How much does National Immigration Law Center give?

National Immigration Law Center reported 31 grants totaling $993,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 60 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does National Immigration Law Center fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (58%), Crime & Legal (12%), Health (9%).

Who are National Immigration Law Center's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nilc Immigrant Justice Fund ($4.5M), Center for Law and Social Policy ($544k), California Immigrant Policy Center ($354k).

Does National Immigration Law Center fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as National Immigration Law Center?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include NEO Philanthropy Inc, Center for Law and Social Policy, Community Catalyst Inc.

Where is National Immigration Law Center based?

National Immigration Law Center is based in DC.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

National Immigration Law Center

Established in 1979, the NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER (nilc) is the leading national legal advocacy organization in the u.s. Exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights and opportunities of the most vulnerable immigrants and their loved ones.

$993k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 31
Grants FY2025: 16
Organizations funded FY2024: 13%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $250,000
Organizations funded a year: 10 to 60; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 13
Total assets, FY2025: $39M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations National Immigration Law Center funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Human ServicesCivil RightsCrime & LegalHealthPublic BenefitEducationOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	31	$978k	23%
FY2024	16	$519k	13%
FY2023	27	$761k	52%
FY2022	53	$3.1M	45%
FY2021	51	$3.1M	27%
FY2020	60	$2.7M	82%
FY2019	30	$1.3M	67%
FY2018	10	$1.1M	80%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Civil Rights$8.5MCrime & Legal$1.7MHealth$1.3MHuman Services$1.0MPublic Benefit$388kEducation$253kInternational$245kCommunity Improvement$243kOther$0

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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Nilc Immigrant Justice Fund	$4,486,560	9	62%
Center for Law and Social Policy	$543,600	5	5%
California Immigrant Policy Center	$353,700	6	4%
United We Dream Network Inc	$282,395	2	2%
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition	$276,300	6	4%
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc	$270,000	6	4%
Asian American Coalition for Children and Families Inc	$270,000	4	4%
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition	$264,995	6	4%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law	$236,600	7	1%
NEO Philanthropy Inc	$233,720	7	0%

