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Equal Justice Works

EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS creates opportunities for lawyers to transform their passion for equal justice into a lifelong commitment to public service.

$11M
Granted FY2023
175
Grants FY2023
175
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$57,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$278,288
Organizations funded a year
149 to 201
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
39
Total assets, FY2023
$42M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Equal Justice Works funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Crime & LegalCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationHealthPublic BenefitOther
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
FY2023175$11M20%
FY2022168$9.5M24%
FY2021149$9.9M24%
FY2020201$12M52%
FY2019167$8.0M1%
FY2018172$8.3M30%
FY2017159$9.0Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Crime & Legal$45MCivil Rights$11MHuman Services$3.4MEducation$3.3MHealth$1.0MEnvironment$905kHousing & Shelter$894kPhilanthropy$534kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Equal Justice Works by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Texas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc$1,281,22181%
Lone Star Legal Aid$1,217,02971%
Greater Boston Legal Services Inc$1,021,31381%
The Legal Aid Society$980,06980%
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center$977,06286%
Legal Aid Chicago$792,61381%
Equip for Equality$655,92482%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$650,10050%
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc$625,77280%
California Rural Legal Assistance Inc$622,51381%
Bet Tzedek$614,98181%
Kind Inc$612,84981%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$589,37443%
Legal Aid Justice Center$563,13083%
Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc$561,57681%
Urban Justice Center$548,06131%
National Center for Youth Law$545,62651%
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas$540,97081%
Alaska Legal Services Corporation$507,16573%
Kids in Need Foundation$475,37330%
Disability Rights Texas$463,06371%
Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc$455,94862%
Equal Justice Center$454,009512%
Root & Rebound$443,64253%
Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc$436,91071%
Texas Fair Defense Project$434,050617%
Prairie State Legal Services Inc$427,10771%
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc$425,21755%
Cabrini Green Legal Aid$421,53653%
OneJustice$421,38448%
Lawndale Christian Legal Center$421,10044%
Legal Aid of West Virginia Inc$405,80081%
Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program$400,00054%
Legal Aid of Arkansas$398,49672%
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc$390,56072%
The Tahirih Justice Center$384,27652%
Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc$378,06449%
Indiana Legal Services Inc$377,94461%
Southern Coalition for Social Justice$374,99671%
Public Counsel$374,04581%
Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc$371,31554%
Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc$369,46941%
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc$366,94583%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$364,10070%
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc$363,26061%
Florida Legal Services Inc$351,88955%
The Bronx Defenders$348,00060%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston$347,80870%
Children's Law Center Inc$347,75061%
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$345,91753%
Bay Area Legal Aid$345,18241%
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County$341,78731%
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corp$339,85051%
Human Rights First$338,92161%
HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc$332,96142%
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc$323,00053%
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network$310,234511%
Midwest Environmental Advocates Inc$307,00067%
Sustainable Economies Law Center$307,00042%
Montana Legal Services Association$306,90881%
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area$300,00033%
Board of the University of Alabama$295,2927n/a
Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida Inc$291,47333%
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles$285,76760%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$283,28251%
Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society$278,10452%
Georgia Justice Project Inc$272,87544%
Center for Disability & Elder Law Inc$271,29968%
Start Small Think Big Inc$265,40058%
American Civil Liberties Union Inc$264,00030%
Texas Legal Services Center INC$257,10061%
Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center$257,00041%
Community Justice Project Inc$256,93668%
South Carolina Legal Services$253,85561%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$251,50050%
Legal Aid Society Inc$251,40772%
Disability Rights California$251,30920%
Legal Services of North Florida Inc$250,37351%
Latinojustice Prldef$250,00052%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$250,00060%
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Inc$248,36351%
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida Inc$246,02061%
ACLU Foundation of Southern California$246,00041%
National Women's Law Center$241,00050%
Southern Univerty System$237,98231%
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition$237,64342%
East Bay Community Law Center$234,01732%
Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc$231,92856%
Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia$231,27961%
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc$228,00061%
Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance$227,84350%
Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area$224,85350%
Equal Rights Advocates$223,00053%
Legal Services for Children Inc$223,00052%
Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services$223,00065%
Safe Passage Project Corporation$221,33352%
Centro Legal de la Raza$215,25041%
Volunteer Legal Advocates$214,41853%
Mississippi Center for Justice$212,99061%
New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation$212,00041%
Advocates for Children of New York$208,99241%
Public Law Center$207,60651%
Girls for Gender Equity Inc$207,00023%
University of Miami$204,82450%
Americans for Immigrant Justice Inc F/K/A Fla Immigrant Advocacy Center$201,13241%
Sanctuary for Families Inc$200,08460%
Nihonmachi Legal Outreach Dba Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach$200,00022%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$200,00041%
Youth Advocacy Foundation Inc$200,000411%
ACLU Foundation of Texas Inc$200,00041%
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc$200,00045%
Law Center for Better Housing$199,66724%
Legal Services of Northern Virginia Inc$198,38971%
Uptown People's Law Center$196,83547%
Disability Rights North Carolina$194,73941%
Three Rivers Legal Services Inc$192,87961%
Iowa Legal Aid$192,07451%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$192,00041%
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project Inc$190,34124%
William & Mary Law School Association$189,6933n/a
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$189,66781%
The Legal Aid Society of Columbus$189,10051%
Northwest Justice Project$188,41960%
Central American Resource Center$188,250310%
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found$187,50031%
Emory University$187,4505n/a
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc$182,79641%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$182,43320%
National Redistricting Foundation$181,41821%
Education Law Center Inc$180,75034%
Legal Counsel for the Elderly$180,00051%
National Health Law Program Inc$179,58431%
Southern Center for Human Rights$175,00051%
East Bay Childrens Law Offices Inc$173,00042%
Support Center for Child Advocates$173,00041%
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Inc$169,30630%
Mental Health Advocacy Services Inc$168,69853%
Education Law Center - PA$163,98443%
South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center$159,70647%
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Inc$158,51561%
The Beacon of Downtown Houston$157,10042%
Electronic Privacy Information Center$157,10042%
American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation Inc$157,00044%
Free to Thrive$157,00026%
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia$151,04641%
Military Assistance Project$150,023317%
Communities for a Better Environment$150,00021%
Uncommon Law$150,00049%
Bread for the City Inc$150,00030%
Legal Council for Health Justice$148,00042%
Bay Area Legal Services Inc$146,97440%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$146,23430%
Metropolitan Family Services$144,37130%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$144,30640%
Community Legal Services Inc$144,25030%
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights$143,88833%
West Tennessee Legal Services INC$143,54861%
Disability Rights Louisiana$143,29532%
Kidsvoice$143,20032%
Neighborhood Legal Services Inc$142,08231%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$141,00030%
Youth Law Center$141,00042%
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami Inc$136,53142%
Resilience Force$133,56722%
The Child Center of Ny Inc$133,25030%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California$124,11121%
Tenants and Workers United$123,524319%
Rian Immigrant Center Inc$123,00032%
Gulfcoast Legal Services Inc$123,00032%
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc$123,00033%
Disability Rights Advocates$123,00031%
Volare$122,78052%
Baltimore Bar Foundation Inc$122,083313%
American Gateways$120,97232%
Prisoners' Legal Services of New York Inc$119,58431%
National Immigration Law Center$118,83530%
Community Legal Services of Prince George's County$117,01733%
Health Law Advocates Inc$116,80632%
New Orleans Workers Ctr For Racial Justice$116,5001n/a
Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation$115,8233n/a
Center for Appellate Litigation Inc$114,10021%
Colorado Legal Services$113,40930%
Legal Services of Northern Michigan$112,76852%
Nijc Nfp$112,4362n/a
Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services Inc$112,3403n/a
Capital District Women's Bar Association$110,77424%
Friends of Farmworkers Inc$110,74044%
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc$110,22532%
Whitman-Walker Clinic Inc$109,47540%
Loyola Marymount University$108,39020%
Great Lakes Environmental Law Cente$107,100315%
Fair Work Center$107,10022%
Georgia Legal Services Program Inc$106,58821%
Legal Aid Service of Broward County Inc$105,61631%
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas Inc$105,00021%
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo Inc$104,99923%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$102,5003n/a
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty$100,10023%
Mitchell Hamline School of Law$100,00030%
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Inc$100,000223%
Earthjustice$100,00020%
A Better Balance Inc$100,00032%
Catholic Charities Community Services Archdiocese of New York$100,00020%
