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Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois

To provide grant funds to illinois not-for-profit organizations providing legal assistance to the poor throughout illinois and for such other programs for the benefit of the public as specifically approved from time to time by the supreme court of illinois exclusively for public purposes.

$28M
Granted FY2025still arriving
55
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Crime & Legal$142MInternational$351kEducation$290kHuman Services$15k
02FY2025 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k30 grants · $2.9M
  • $250k+20 grants · $25M
$110,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$83M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES$5,530,000
LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID$5,280,000
LEGAL AID CHICAGO$2,080,000
CARPLS LEGAL AID$1,470,000
NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER$1,445,000
ILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINE$1,275,000
CHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES$1,087,000
CABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID$835,000
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES$810,000
LAW CENTER FOR BETTER HOUSING$785,000
EQUIP FOR EQUALITY$610,000
LIFE SPAN$566,875
ASCEND JUSTICE$560,000
LEGAL COUNCIL FOR HEALTH JUSTICE$510,000
GREATER CHICAGO LEGAL CLINIC$460,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $14.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SPANISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 7%SPANISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $35k → 7%CHICAGO ADVOCATE LEGAL: $40k → 14%VIETNAMESE ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS: $60k → 14%CHICAGO ADVOCATE LEGAL NFP: $30k → 14%THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $50k → 14%YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $30k → 14%YOUNG CENTER: $30k → 14%ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $140k → 14%YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $30k → 14%ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $50k → 14%ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $35k → 14%INDO-AMERICAN CENTER: $70k → 14%INDO-AMERICAN CENTER: $40k → 14%INDO-AMERICAN CENTER (IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM): $35k → 14%HANA CENTER: $60k → 14%THE VILLAGE LEGAL AND COMMUNITY PROJECT: $140k → 14%THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY & LEGALPROJECT: $65k → 14%THE VILLAGE LEGAL AND COMMUNITY PROJECT: $50k → 14%IMMIGRATION PROJECT: $460k → 14%IMMIGRATION PROJECT: $310k → 14%IMMIGRATION PROJECT: $229k → 14%IMMIGRATION PROJECT: $185k → 14%IMMIGRATION PROJECT: $185k → 14%IMMIGRATION PROJECT: $92k → 14%CJE SENIORLIFE: $60k → 14%CJE SENIOR LIFE: $30k → 14%CARPLS LEGAL AID: $1.5M → 14%CARPLS LEGAL AID: $1.2M → 14%CARPLS LEGAL AID: $992k → 14%CARPLS LEGAL AID: $881k → 14%CARPLS LEGAL AID: $815k → 14%LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $810k → 14%CARPLS LEGAL AID: $805k → 14%CARPLS LEGAL AID: $769k → 14%CARPLS LEGAL AID: $730k → 14%LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $575k → 14%LEGAL AID SOCIETY (PART OF METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES): $465k → 14%CARPLS LEGAL AID: $384k → 14%LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $375k → 14%LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $355k → 14%LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $355k → 14%LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $240k → 14%LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $240k → 14%WORKING CREDIT: $199k → 14%LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $177k → 14%CARPLS LEGAL AID: $145k → 14%CARPLS LEGAL AID: $55k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$142M · 63 repeat orgs$878k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +61% since the first grant, against -6% for the ones you funded once.

63 repeat relationships — 46 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
5

Total granted

$142M
$378k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
-6%

Still filing today

89%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k 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
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PS
    PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $28M · revenue +111% · 33% of their budget
  • LO
    LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $27M · revenue +66% · 40% of their budget
  • LA
    LEGAL AID CHICAGO
    9× · 2017–2025 · $9.5M · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • WC
    Working Credit NFP
    one grant, 2024 · $199k · revenue -51%
  • IL
    ILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINE
    one grant, 2020 · $103k
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE OF LAW PRACTICE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $27k · revenue +39%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Latino Union of Chicago

Latino Union works to defend the rights and dignity of contingent workers, including the right to immigrate, work, live free of oppression and violence, and provide for oneself and one's family.

