Texas · Public charity
Lone Star Legal Aid
LONE STAR LEGAL AID's ("lsla") mission is to protect and advance the civil legal rights of the millions of texans living in poverty by providing free advocacy, legal representation, and community education that ensures equal access to justice. Lsla's service area covers one-third of the state of texas. Headquartered in houston, lsla…
- $514k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Lone Star Legal Aid 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 | 3 | $514k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $503k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $502k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $442k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $442k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $432k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $449k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $439k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc | $1,510,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Avda | $1,340,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Jefferson County Bar Association Foundation | $63,819 | 1 | 60% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($808k), not named here.
About Lone Star Legal Aid
- How much does Lone Star Legal Aid give?
- Lone Star Legal Aid reported 3 grants totaling $513,819 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lone Star Legal Aid fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (64%), Human Services (36%).
- Who are Lone Star Legal Aid's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program Inc ($1.5M), Avda ($1.3M), Jefferson County Bar Association Foundation ($64k).
- Does Lone Star Legal Aid fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Lone Star Legal Aid based?
- Lone Star Legal Aid is based in TX.
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