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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 FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$4.1MCrime & Legal$2.0MCommunity Improvement$806kCivil Rights$527kScience & Tech$375kHealth$174kHuman Services$40kPhilanthropy$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $153,206, the rows itemized in this filing. The $247,791 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $94,585 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $106k
$9,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$331M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY$26,947
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$24,000
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY$14,997
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA$14,739
WIDENER UNIVERSITY$14,000
NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$11,101
EMORY UNIVERSITY$9,000
LEADERSHIP ENTERPRISE FOR A DIVERSE AMERICA$9,000
LAW SCHOOL YES WE CAN$6,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION$6,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK$6,000
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$6,000
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION - EA MILE$5,422
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 57% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $114k → 16%DISCOVER LAW GRANTS: $85k → 6%ANTIRACIST DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $250k → 8%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $100k → 10%ST JOHN'S UNIV LAW SCHOOL: $102k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $100k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $109k → 16%ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS: $101k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $100k → 17%ST LOUIS UNIV LAW SCHOOL: $100k → 9%ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $100k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $100k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $97k → 15%THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS: $82k → 17%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $79k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $108k → 13%OHIO LAW & LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $105k → 15%SEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $104k → 9%CLEO: $250k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW: $100k → 7%TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $100k → 16%DISCOVER LAW GRANTS: $61k → 6%ANTIRACIST DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $125k → 8%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $100k → 10%ST JOHN'S UNIV LAW SCHOOL: $75k → 13%NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION - EA MILE: $734k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $75k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON: $100k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $96k → 17%UNIV OF WISCONSIN: $100k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $64k → 15%THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS: $69k → 17%DUKE UNIVERSITY: $75k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $70k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $100k → 13%SEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $60k → 9%THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $89k → 23%COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC: $80k → 11%UNIV OF MAINE LAW SCHOOL: $100k → 7%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $60k → 16%THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $125k → 8%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $75k → 10%UNIV OF HOUSTON: $75k → 16%UNIV OF ALABAMA: $75k → 17%UNIVERISTY OF WISCONSIN: $75k → 10%UNIV OF AKRON: $75k → 13%THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $60k → 23%NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $64k → 11%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

ME
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.6M · 38 repeat orgs$614k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
26

Total granted

$7.6M
$570k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+8%

Still filing today

84%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalMembership 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN
    3× · 2023–2025 · $756k · revenue +70%
  • AI
    AMERICAN INDIAN LAW CENTERINC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $632k · revenue +123%
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $392k · revenue +0% · 43% of their budget

Funded once

  • PS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $125k
  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $64k · revenue +3%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
    one grant, 2021 · $58k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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.

1
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
3
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
6
Trustees of Clark University

Clark university's mission is to educate undergraduate and graduate students to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding through rigorous scholarship and creative…

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
9
La Salle University

See schedule o for complete mission statement.la salle is a lasallian catholic university committed to the principle that all knowledge is practical and empowering, filled with the capacity to transform lives. anchored in the living…

Education
10
Southwestern Law School

For more than a century, southwestern has educated lawyers ready to serve clients, the profession, and our society with excellence. we empower students to reach their potential. we cultivate inclusion and belonging. we promote equity and…

Education
11
Delaware State University

Delaware state university is a public, comprehensive, 1890 land-grant institution that offers access and opportunity to diverse populations from delaware, the nation, and the world. (continued on schedule o.)building on its heritage as a…

Education
12
University of Virginia Law School Foundation

The university of virginia law school foundation's primary purpose is to receive, manage and expend funds for the benefit of the university of virginia school of law.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fordham University; the most unlike its peers is Reuben V Anderson Center for Justice. 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

53 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. 53 of the 70 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/53
Grantees still filing
43/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC: $392,060 · EducationCOUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INCTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $321,950 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATIONUniversity of Houston Law Foundation: $315,821 · EducationUniversity of Houston Law FoundationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $300,000 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $300,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $296,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATIONEDP UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO INC: $283,011 · EducationEDP UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO INCST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $258,595 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITYST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $237,126 · EducationST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORKDUKE UNIVERSITY: $229,370 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDATION: $225,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION: $213,337 · EducationThe University of Texas Law School Foundation: $175,000 · EducationASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS INC: $171,000 · EducationLaw and Leadership Institute LLC: $160,500 · Education+24 more: $536,245 · Education+24 moreAMERICAN INDIAN LAW CENTERINC: $632,052 · OtherAMERICAN INDIAN LAW CENTERINCIndiana University School of Medicine: $353,147 · OtherIndiana University School of Medic…SEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $240,918 · OtherSEATTLE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $217,677 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OREGONBMC AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS INC: $174,000 · OtherBMC AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS INCTULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE -AOA CHAPTER: $149,177 · OtherTULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICI…Individual grant recipient: $145,922 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $130,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $125,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY: $98,644 · Other+13 more: $239,001 · Other+13 moreNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN: $755,726 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL CE…STREET LAW INC: $50,600 · Community ImprovementSTREET LAW …CROSSROADS ANTI-RACISM ORGANIZING & TRAINING: $375,000 · Civil RightsREUBEN V ANDERSON CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $26,786 · Civil Rights+1 more: $7,500 · Civil RightsAMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION: $72,660 · Crime & LegalLATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF: $25,000 · Crime & LegalL&S FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Membership Benefit
Education$4,415,015Other$2,505,538Community Improvement$806,326Civil Rights$409,286Crime & Legal$97,660Membership Benefit$7,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIC INNOVATION IN: $755,726 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN LAW CENTERINC: $632,052 over 7y, 18% of budgetCOUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC: $392,060 over 4y, 43% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $321,950 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Houston Law Foundation: $315,821 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $300,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $296,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetEDP UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO INC: $283,011 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $258,595 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $240,918 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $237,126 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $229,370 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MAINE SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION: $213,337 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe University of Texas Law School Foundation: $175,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBMC AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS INC: $174,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS INC: $171,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetLaw and Leadership Institute LLC: $160,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $130,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $76,904 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION: $72,660 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $64,332 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTREET LAW INC: $50,600 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFordham University: $49,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $47,910 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $44,004 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL OUTREACH INC: $34,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $28,457 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $28,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREUBEN V ANDERSON CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $26,786 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTuskegee University: $26,573 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES FOUNDATION: $22,284 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $16,835 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH JUSTICE ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetDILLARD UNIVERSITY: $14,164 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAW SCHOOL ADMISSION COUNCIL: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH CENTER FOR LEGAL INCLUSION: $7,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetJUST THE BEGINNING - A PIPELINE ORGANIZATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetL&S FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA: $6,882 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $6,463 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Littler Mendelson Fou…The Sidley Austin Fou…Ernst & Young Foundat…Accesslex InstituteEducational Credit Ma…Freedom Together Foun…National Collegiate A…Folds of Honor Founda…The Ford FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Sempra FoundationTulsa Community Found…
Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc Attn Tax ManagerMO17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Law School Admission Council funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Law School Admission Council. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Western New England University: 1% of income from government
  • Suffolk University: 1% of income from government
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
13report 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.

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 70 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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