Human Services
2
Chicago Committee On Minorities in Large Law Firms

The chicago committee seeks racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession by collaborating with its law firm and corporate membership to: drive sustainable institutional change at law firms and corporate legal departments; provide…

Civil Rights
3
Lakeshore Legal Aid

Standing with our neighbors, Lakeshore Legal Aid fights poverty and injustice through advocacy and by providing meaningful and dignified access to the legal system.

Crime & Legal
4
Illinois Community for Displaced Immigrants

Serving recently arrived migrants and asylum seekers in the Chicagoland area and is committed to upholding the dignity and human rights of immigrants.

Human Services
5
Nijc Nfp

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is a leader in advancing immigrant rights through its unique strategy drawing on its legal services to promote legal reform through litigation, advocacy and strategic communications.

Crime & Legal
6
First Defense Legal Aid

First Defense Legal Aid mobilizes lawyers and community members to fill gaps in public defense and create, protect, and engage replicable alternatives to the criminal system, starting with its entry points.

Crime & Legal
7
Inner City Law Center

In 2024, Inner City Law Center, ICLC, served over 3,400 people, helping vulnerable Angelenos to remain in their homes and recover nearly $20.5 million in financial benefits.

Crime & Legal
8
Chicago Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
9
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cook County

CASA of Cook County's vision is to protect abused and neglected children by providing them in court, a safe and permanent home, and an opportunity to grow, learn and thrive.

Crime & Legal
10
Illinois Coalition for Legal Reform

Advocate for tort reform in Illinois by communicating with public officials and staff to influence legislation and administrative action designed to create a more equitable and balanced judicial system in Illinois.

Community Improvement
11
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
12
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legal Aid Chicago and the most unlike its peers is Chicago House & Social Service Agency. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%4%<5yr14%7%5–10yr18%16%10–20yr17%10%20–35yr14%45%35–55yr16%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr18%3%10–20yr17%15%20–35yr14%76%35–55yr16%5%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/76
the rest of the field
15%
5,947/39,823

