Washington, D.C. · Public charity
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
The national legal aid & defender association (nlada) works to promote and develop high quality, effective civil legal aid and public defense services. Nlada accomplishes this by supporting the existing network of civil and defender services throughout the country and by encouraging the formation of new legal aid and defender…
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $41,964
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $72,086
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 24
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations National Legal Aid and Defender Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 28 | $1.2M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $135k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 603 Legal Aid | $72,086 | 1 | 3% |
| Bay Area Legal Aid | $70,905 | 1 | 0% |
| Mississippi Center For Legal Services Corporation | $67,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Dna People Legal Services | $67,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Regional Housing Legal Services | $66,641 | 1 | 2% |
| Tulalip Foundation | $59,087 | 1 | 4% |
| Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance | $57,201 | 1 | 0% |
| Legal Aid of Western Missouri | $53,769 | 1 | 0% |
| Camba Legal Services Inc | $52,962 | 1 | 1% |
| Prairie State Legal Services Inc | $49,315 | 1 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget National Legal Aid and Defender Association supplied at peak.
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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: Legal Services Corporation · Equal Justice Works · American College of Bankruptcy Foundation · The Skadden Foundation · West Tennessee Legal Services INC · National Health Law Program Inc · The Impact Fund · Center on Budget and Policy Priorities · MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger · Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc Attn Tax Manager · The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
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About National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- How much does National Legal Aid and Defender Association give?
- National Legal Aid and Defender Association reported 28 itemized grants totaling $1,249,906, out of $1,307,629 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does National Legal Aid and Defender Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (100%).
- Who are National Legal Aid and Defender Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: 603 Legal Aid ($72k), Bay Area Legal Aid ($71k), Mississippi Center For Legal Services Corporation ($68k).
- Does National Legal Aid and Defender Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National Legal Aid and Defender Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Legal Services Corporation, Equal Justice Works, American College of Bankruptcy Foundation.
- Where is National Legal Aid and Defender Association based?
- National Legal Aid and Defender Association is based in DC.
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