New York · Public charity
Legal Services NYC
LEGAL SERVICES NYC is a non-profit organization that provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in new york city. A community-based organization serving more than 100,000 people annually, lsnyc is the nation's largest organization exclusively devoted to providing free civil services to the poor, with programs located in…
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $149,628
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,075,836
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $48M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Legal Services NYC 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 | 9 | $2.5M | 22% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $1.4M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Legal Aid Society | $5,221,375 | 6 | 0% |
| Urban Homesteading Assistance (U-Hab) Inc | $1,136,378 | 6 | 9% |
| New Settlement Community Campus Corp | $940,324 | 6 | 23% |
| Center for Disability Advocacy Rights Inc | $923,287 | 6 | 98% |
| Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty | $587,724 | 1 | 1% |
| Met Council Research & Education Fund Inc | $478,416 | 6 | 28% |
| Community Voices Heard Inc | $222,209 | 3 | 4% |
| Flatbush Development Corporation | $175,781 | 3 | 2% |
| Housing Court Answers Inc | $34,764 | 1 | 2% |
| Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Legal Aid Society | $5,221,375 | 6 | 0% |
| Urban Homesteading Assistance (U-Hab) Inc | $1,136,378 | 6 | 9% |
| New Settlement Community Campus Corp | $940,324 | 6 | 23% |
| Center for Disability Advocacy Rights Inc | $923,287 | 6 | 98% |
| Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty | $587,724 | 1 | 1% |
| Met Council Research & Education Fund Inc | $478,416 | 6 | 28% |
| Community Voices Heard Inc | $222,209 | 3 | 4% |
| Flatbush Development Corporation | $175,781 | 3 | 2% |
| Housing Court Answers Inc | $34,764 | 1 | 2% |
| Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| JustFix Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pro Bono Net Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Legal Services NYC supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: North Star Fund Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Fund for the City of New York Inc · New York Foundation · The Ford Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Legal Services NYC
- How much does Legal Services NYC give?
- Legal Services NYC reported 9 grants totaling $2,458,859 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Legal Services NYC fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (63%), Housing & Shelter (17%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
- Who are Legal Services NYC's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Legal Aid Society ($5.2M), Urban Homesteading Assistance (U-Hab) Inc ($1.1M), New Settlement Community Campus Corp ($940k).
- Does Legal Services NYC fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Legal Services NYC?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Star Fund Inc, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Fund for the City of New York Inc.
- Where is Legal Services NYC based?
- Legal Services NYC is based in NY.
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