California · Public charity
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Founded in 1968, maldef is the nation's leading latino civil rights legal organization, promoting social change through advocacy, community education and litigation in the areas of education, employment, immigrants rights and political access.
- $228k
- Granted FY2021
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $16k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $14,745
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $14,745
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $21M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 50% of the organizations Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $366k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $29k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Naleo Educational Fund | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asian Law Caucus | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Day Laborer Organizing Network | $24,745 | 2 | 0% |
| Fresno Center for Nonviolence | $9,200 | 1 | n/a |
| State Voices | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Common Cause | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Centro Laboral de Graton | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Somos Familia Valle | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
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
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About Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- How much does Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund give?
- Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund reported 2 itemized grants totaling $15,745, out of $228,039 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Civil Rights (57%), Public Benefit (40%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law ($150k), Naleo Educational Fund ($150k), Asian Law Caucus ($50k).
- Does Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund based?
- Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund is based in CA.
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