Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Legal Services Corporation
The congress of the united states of america, in the declaration of purpose of the LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION act (lsc act), found that "there is a need to provide equal access to the system of justice in our nation for individuals who seek redress of grievances; "that there is a need to provide high quality legal assistance to those who…
- $538M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 133
- Grants FY2024
- 133
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,958,768
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $19,591,588
- Organizations funded a year
- 128 to 134
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 55
- Total assets, FY2024
- $191M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Legal Services Corporation 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.
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 | 131 | $536M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 133 | $548M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 128 | $452M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 133 | $441M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 134 | $473M | 1% |
| FY2019 | 132 | $336M | 2% |
| FY2018 | 134 | $379M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc | $113,287,941 | 7 | 39% |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc | $109,327,330 | 7 | 52% |
| Lone Star Legal Aid | $103,254,993 | 7 | 53% |
| Puerto Rico Legal Services Inc | $99,464,783 | 7 | 82% |
| Legal Services NYC | $98,722,975 | 7 | 99% |
| Legal Aid of Northwest Texas | $76,683,841 | 7 | 42% |
| Georgia Legal Services Program Inc | $71,984,498 | 7 | 71% |
| California Rural Legal Assistance Inc | $64,869,217 | 7 | 53% |
| Indiana Legal Services Inc | $57,303,078 | 7 | 65% |
| Northwest Justice Project | $56,897,290 | 7 | 25% |
Show all 138 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Legal Services Corporation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 112 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 134 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Equal Justice Works · American College of Bankruptcy Foundation · The Skadden Foundation · Native American Rights Fund Inc · Montana Legal Services Association · West Tennessee Legal Services INC · National Legal Aid and Defender Association · AARP Foundation · Equal Justice America Inc · National Health Law Program Inc · California Changelawyers · California Access to Justice Commission
How this is measured
About Legal Services Corporation
- How much does Legal Services Corporation give?
- Legal Services Corporation reported 133 grants totaling $538,096,402 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 128 and 134 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Legal Services Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (100%).
- Who are Legal Services Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Texas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc ($113M), Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc ($109M), Lone Star Legal Aid ($103M).
- Does Legal Services Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Legal Services Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Equal Justice Works, American College of Bankruptcy Foundation, The Skadden Foundation.
- Where is Legal Services Corporation based?
- Legal Services Corporation is based in DC.
Play a game based on Legal Services’ filings →