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All grantees of National Immigration Law Center by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Nilc Immigrant Justice Fund	$4,486,560	9	62%
Center for Law and Social Policy	$543,600	5	5%
California Immigrant Policy Center	$353,700	6	4%
United We Dream Network Inc	$282,395	2	2%
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition	$276,300	6	4%
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc	$270,000	6	4%
Asian American Coalition for Children and Families Inc	$270,000	4	4%
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition	$264,995	6	4%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law	$236,600	7	1%
NEO Philanthropy Inc	$233,720	7	0%
Center for Community Change	$225,000	2	1%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc	$210,000	2	0%
Michigan Advocacy Program	$200,000	3	1%
Women's Refugee Commission Inc	$200,000	1	2%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights	$183,000	4	0%
The Praxis Project Inc	$180,000	3	3%
Voces de la Frontera Inc	$170,000	4	3%
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County	$169,376	4	2%
Wecount	$155,000	3	5%
Church World Service Inc	$125,000	1	0%
North Carolina Justice Center	$125,000	2	1%
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc	$125,000	1	4%
Entre Hermanos	$125,000	2	5%
The Savila Collaborative	$125,000	2	3%
Casa Inc	$121,000	3	0%
Asian Law Caucus	$110,226	1	1%
Council on American-Islamic Relations California	$110,226	1	2%
National Low Income Housing Coalition	$110,000	1	n/a
Florida Health Justice Project Inc	$110,000	4	18%
Children's Defense Fund	$110,000	5	0%
Health Access Foundation	$106,100	2	3%
Community Partners	$106,000	3	0%
Hola Carolina	$100,000	1	11%
Center for Health Progress	$100,000	1	6%
Justice in Motion Inc	$100,000	1	3%
Food Research & Action Center	$98,000	5	1%
Community Catalyst Inc	$95,400	4	0%
Center for Public Policy Priorities	$95,000	2	2%
National Health Law Program Inc	$95,000	4	0%
Faith in Action Network	$92,500	3	0%
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations	$90,000	4	1%
Somos Un Pueblo Unido	$90,000	2	3%
Penn Immigration & Citizenship Coalition	$90,000	2	n/a
Momsrising Education Fund	$90,000	4	1%
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum	$90,000	4	1%
Unidosus	$90,000	4	0%
Center for Pan Asian Community Services	$90,000	3	0%
Make The Road States Inc	$86,300	5	0%
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network	$82,500	2	2%
Hunger Free Colorado	$80,000	3	1%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center	$80,000	3	0%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities	$80,000	3	0%
Network Education Program Network Advocates for Catholic Social Justice	$75,441	3	1%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California	$71,000	1	1%
Refugee & Immigrant Voices in Action	$65,000	1	2%
Causa of Oregon	$63,000	3	1%
Mississippi Center for Justice	$60,000	2	0%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc	$54,000	2	0%
Center for American Progress	$52,795	1	0%
Oregonians for Immigration Reform	$50,000	1	n/a
Arcadia University	$50,000	1	0%
New York Immigration Coalition Inc	$50,000	1	1%
Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab	$50,000	1	2%
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
American Friends Service Committee	$42,000	3	n/a
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant	$40,000	3	1%
La Clinica del Pueblo Inc	$40,000	3	0%
El Centro Inc	$35,000	2	1%
Hispanic Unity of Florida Inc	$35,000	2	0%
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California	$35,000	2	1%
Chinese-American Planning Council Inc	$34,260	2	0%
The Urban Institute	$32,500	1	0%
African Communities Together Inc	$32,300	2	0%
Building One Community Corp	$30,000	2	1%
Logan Square Neighborhood Association	$30,000	2	1%
Office of Kentucky Legal Services Programs Inc	$30,000	2	2%
Nashville International Center for Empowerment	$25,000	1	1%
Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice United	$25,000	1	3%
The Legal Clinic	$25,000	1	4%
United African Organization	$25,000	1	1%
San Diego Hunger Coalition	$25,000	1	1%
Adelante Mujeres	$25,000	1	0%
North Carolina Asian Americans Together	$25,000	1	1%
Comunidades Unidas	$25,000	1	3%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Korean Health Education Information and Research Center	$25,000	1	0%
Coalition of African Communities - Philadelphia Africom	$25,000	1	5%
African Services Committee Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Indo-American Center	$25,000	1	2%
Copal-Education Fund Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A	$25,000	1	1%
Nevada Free Taxes Coalition	$20,000	1	n/a
Hawaii Children's Action Network	$20,000	1	1%
Texas Immigration Law Council	$20,000	1	1%
Colorado Center on Law and Policy	$20,000	1	n/a
Colorado Latino Leadership Advocacy & Research Organization	$20,000	1	2%
Border Network for Human Rights	$18,000	1	1%
Latino Community Fund Inc	$15,000	1	1%
Conexion Americas	$15,000	1	1%
Pomona Economic Opportunity Center	$12,500	1	1%
Tiyya Foundation Inc	$12,500	1	3%
Centro del Inmigrante Inc	$12,500	1	8%
International Society of Black Latinos	$12,500	1	n/a
Asian Resources Inc	$12,500	1	0%
Florida Immigrant Coalition Inc	$12,300	1	0%
Light and Salt Association	$12,300	1	1%
Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative	$11,300	1	1%
Make the Road New York	$11,000	1	0%
The Education & Training Institute Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Northwest Health Law Advocates	$10,000	1	2%
Urban Justice Center	$10,000	1	0%
Youth Justice Coalition Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Immigrant Freedom Fund of Colorado	$10,000	1	n/a
Immigrant Justice Idaho	$10,000	1	2%
Cplc Health Inc	$10,000	1	8%
Solidarity Development Light Association	$10,000	1	n/a
The Edwin & Dorothy Baker Foundation	$10,000	1	5%
Copal Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A	$10,000	1	2%
African Bureau of Immigration and Social Affairs (Abisa)	$10,000	1	n/a
New York State Youth Leadership Council Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy	$10,000	1	0%
Campesinos Sin Fronteras	$10,000	1	1%
NC Field Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Mano A Mano	$10,000	1	0%
San Luis Valley Immigrant Resource	$10,000	1	1%
Muslim Social Services Agency	$10,000	1	2%
Enlace Latino Nc Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Murfreesboro Muslim Youth Inc	$10,000	1	6%
Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores Incorporated	$10,000	1	2%
Faith in New Jersey	$10,000	1	n/a
Independent Arts & Media	$10,000	1	0%
Free Migration Project	$10,000	1	n/a
La Casa de Amistad Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council	$10,000	1	0%
Fiscal Policy Institute Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Undocublack Network Inc	$10,000	1	0%
National Partnership for New Americans	$10,000	1	0%
Kurdish Professionals	$10,000	1	n/a
Companeros Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center	$10,000	1	2%
Arkansas United	$8,000	1	1%
New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty	$5,400	1	0%
Michigan League for Public Policy	$5,000	1	0%
Legal Council for Health Justice	$5,000	1	0%
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project	$5,000	1	0%
Bread for the City Inc	$1,000	1	0%

National Immigration Law Center supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 133 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 133.

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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.

NEO Philanthropy IncNY60.1× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NEO Philanthropy Inc · Center for Law and Social Policy · Community Catalyst Inc · Hispanics in Philanthropy · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Center for Community Change · WK Kellogg Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · National Partnership for New Americans · Immigrant Legal Resource Center · Fwdus Education Fund Inc

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About National Immigration Law Center

How much does National Immigration Law Center give?: National Immigration Law Center reported 31 grants totaling $993,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 60 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does National Immigration Law Center fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (58%), Crime & Legal (12%), Health (9%).
Who are National Immigration Law Center's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nilc Immigrant Justice Fund ($4.5M), Center for Law and Social Policy ($544k), California Immigrant Policy Center ($354k).
Does National Immigration Law Center fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Immigration Law Center?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include NEO Philanthropy Inc, Center for Law and Social Policy, Community Catalyst Inc.
Where is National Immigration Law Center based?: National Immigration Law Center is based in DC.