and Social Policy funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Center for Law and Social Policy. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Health Equity Solutions Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
27report 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 105 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home