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Justice Catalyst Partnerships

To promote valuable public interest legal work that seeks to improve the lives of those most often denied access to justice and to achieve systemic change within the legal system and profession.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$406k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Philanthropy$2.5MCivil Rights$481kCrime & Legal$438kHealth$263kHuman Services$100kCommunity Improvement$45k
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $253k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+1 grant · $406k
$70,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH STAR FUND INC$406,000
KAPLAN & GRADY LLC$167,672
RODERICK AND SOLANGE MACARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER$140,660
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT PROJECT INC$140,000
COMMUNITY EDUCATION GROUP INC$95,000
CUNEO GILBERT & LADUCA LLP$70,000
LEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC$70,000
THE NATIONAL POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT$70,000
NATIONAL ADVOCATES FOR PREGNANT WOMEN$70,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALASKA FOUNDATION$70,000
NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP$70,000
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL LAYWERS GUILD$52,500
LEGAL AID AT WORK$52,500
FREEDOM COMMUNITY CENTER$45,000
EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC$35,000
02The need
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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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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%JUSTICE CATALYST LAW: $100k → 17%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

AK
MT
IL
NY
CA
MO
WV
KS
DC
LA
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.

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National Legal Advocacy Network Dba Glow

The National Legal Advocacy Network d/b/a Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers is a legal non-profit organization dedicated to using legal strategies as a tool to build power for marginalized workers and create systemic change through…

Crime & Legal
2
Civil Liberties Defense Center

CIVIL LIBERTIES DEFENSE CENTER (CLDC) educates the general public about their rights and privileges under the US Constitution and provides free legal support to climate and social justice activists.

Civil Rights
3
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.

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4
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
5
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
6
Equal Justice Center

The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law firm and employment justice organization which empowers low-income families, workers, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace, in the justice system, and in our shared society…

Civil Rights
7
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
8
Justice for the People Legal Center

Justice for the People Legal Centers mission shall include but not be limited to the provision of legal services, grassroots organizing, and education to people and communities who have historically endured harm and trauma caused by our…

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9
Public Justice Center Inc

The public justice center (pjc) pursues systemic change to build a just society. (see schedule o)the pjc uses legal advocacy tools to pursue social justice, economic and race equity, and fundamental human rights for people who are…

Crime & Legal
10
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
11
Towards Justice of Colorado

Towards justice is a nonprofit law firm that seeks to advance economic equity and worker power through impact litigation, strategic policy advocacy, and collaboration with organizers and public agencies. we were founded in response to the…

Civil Rights
12
Federation for American Immigration Reform

The federation for american immigration reform's (fair) mission is to educate the public about the economic, sociological, environmental, demographic and other effects of mass immigration to the united states.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild Inc; the most unlike its peers is Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center. 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

18 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. 18 of the 23 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
5/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTH STAR FUND INC: $2,236,000 · OtherNORTH STAR FUND INCKAPLAN & GRADY LLC: $167,672 · OtherKAPLAN & GRADY LLCGERNSTEIN HARROW LLP: $97,500 · Other+5 more: $248,950 · Other+5 moreSURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT PROJECT INC: $140,000 · Civil RightsSURVEILLANCE …PREGNANCY JUSTICE INC: $70,000 · Civil RightsPREGNANCY JUS…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $70,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVI…NATIONAL IMMIGRATION PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD INC: $52,500 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMI…UPPER SEVEN LAW: $35,000 · Civil RightsUPPER SEVEN L…CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS: $35,000 · Civil RightsCIVIL RIGHTS …EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $35,000 · Civil RightsEARTHRIGHTS I…NATIONAL POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT INC: $70,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $70,000 · Crime & LegalLegal Aid at Work: $52,500 · Crime & LegalLATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF: $35,000 · Crime & LegalRoderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center: $140,660 · PhilanthropyJUSTICE CATALYST LAW INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY EDUCATION GROUP INC: $95,000 · HealthFreedom Community Center: $45,000 · Community Improvement
Other$2,750,122Civil Rights$437,500Crime & Legal$227,500Philanthropy$140,660Human Services$100,000Health$95,000Community Improvement$45,000

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 budgetNORTH STAR FUND INC: $2,236,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetRoderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center: $140,660 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT PROJECT INC: $140,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetJUSTICE CATALYST LAW INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY EDUCATION GROUP INC: $95,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetNATIONAL POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT INC: $70,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetPREGNANCY JUSTICE INC: $70,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $70,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC: $70,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD INC: $52,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLegal Aid at Work: $52,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFreedom Community Center: $45,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetURBAN JUSTICE CENTER: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUPPER SEVEN LAW: $35,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCIVIL RIGHTS CORPS: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Amalgamated Charitabl…Wellspring Philanthro…The Ford FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…The Sidley Austin Fou…Foundation to Promote…NEO Philanthropy IncSilicon Valley Commun…New Venture FundThe Impact FundThe Gibson Dunn & Cru…The Skadden Foundation
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncDC19.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · The Ford Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The Sidley Austin Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · New Venture Fund · The Impact Fund · The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation · The Skadden 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 Justice Catalyst Partnerships funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Justice Catalyst Partnerships. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    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.
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    How do I get to Justice Catalyst Partnerships?

    Find your warmest path to Justice Catalyst Partnerships through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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