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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
The Lawyers' Committee uses legal advocacy to achieve racial justice, fighting inside and outside the courts to ensure that Black people and other people of color have the voice, opportunity, and power to make the promises of our democracy real.
- $122k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $17k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $16,987
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,987
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $76M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 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; $84k 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 | 1 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $84k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $212k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $371k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $147k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $29k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $151k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $243k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center Inc | $265,852 | 3 | 7% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $95,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Public Justice Center Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wetheaction | $60,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Urban Institute | $50,349 | 2 | 0% |
| Poverty and Race Research Action Council | $41,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Girls for Gender Equity Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arab American Institute Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Working Group | $37,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Repairers of the Breach | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 37 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 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.
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How this is measured
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About Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- How much does Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law give?
- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law reported 1 itemized grants totaling $16,987, out of $121,987 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (28%), Housing & Shelter (20%), Civil Rights (19%).
- Who are Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center Inc ($266k), Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana ($95k), Public Justice Center Inc ($75k).
- Does Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Venture Fund, Foundation to Promote Open Society, The Ford Foundation.
- Where is Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law based?
- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is based in DC.
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