Pennsylvania · Public charity
Law School Admission Council
Lsac is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to advance law and justice by promoting access, equity, and fairness in law school admission and supporting the learning journey from prelaw through practice.lsac provides products and services that support candidates and schools throughout the law school admission process, and…
- $248k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $153k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,947
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $331M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Law School Admission Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $758k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $153k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $976k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $1.6M | 45% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $912k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $865k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $365k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $993k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $1.5M | 47% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Civic Innovation In | $755,726 | 3 | 2% |
| American Indian Law Centerinc | $632,052 | 7 | 18% |
| Council on Legal Education Opportunity Inc | $392,060 | 4 | 43% |
| Crossroads Anti-Racism Organizing & Training | $375,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | $353,147 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $321,950 | 5 | 1% |
| University of Houston Law Foundation | $315,821 | 5 | 2% |
| Chapman University | $300,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $300,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Alabama Law School Foundation | $296,000 | 4 | 3% |
Show all 68 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($146k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Law School Admission Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 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.
Open a dossier: Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc Attn Tax Manager · The Sidley Austin Foundation · Ernst & Young Foundation · Accesslex Institute · Educational Credit Management Corporation · Freedom Together Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Sempra Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation
How this is measured
About Law School Admission Council
- How much does Law School Admission Council give?
- Law School Admission Council reported 13 itemized grants totaling $153,206, out of $247,791 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Law School Admission Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Crime & Legal (24%), Community Improvement (10%).
- Who are Law School Admission Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Center for Civic Innovation In ($756k), American Indian Law Centerinc ($632k), Council on Legal Education Opportunity Inc ($392k).
- Does Law School Admission Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Law School Admission Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc Attn Tax Manager, The Sidley Austin Foundation, Ernst & Young Foundation.
- Where is Law School Admission Council based?
- Law School Admission Council is based in PA.
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