Kentucky · Public charity
Legal Aid Society Inc
Founded in 1921, legal aid society's mission is to make justice accessible to all, regardless of financial status. We provide free civil legal help on issues related to income, family, housing, safety, and health.
- $108k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $11,818
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $90,582
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Legal Aid Society Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $108k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $41k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $42k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $123k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society | $168,389 | 8 | 1% |
| Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky Inc | $90,286 | 8 | 1% |
| Cumberland Trace Legal Services Inc | $90,022 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Louisville Research Foundation | $45,381 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Women and Families Inc | $41,402 | 1 | 1% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Legal Aid Society Inc
- How much does Legal Aid Society Inc give?
- Legal Aid Society Inc reported 3 grants totaling $108,160 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Legal Aid Society Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (100%).
- Who are Legal Aid Society Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society ($168k), Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky Inc ($90k), Cumberland Trace Legal Services Inc ($90k).
- Does Legal Aid Society Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Legal Aid Society Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kentucky Bar Foundation Inc.
- Where is Legal Aid Society Inc based?
- Legal Aid Society Inc is based in KY.
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