Texas · Public charity
Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates
To preserve, promote, and improve the American civil justice system and the Seventh Amendment right to civil jury trials for future generations.
- $238k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $217k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $78,353
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $217k | 55% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $121k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $260k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $123k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $83k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $78k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Board of Trial Advocates | $197,607 | 4 | n/a |
| American Board of Trial Advocates | $76,021 | 1 | n/a |
| Teach Democracy | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Civics Learning Project | $55,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Center For Youth Development Through Law | $45,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Texas Watch Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 41% |
| Loyola Marymount University | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Mock Trial Association | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| National Center for State Courts | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Board of Trial Advocates | $197,607 | 4 | n/a |
| American Board of Trial Advocates | $76,021 | 1 | n/a |
| Teach Democracy | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Civics Learning Project | $55,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Center For Youth Development Through Law | $45,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Texas Watch Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 41% |
| Loyola Marymount University | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Mock Trial Association | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| National Center for State Courts | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The National Judicial College | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Delaware Law Related Education Center Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Teach Democracy | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Board of Trial Advocates | $20,750 | 1 | n/a |
| The Monroe County Bar Association | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Arkansas Mock Trial Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Board of Trial Advocates | $16,249 | 2 | n/a |
| North Carolina Mock Trial Program | $15,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Civics Learning Project | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Michigan Center for Civic Education | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Board of Trial Advocates | $12,694 | 1 | n/a |
| The Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement | $11,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Indiana Bar Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Board of Trial Advocates | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| ABOTA National | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Mecklenburg Bar Foundation | $5,375 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Safety and Civility Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Texas Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates
- How much does Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates give?
- Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates reported 11 itemized grants totaling $216,824, out of $238,324 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (31%), Public Benefit (22%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: American Board of Trial Advocates ($198k), American Board of Trial Advocates ($76k), Teach Democracy ($55k).
- Does Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates based?
- Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates is based in TX.
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