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Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County

As a public interest law firm, NLSLA changes lives and transforms communities.

$5.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$31MHealth$832kHuman Services$331kEducation$248kCivil Rights$138kHousing & Shelter$50k
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $284k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $669k
  • $250k+4 grants · $4.6M
$30,536
Median grant
1
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles$2,311,989
Inner City Law Center$969,185
Public Counsel Law Center$838,834
Mental Health Advocacy Services Inc$475,645
Bet Tzedek Legal Services$180,890
Legal Aid Society of Orange County -- Community Legal Services$179,060
Southern California Education Fund$150,000
Maternal and Child Health Access$100,000
Alliance for Community Empowerment$59,000
Pacoima Beautiful$42,608
Western Center on Law and Poverty$30,536
El Nido Family Centers$25,750
Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights$25,000
National Health Law Program Inc$24,901
St John's Well Child and Family Center$23,332
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $481k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Maternal and Child Health Access: $150k → 14%Maternal and Child Health Access: $110k → 14%Maternal and Child Health Access: $100k → 14%Maternal and Child Health Access: $55k → 14%Maternal and Child Health Access: $50k → 14%Central American Resource Center - CARECEN: $16k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$32M · 22 repeat orgs$244k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
2

Total granted

$32M
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+100%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $218k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthCrime & LegalHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LA
    Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
    8× · 2017–2024 · $14M · revenue +269%
  • IC
    Inner City Law Center
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.9M · revenue +248%
  • PUBLIC COUNSEL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • CA
    Central American Resource Center - CARECEN - of Californiagraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $16k · revenue +100%
  • AC
    ACCELERATE CHANGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +80%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Legal Link

Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.

Crime & Legal
2
California Center for Movement Legal Services

The California Center for Movement Legal Services (Movement Legal) provides legal services in the pursuit of improving the lives of California's traditionally underserved residents, carrying out legal work that fosters community led policy…

Crime & Legal
3
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County

As a public interest law firm, NLSLA changes lives and transforms communities. Through a combination of individual representation, high impact litigation, and public policy advocacy, NLSLA combats the immediate and long-lasting effects of…

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4
Counsel for Justice

CFJ promotes access to justice for underserved communities seeking to assert their legal rights. Our pro bono-based projects bridge the gap for underserved communities seeking safety, stability, and justice. CFJ engages volunteer attorneys…

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5
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

As one of the most enduring civil rights institutions on the West Coast, we work to dismantle systems of oppression and racism, and build an equitable and just society.

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6
La Raza Centro Legal - San Francisco

La Raza Centro Legal San Francisco provides high quality, highly trusted, free legal services to low-income or immigrant clients in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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7
Community Lawyers Inc

Community Lawyers, Inc. provides underserved low- and no-income community members access to legal representation, pro-bono legal clinics, and community advocacy and engagement.

Crime & Legal
8
Legal Aid Association of California

The Legal Aid Association of California, the statewide membership of legal services nonprofits, serves its members through advocacy and other support in efforts to provide legal assistance to low-income Californians and ensure access to…

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9
Centro Legal De La Raza

Centro Legal De La Raza is a comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income immigrant communities throguh culturally competent bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy.

Crime & Legal
10
Southern California Immigration Project

Southern California Immigration Project is a public interest nonprofit organization dedicated to providing pro bono legal services to survivors of human and civil rights violations.

International
11
Laguna Beach Community Clinic

The mission of laguna beach community clinic (lbcc) is to provide excellent medical care regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
12
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central American Resource Center - Carecen - of California; the most unlike its peers is Mental Health Advocacy Services Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
22/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: $14,413,303 · Crime & LegalLegal Aid Foundation of Los AngelesInner City Law Center: $5,896,788 · Crime & LegalInner City Law CenterPUBLIC COUNSEL: $5,009,845 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC COUNSELCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCAL: $1,284,496 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $239,568 · Crime & LegalMENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICES INC: $2,229,570 · HealthMENTAL HEAL…NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM INC: $236,144 · HealthNATIONAL HE…NORTHEAST VALLEY HEALTH CORPORATION: $220,000 · HealthNORTHEAST V…VENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $210,000 · HealthVENICE FAMI…ASIAN RESOURCES INC: $185,000 · HealthASIAN RESOU…+2 more: $130,093 · HealthBET TZEDEK: $750,696 · OtherSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDUCATION FUND: $150,000 · OtherLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $144,500 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $90,000 · OtherLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN BERNARDINO INC: $49,855 · OtherALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC: $118,000 · Other+2 more: $68,358 · OtherMaternal and Child Health Access: $465,000 · Human Services+1 more: $15,736 · Human ServicesHUNGER ACTION LOS ANGELES INC: $177,500 · EducationVISION Y COMPROMISO: $170,000 · EducationST JOHN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH: $220,000 · PhilanthropyCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $203,333 · Civil RightsACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Crime & Legal$26,844,000Health$3,210,807Other$1,371,409Human Services$480,736Education$347,500Philanthropy$220,000Civil Rights$213,333

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLegal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: $14,413,303 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetInner City Law Center: $5,896,788 over 8y, 11% of budgetPUBLIC COUNSEL: $5,009,845 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICES INC: $2,229,570 over 7y, 22% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCAL: $1,284,496 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetBET TZEDEK: $750,696 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMaternal and Child Health Access: $465,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetWestern Center on Law & Poverty Inc: $239,568 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM INC: $236,144 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHEAST VALLEY HEALTH CORPORATION: $220,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST JOHN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH: $220,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $210,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $203,333 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetASIAN RESOURCES INC: $185,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetHUNGER ACTION LOS ANGELES INC: $177,500 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetVISION Y COMPROMISO: $170,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDUCATION FUND: $150,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $144,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC: $118,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEAST LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S CENTER: $72,593 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY CLINIC ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY: $57,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN BERNARDINO INC: $49,855 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPACOIMA BEAUTIFUL: $42,608 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEL NIDO FAMILY CENTERS: $25,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCentral American Resource Center - CARECEN - of California: $15,736 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

California Community …The California Endowm…Weingart FoundationKaiser Foundation Hos…The California Wellne…The Ahmanson Foundati…Liberty Hill Foundati…Community PartnersThe Annenberg Foundat…Cedars-Sinai Medical …California Physicians…The Ralph M Parsons F…
California Community FoundationCA40.8× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The California Endowment · Weingart Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The California Wellness Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Community Partners · The Annenberg Foundation · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · California Physicians' Service Fdn Dba Blue Shield of California Fdn · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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