Pro Bono Partnership Inc$100,00022%
Peace Over Violence$100,00021%
A New Way of Life Reentry Project$100,00021%
Children's Law Center of California$100,00020%
Center for Family Representation Inc$100,00020%
American Bar Association$100,00020%
Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services Inc Dba Prisoners' Legal Svcs$100,00021%
ACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc$100,00022%
American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota$100,00024%
Dove Inc$100,00022%
Housing Justice Center$100,00026%
Raise the Floor Alliance$100,00023%
Day One of New York Inc$100,00021%
Uc Law Sf Foundation$100,00031%
The Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc$100,00031%
National Center for Lgbtq Rights Fka National Center for Lesbian Rights$100,00021%
ACLU of Utah Foundation Inc$100,00023%
Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation$100,00033%
Battered Women's Justice Project$100,00022%
Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana$100,00023%
Youth Represent Inc$100,00022%
Volunteers of Legal Service Inc$100,00022%
Mount Sinai Medical Legal Partnership Inc$100,00025%
Disability Rights Florida Inc$100,00021%
Just City Inc$100,00024%
ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts Inc$100,00021%
Open City Advocates$100,00029%
King County Bar Association$100,00021%
Georgetown University$100,00030%
School Justice Project Inc$100,00039%
The Innocence Project Inc$100,00020%
Immigrant Defenders Law Center$100,00021%
Legal Rights Center$100,00023%
Archcity Defenders$100,00031%
Lawyers for Children Inc$100,00021%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$100,00020%
Beyond Legal Aid$100,00023%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$100,00020%
Rutgers the State University$100,0002n/a
Great Rivers Environmental Law Center$100,000210%
Juvenile Law Center$100,0002n/a
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth$100,00023%
Day One$100,00021%
Housing and Economic Rights Advocates$100,00023%
Neighborhood Defender Service Inc$100,00020%
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children$100,00023%
Legal Aid of Western Missouri$99,93511%
James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy$98,97223%
Metropolitan Group$98,9113n/a
Southern Legal Counsel Inc$98,86425%
Legal Action Center of the City of New York Inc$98,00031%
Abolitionist Law Center$97,64722%
Ayuda Inc$96,28621%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$95,48021%
The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Inc$95,44440%
Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity$92,50257%
African Services Committee Inc$91,00021%
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project$91,00021%
Mosaic Family Services Inc$90,34512%
Florida Health Justice Project Inc$87,60024%
National Consumer Law Center Inc$87,50030%
Unlocal Inc$87,50023%
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati$86,24131%
Covenant House New Jersey Inc$85,54211%
Ohio Justice and Policy Center$83,82316%
ACLU Foundation of Maryland Inc$83,55022%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Inc$82,00020%
Center for Community Based Enterprise$79,167323%
Atlas Diy Corporation$78,12823%
Wisconsin Judicare Inc$77,45650%
Blue Ridge Legal Services Inc$76,58632%
Heartland Alliance International Inc$75,00020%
The Public Interest Law Center$75,0002n/a
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley$73,34430%
Tzedek DC Inc$73,24732%
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation In$73,23211%
Legal Aid of Nebraska$73,09240%
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$73,00020%
La Raza Centro Legal - San Francisco$72,08416%
Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America Inc$70,71523%
Tennessee Justice Center Inc$70,63341%
Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc$69,10020%
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands$69,00031%
Pro Bono Legal Services Inc$68,37535%
The Advocates For Human Rights$66,08122%
Social Justice Collaborative$65,28532%
Tenants Together$64,70333%
Community Legal Aid Inc$64,00020%
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice$63,58931%
Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver$63,08630%
The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc$62,50030%
Oklahoma Indian Legal Services Inc$62,00023%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc$60,63810%
Legal Aid Society of Orange County Inc$60,21711%
Mission Action Inc$59,84010%
Amara Legal Center$59,73437%
Casa Inc$59,01730%
Volunteer Legal Services Project of Monroe County Inc$58,04622%
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos En Lucha$57,65512%
Connecticut Legal Services Inc$57,64830%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach Inc$57,60831%
Nevada Legal Services Inc$57,31331%
Legal Aid Society of San Diego$57,10020%
Common Cause Education Fund$57,10020%
Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network Inc$57,10022%
Boston College High School$57,1001n/a
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc C/O the Organization$57,10021%
Charity Navigator$57,10021%
Restore Justice Foundation$57,00022%
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund$57,00022%
Brooklyn Defender Services$57,00030%
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc$57,00022%
American Council on Education$57,00020%
Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc$57,00021%
Lsny-Bronx Corporation$57,00020%
Disability Rights Maryland Inc dba Maryland Disability Law Center Inc$55,58331%
Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc$55,35031%
Charleston Legal Access$55,25036%
University of Maryland$54,7981n/a
