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Centro Legal de la Raza

Centro Legal De La Raza is a comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income immigrant communities throguh culturally competent bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$207k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $1,022,575, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,792,176 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,769,601 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 $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $935k
$107,280
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAFE PASSAGES$207,054
JUST CITIES INSTITUTE$200,829
EVICTION DEFENSE CENTER$176,234
THE UNITY COUNCIL$152,671
BHYV CONSULTING LLC$107,280
FAMILY VIOLENCE LAW CENTER$90,457
PARS EQUALITY CENTER$39,200
EAST BAY SANCTUARY COVENANT$24,500
ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE$18,450
OASIS LEGAL SERVICES$5,900
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%PARS EQUALITY CENTER: $39k → 8%SAFE PASSAGES: $207k → 10%ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE: $18k → 8%EVICTION DEFENSE CENTER: $176k → 10%FAMILY VIOLENCE LAW CENTER: $90k → 10%JUST CITIES INSTITUTE: $201k → 10%OASIS LEGAL SERVICES: $6k → 10%EAST BAY SANCTUARY COVENANT: $25k → 10%BHYV CONSULTING LLC: $107k → 10%THE UNITY COUNCIL: $153k → 10%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.
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 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
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
2
Inner City Law Center

In 2024, Inner City Law Center, ICLC, served over 3,400 people, helping vulnerable Angelenos to remain in their homes and recover nearly $20.5 million in financial benefits.

Crime & Legal
3
Jubilee Immigration Advocates

Our mission is to reflect Gods intent for humanity, to live as a reconciled and and restored community. We stand in solidarity with immigrants by providing high quality, affordable immigration legal services and advocating for just…

Human Services
4
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
5
La Raza Centro Legal - San Francisco

La Raza Centro Legal San Francisco provides high quality, highly trusted, free legal services to low-income or immigrant clients in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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6
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

As one of the most enduring civil rights institutions on the West Coast, we work to dismantle systems of oppression and racism, and build an equitable and just society.

—
7
Centro Legal De La Raza

Centro Legal De La Raza is a comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income immigrant communities throguh culturally competent bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy.

Crime & Legal
8
Asian Pacific American Legal

To advance the legal and civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans through direct services, education and advocacy.

Crime & Legal
9
Legal Link

Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.

Crime & Legal
10
Legal Access Alameda

Legal Access Alameda provides free direct legal assistance to Alameda Countys low-income population by mobilizing volunteer attorneys to provide pro bono service.

Crime & Legal
11
Alameda County Homeless Action Center

HAC assists homeless and mentally ill clients in the long and difficult process of becoming eligible for SSI and MediCal benefits. HAC provides assistance with other public benefits that clients need in the interim to survive until their…

Housing & Shelter
12
All for the Family Legal Clinic Inc

Providing low cost and free legal assistance to low income residents of the Bay Area in the areas of family law restraining orders basic immigration uncontested probate and basic immigration issues

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Violence Law Center; the most unlike its peers is Collective Legal Services Eviction Defense Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 10 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
4/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAFE PASSAGES: $207,054 · Crime & LegalSAFE PASSAGESCollective Legal Services Eviction Defense Center: $176,234 · Crime & LegalCollective Legal Services Eviction Defense CenterFamily Violence Law Center: $90,457 · Crime & LegalFamily Violence Law Center+1 more: $5,900 · Crime & LegalJust Cities Institute: $200,829 · Public BenefitJust Cities InstituteSPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC: $152,671 · Community ImprovementSPANISH SPEAKING UN…EAST BAY SANCTUARY COVENANT: $24,500 · Community ImprovementEAST BAY SANCTUARY …BHYV CONSULTING LLC: $107,280 · OtherBHYV CONSULTI…SANTA CLARA COUNTY ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE: $18,450 · OtherSANTA CLARA C…PARS EQUALITY CENTER: $39,200 · Civil Rights
Crime & Legal$479,645Public Benefit$200,829Community Improvement$177,171Other$125,730Civil Rights$39,200

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAFE PASSAGES: $207,054 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC: $152,671 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFamily Violence Law Center: $90,457 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSANTA CLARA COUNTY ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE: $18,450 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOasis Legal Services: $5,900 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.

United Way of the Bay…East Bay Community Fo…The California Wellne…Silicon Valley Commun…The San Francisco Fou…Catholic Legal Immigr…Immigrant Legal Resou…The California Endowm…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way of the Bay AreaCA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Bay Area · East Bay Community Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc · Immigrant Legal Resource Center · The California Endowment · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Centro Legal de la Raza funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Centro Legal de la Raza. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 10 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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