Pennsylvania · Public charity
Lancaster Law Foundation
We promote equal access to justice for all in lancaster county by funding public interest law projects, delivering pro bono service, and educating the public on civic and legal issues.
- $65k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $55k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $767k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Lancaster Law Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% 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 | 5 | $55k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $67k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $35k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $35k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $147k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midpenn Legal Services | $269,088 | 5 | 2% |
| Bench Mark Program | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Compass Mark | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Parish Resource Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Zion Community Services | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Communities | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Lancaster County Chooses Love | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Casa of Lancaster and Lebanon Counties | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| YWCA Lancaster | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midpenn Legal Services | $269,088 | 5 | 2% |
| Bench Mark Program | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Compass Mark | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Parish Resource Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Zion Community Services | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Communities | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Lancaster County Chooses Love | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Casa of Lancaster and Lebanon Counties | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| YWCA Lancaster | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lancaster Lgbtq Coalition | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Advoz | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lancaster Law Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Touchstone Foundation Supporting Organization · United Way of Lancaster County · High Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Lancaster Law Foundation
- How much does Lancaster Law Foundation give?
- Lancaster Law Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $55,000, out of $65,147 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lancaster Law Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (95%), Religion (2%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Lancaster Law Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Midpenn Legal Services ($269k), Bench Mark Program ($20k), Compass Mark ($10k).
- Does Lancaster Law Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lancaster Law Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lancaster County Community Foundation, Touchstone Foundation Supporting Organization, United Way of Lancaster County.
- Where is Lancaster Law Foundation based?
- Lancaster Law Foundation is based in PA.
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