Shore Legal Access Inc$54,57333%
Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project Inc$54,54437%
Transgender Law Center$54,44421%
Prison Law Office$54,18010%
Central Minnesota Legal Services$52,50021%
The Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Inc$52,31618%
Fusion Partnership Inc$51,11920%
Muslim Advocates$50,00011%
Neighborhood Legal Services Program of DC$50,00012%
Georgia Advocacy Office Inc$50,00011%
National Center for Law and Economic Justice Inc$50,00012%
Disability Rights Washington$50,00011%
Indian Child Welfare Act Law Center$50,00018%
Her Justice Inc$50,00011%
Lewis & Clark College$50,00010%
Pangea Legal Services$50,00013%
American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico Foundation$50,00011%
Inner City Law Center$50,00020%
Disability Rights Arizona$50,00022%
New Jersey Bicycle Coalition Inc Dba D/B/A New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition$50,000131%
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law$50,00012%
University of Houston Law Foundation$50,00011%
Lavender Rights Project$50,00012%
Cuny School of Law Justice & Auxiliary Services Corporation$50,00016%
Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee$50,00011%
Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization$50,00010%
Asian Law Caucus$49,24210%
Center for Heirs' Property Preservation$48,10021%
Pisgah Legal Services$46,69620%
Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc$46,49740%
Volunteer Immigrant Defense$45,7733n/a
Public Interest Law Initiative$44,72214%
Boat People S O S Inc$43,56230%
Immigrant Justice Idaho$42,850114%
Uc College of the Law San Francisco$41,9001n/a
Public Advocates Inc$41,00011%
Breakfree Education$41,00011%
Women Against Abuse Inc$41,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$41,00010%
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc$41,00013%
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center$41,0001n/a
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc$41,00011%
Georgia Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty$41,00016%
Violence Free Minnesota$40,25014%
Georgia Appleseed Inc$37,50012%
Al Otro Lado$37,50011%
The Awood Center$37,50018%
Community Legal Center$37,00015%
Thai Community Development Center$35,82513%
Aldea - the Peoples Justice Center$34,16718%
Louisiana Civil Justice Center$33,4143n/a
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County$31,11111%
Neighborhood Legal Services Association$29,19330%
Criminal Justice Reform Clinic at Lewis & Clark La$29,1671n/a
American University$29,16710%
The City University of New York School of Law Foundation Inc$28,82221%
Journey's End Refugee Services Inc$28,27820%
Make The Road States Inc$25,00010%
Colorado Juvenile Defender Center DBA Transformative Justice Proj of Colo$23,980111%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$23,2781n/a
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc$22,24111%
Veterans Legal Institute$21,92814%
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc$20,75420%
Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota$20,00020%
Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc$19,00030%
Maryland Legal Services Corporation$18,25010%
Legal Aid Bureau Inc$18,15120%
Michigan Indian Legal Services$17,07531%
Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio$17,00030%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington$14,44210%
Cornell University$14,08220%
The Legal Aid Society of Rochester New York$13,91220%
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Inc dba NQAPIA$12,50012%
Make the Road New York$12,50010%
North MS Rural Legal Services Inc$12,00030%
Dna Peoples Legal Services Inc$12,00030%
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky Inc$12,00030%
Legal Aid Services of Oregon$12,00030%
Purpose Built Families Foundation Inc$11,8061n/a
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans$11,18210%
United States Catholic Conference$10,6501n/a
Charleston School of Law$10,50014%
Crescentcare Holdings Inc$10,44211%
Stetson University Inc$10,41710%
Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc$10,25021%
Catholic Migration Services Inc$10,2491n/a
William & Mary Law School Foundation$8,80010%
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$7,04920%
Rhode Island Legal Services Inc$7,04410%
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid Inc$7,00020%
Legal Services Alabama Inc$7,00010%
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York Inc$7,00010%
North Penn Legal Services$7,00010%
East River Legal Services Corporation$7,00020%
Center for Arkansas Legal Services$7,00020%
University of Denver$6,23310%
New Mexico Legal Aid Inc$5,00020%
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education$5,00010%
Southwest Va Legal Aid Society Inc$5,00010%
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley$5,00010%
Utah Legal Services Inc$5,0001n/a

