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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 FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$360kHousing & Shelter$266kCivil Rights$253kFood & Nutrition$95kPublic Benefit$87kSocial Science$74kCommunity Improvement$72kEducation$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $16,987, the rows itemized in this filing. The $121,987 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $105,000 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.
$16,987
Median grant
1
States reached
$76M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Urban Institute$16,987
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $72k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%OPEN BUFFALO: $12k → 13%COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY: $20k → 17%REBUILDING BROKEN PLACES: $20k → 18%AYUDA: $20k → 14%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

IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$332k · 3 repeat orgs$921k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
35

Total granted

$332k
$921k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+33%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Crime & LegalCivil RightsHuman ServicesSocial ScienceReligionPublic 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

  • LF
    Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center Inc
    3× · 2018–2021 · $266k · revenue +58%
  • THE URBAN INSTITUTE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +4%
  • AA
    Alabama Association For The Arts Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $16k · revenue -42%

Funded once

  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA
    one grant, 2021 · $95k · revenue -47%
  • PJ
    PUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue -2%
  • W
    WETHEACTION
    one grant, 2018 · $60k · revenue +62%
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
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
2
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
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
National Police Accountability Project Inc

To promote the accountability of law enforcement officers and their employers for violations of the Constitution or laws of the United States.

Crime & Legal
5
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
6
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana

To support the work of the amercian civil liberties union of louisiana through litigation, public education and limited lobbying in support of civil liberties.

Civil Rights
7
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice

Building support for the rights of working people through coalitions of labor and community and through public education.

Employment
8
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
9
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
10
District of Columbia Access to Justice

Work with DC courts, private bar & legal services providers to increase legal representations for low & moderate income DC residents, enhance efficiency of legal services, and reduce barriers to the judicial system.

Crime & Legal
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mississippi Center for Justice; the most unlike its peers is Police for Inc. 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

34 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. 34 of the 39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
22/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center Inc: $265,852 · Civil RightsLouisiana Fair Housing Action Cen…ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Civil RightsARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATIO…MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Civil RightsMATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATIONASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTURY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $10,000 · Civil RightsPUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER INC: $75,000 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER …GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY INC: $40,000 · Crime & LegalGIRLS FOR GENDER EQUIT…Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc: $25,000 · Crime & LegalChicago Lawyers Commit…LAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS INC: $25,000 · Crime & LegalLAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGH…MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $25,000 · Crime & LegalMISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR…BURIED ALIVE PROJECT: $20,000 · Crime & LegalBURIED ALIVE PROJECTTHE ACCESS PROJECT INC: $19,550 · Crime & LegalTHE ACCESS PROJECT INCSOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $14,615 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN COALITION FOR…GEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $9,070 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $7,740 · Crime & LegalWETHEACTION: $60,000 · OtherWETHEACTIONRESOLUTIONS FIRM LLC: $50,000 · OtherRESOLUTIONS FIRM LLCThe Working Group: $37,500 · OtherThe Working GroupFLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES INC: $28,608 · OtherFLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES INCKAYA HENDERSON CONSULTING: $20,000 · OtherKAYA HENDERSON CONSULTINGUBUNTU RESEARCH AND EVALUATION: $20,000 · OtherUBUNTU RESEARCH AND EVALUATIONMONTRELL CARMOUCHE LLC: $20,000 · OtherMONTRELL CARMOUCHE LLCRepairers of the Breach: $30,000 · OtherRepairers of the BreachCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS OF ARIZONA: $15,000 · OtherPolice For Inc: $20,000 · OtherPolice For IncAlabama Association For The Arts Inc: $16,000 · Other+4 more: $36,237 · Other+4 moreSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $95,000 · Food & NutritionTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $50,349 · Social SciencePoverty and Race Research Action Council: $41,000 · Social ScienceRebuilding Broken Places CDC: $20,000 · Human ServicesAYUDA INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $20,000 · Human ServicesOpen Buffalo Inc: $12,000 · Human ServicesGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $50,000 · Youth Development
Civil Rights$380,852Crime & Legal$260,975Other$353,345Food & Nutrition$95,000Social Science$91,349Human Services$72,000Youth Development$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLouisiana Fair Housing Action Center Inc: $265,852 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $95,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWETHEACTION: $60,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $50,349 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPoverty and Race Research Action Council: $41,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetThe Working Group: $37,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetRepairers of the Breach: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES INC: $28,608 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRebuilding Broken Places CDC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAYUDA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPolice For Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetBURIED ALIVE PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CENTURY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACCESS PROJECT INC: $19,550 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetAlabama Association For The Arts Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS OF ARIZONA: $15,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetSOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $14,615 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOpen Buffalo Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVirginia Civic Engagement Table: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNational Coalition on Black Civic Partic: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEW MEXICO BLACK LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $9,070 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC: $7,740 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS INC: $6,237 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

New Venture FundFoundation to Promote…The Ford FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Tides FoundationEqual Justice WorksWK Kellogg FoundationThe Kresge FoundationThe Impact FundThe Schott Foundation…Public Welfare Founda…Wellspring Philanthro…
New Venture FundDC29.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Venture Fund · Foundation to Promote Open Society · The Ford Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Equal Justice Works · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · The Impact Fund · The Schott Foundation for Public Education · Public Welfare Foundation Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc

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 Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Florida Legal Services Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Public Justice Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 39 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home