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

69 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 69 of the 76 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/69
Grantees still filing
53/69
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC — $28,023,407 · Crime & LegalPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INCLAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC — $26,743,297 · Crime & LegalLAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INCLEGAL AID CHICAGO — $9,541,825 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID CHICAGOILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINE — $9,063,634 · Crime & LegalILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINECABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID — $5,095,200 · Crime & LegalCABRINI GREEN LEGAL AIDLaw Center for Better Housing — $4,326,606 · Crime & LegalGreater Chicago Legal Clinic — $3,757,140 · Crime & LegalLIFE-SPAN — $3,458,250 · Crime & Legal+14 more — $5,483,246 · Crime & Legal+14 moreCHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION — $8,350,000 · OtherCHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGA…Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights — $7,322,600 · OtherHeartland Alliance for…EQUIP FOR EQUALITY — $2,917,200 · OtherEQUIP FOR EQUALITYASCEND JUSTICE — $2,292,000 · OtherASCEND JUSTICELegal Council for Health Justice — $2,111,091 · OtherLegal Council for Heal…Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago — $1,022,100 · Other+23 more — $4,656,724 · Other+23 moreCOORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES — $8,240,125 · Human ServicesCOORDINATED…Metropolitan Family Services — $3,591,500 · Human ServicesMetropolita…THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS — $1,686,300 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG C…+10 more — $1,333,079 · Human Services+10 moreThe Resurrection Project — $775,000 · Housing & ShelterCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS — $691,800 · Housing & ShelterOPEN COMMUNITIES — $65,000 · Housing & ShelterDEPAUL UNIVERSITY — $742,421 · EducationChicago Workers' Collaborative NFP — $365,000 · EducationLADDER UP (F/K/A CITY-WIDE TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) — $147,000 · EducationSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $120,000 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — $100,000 · EducationWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS — $351,250 · InternationalSYRIAN COMMUNITY NETWORK — $210,000 · InternationalNORTHERN ILLINOIS JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS — $400,000 · Public BenefitPRO BONO NETWORK — $45,000 · Public Benefit
Crime & Legal$95,492,605Other$28,671,715Human Services$14,851,004Housing & Shelter$1,531,800Education$1,474,421International$561,250Public Benefit$445,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC — $28,023,407 over 9y, 33% of budgetLAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC — $26,743,297 over 9y, 40% of budgetLEGAL AID CHICAGO — $9,541,825 over 9y, 12% of budgetILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINE — $9,063,634 over 9y, 57% of budgetCHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION — $8,350,000 over 9y, 52% of budgetCOORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES — $8,240,125 over 9y, 33% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights — $7,322,600 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetCABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID — $5,095,200 over 9y, 21% of budgetLaw Center for Better Housing — $4,326,606 over 9y, 57% of budgetGreater Chicago Legal Clinic — $3,757,140 over 9y, 33% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services — $3,591,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetLIFE-SPAN — $3,458,250 over 9y, 11% of budgetEQUIP FOR EQUALITY — $2,917,200 over 9y, 5.0% of budgetASCEND JUSTICE — $2,292,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetLegal Council for Health Justice — $2,111,091 over 6y, 13% of budgetTHE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS — $1,686,300 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetPublic Interest Law Initiative — $1,311,250 over 9y, 21% of budgetAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago — $1,022,100 over 9y, 5.7% of budgetDUPAGE LEGAL AID FOUNDATION — $845,080 over 6y, 31% of budgetCenter for Disability & Elder Law Inc — $836,000 over 8y, 8.7% of budgetThe Resurrection Project — $775,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetChicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc — $756,800 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY — $742,421 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUptown People's Law Center — $715,000 over 9y, 13% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS — $691,800 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetNORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AID CLINIC — $546,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetIMMIGRATION PROJECT INC — $509,600 over 3y, 44% of budgetILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION — $480,238 over 9y, 55% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS — $400,000 over 9y, 10.0% of budgetChicago Workers' Collaborative NFP — $365,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS — $351,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY — $322,955 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetUPSOLVE INC — $301,032 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE — $300,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetRAISE THE FLOOR ALLIANCE — $265,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetThe Village Legal and Community Project — $254,500 over 3y, 52% of budgetDuPage County Bar Association — $254,220 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetChicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation — $253,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW — $225,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSYRIAN COMMUNITY NETWORK — $210,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago — $209,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWorking Credit NFP — $198,579 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetJAMES B MORAN CENTER FOR YOUTH ADVOCACY — $190,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetCHILDRENS LEGAL CENTER — $170,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCHINESE AMERICAN SERVICE LEAGUE INC — $164,501 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetIndo-American Center — $160,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetLADDER UP (F/K/A CITY-WIDE TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) — $147,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetWEST SIDE JUSTICE CENTER INC — $140,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS LEGAL AID ONLINE ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights ↗
  • Who funds CABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID ↗
  • Who funds Law Center for Better Housing ↗
  • Who funds Greater Chicago Legal Clinic ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Family Services ↗
  • Who funds LIFE-SPAN ↗
  • Who funds EQUIP FOR EQUALITY ↗
  • Who funds ASCEND JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds Legal Council for Health Justice ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds Public Interest Law Initiative ↗
  • Who funds Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago ↗
  • Who funds DUPAGE LEGAL AID FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Center for Disability & Elder Law Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Resurrection Project ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Uptown People's Law Center ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SUBURBAN LEGAL AID CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds IMMIGRATION PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Workers' Collaborative NFP ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HOUSE & SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds UPSOLVE INC ↗
  • Who funds ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds RAISE THE FLOOR ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds The Village Legal and Community Project ↗
  • Who funds DuPage County Bar Association ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Illinois Equal Justic…Illinois Bar Foundati…The Chicago Bar Found…Polk Bros Foundation …United Way of Metropo…The Resurrection Proj…The Chicago Community…Chicago Foundation fo…Public Interest Law I…The Sidley Austin Fou…Illinois Coalition fo…Equal Justice Works
Illinois Equal Justice FoundationIL83× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Illinois Equal Justice Foundation · Illinois Bar Foundation · The Chicago Bar Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Resurrection Project · The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago Foundation for Women · Public Interest Law Initiative · The Sidley Austin Foundation · Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights · Equal Justice Works

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals — 67% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois?

Find your warmest path to Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 76 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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