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($336k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Equal Justice Works supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTexas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc: $1,281,221 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetLone Star Legal Aid: $1,217,029 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetGreater Boston Legal Services Inc: $1,021,313 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetThe Legal Aid Society: $980,069 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNew Mexico Immigrant Law Center: $977,062 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetLegal Aid Chicago: $792,613 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetEquip for Equality: $655,924 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $650,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Legal Assistance Group Inc: $625,772 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCalifornia Rural Legal Assistance Inc: $622,513 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetBet Tzedek: $614,981 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetKind Inc: $612,849 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $589,374 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetLegal Aid Justice Center: $563,130 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetLegal Assistance of Western New York Inc: $561,576 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetUrban Justice Center: $548,061 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNational Center for Youth Law: $545,626 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetLegal Aid of Northwest Texas: $540,970 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetAlaska Legal Services Corporation: $507,165 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetKids in Need Foundation: $475,373 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDisability Rights Texas: $463,063 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetAtlanta Legal Aid Society Inc: $455,948 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetEqual Justice Center: $454,009 over 5y, 12% of budgetRoot & Rebound: $443,642 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetLegal Services of Greater Miami Inc: $436,910 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetTexas Fair Defense Project: $434,050 over 6y, 17% of budgetPrairie State Legal Services Inc: $427,107 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCentral Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc: $425,217 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetCabrini Green Legal Aid: $421,536 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetOneJustice: $421,384 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetLawndale Christian Legal Center: $421,100 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetLegal Aid of West Virginia Inc: $405,800 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetVeterans Consortium Pro Bono Program: $400,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetLegal Aid of Arkansas: $398,496 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetCharlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc: $390,560 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetThe Tahirih Justice Center: $384,276 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetHouston Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc: $378,064 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetIndiana Legal Services Inc: $377,944 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetSouthern Coalition for Social Justice: $374,996 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetPublic Counsel: $374,045 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetVirginia Poverty Law Center Inc: $371,315 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetCatholic Charities of Dallas Inc: $369,469 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetImmigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc: $366,945 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $364,100 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNational Veterans Legal Services Program Inc: $363,260 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetFlorida Legal Services Inc: $351,889 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetThe Bronx Defenders: $348,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston: $347,808 over 7y, 0.3% 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 200.

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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.

Legal Services CorporationDC172.9× affinity88 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Legal Services Corporation · The Skadden Foundation · American College of Bankruptcy Foundation · The Sidley Austin Foundation · The Morrison & Foerster Foundation · California Access to Justice Commission · The Impact Fund · The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation · Borealis Philanthropy · Vera Institute of Justice Inc · Immigrant Justice Corps Inc · The New York Bar 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.

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About Equal Justice Works

How much does Equal Justice Works give?
Equal Justice Works reported 175 grants totaling $11,140,707 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 149 and 201 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Equal Justice Works fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (65%), Civil Rights (16%), Human Services (5%).
Who are Equal Justice Works's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Texas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc ($1.3M), Lone Star Legal Aid ($1.2M), Greater Boston Legal Services Inc ($1.0M).
Does Equal Justice Works fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Equal Justice Works?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Legal Services Corporation, The Skadden Foundation, American College of Bankruptcy Foundation.
Where is Equal Justice Works based?
Equal Justice Works is based in DC.

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 428 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $13M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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