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Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc

We are texas lawyers for texas communities, boldly serving the movement for equality and justice in and out of the courts.

$328k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Civil Rights$283kHuman Services$160kCrime & Legal$55k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $317,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $327,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $170k
$17,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCES CENTER$70,000
THE BORDER ORGANIZATION$50,000
BORDER WORKERS UNITED$50,000
MISSION BORDER HOPE$45,000
CASA DE LA CULTURA$20,000
GOODNATION FOUNDATION$17,500
TEXAS IMMIGRATION LAW COUNCIL$17,500
GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP$15,000
TEXAS BORDER INITIATIVE FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT$12,500
LONE STAR DEFENDERS OFFICE$12,500
TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID INC$7,500
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 (FY23–24, $160k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCES CENTER: $90k → 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCES CENTER: $70k → 10%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 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
Texas Riogrande Public Defender

In rural counties with limited resources, Texas Rio Grande Public Defender delivers free, top-tier legal representation to indigent clients. Our diverse network of skilled advocates collaborates to defend the disadvantaged and protect…

Human Services
2
Oficina Legal Del Pueblo Unido Inc

We are texas lawyers for texas communities, boldly serving the movement for equality and justice in and out of the courts.

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3
Colectiva Legal Del Pueblo

Colectiva Legal del Pueblo is a non-hierarchal collective organization founded for and by undocumented immigrants working to build community leadership and power for migrant justice through legal services, advocacy and education.

Civil Rights
4
Texas Legal Services Center Inc

Texas Legal Services Center is a nonprofit legal aid organization whose mission is to serve the undeserved by making civil justice accessible to every Texan--no matter their ability to earn. We're a coalition of attorneys, paralegals, pro…

Crime & Legal
5
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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6
Texans for Lawsuit Reform Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Provides education to criminal defense professionals.

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8
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
9
Jolt Action Inc

We believe young Latinos will transform Texas through the power of their vote. We are harnessing the brilliance of our community and culture to build a generation of leaders that matches the urgency of our time.

Human Services
10
Equal Justice Center

The Equal Justice Center is a non-profit law firm and employment justice organization which empowers low-income families, workers, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace, in the justice system, and in our shared society…

Civil Rights
11
Workers Defense Action Fund

Workers defense action fund is a member-led organization that mobilizes latine voters in texas to build governing power and fight for worker and immigrant justice.

Civil Rights
12
Texas Defender Service

See Schedule OTDS fights for the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Texas through direct representation, policy reform, and public education. TDS stands up for the dignity and humanity of people harmed by mass…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lone Star Defefenders Office; the most unlike its peers is Mission Border Hope. 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

14 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. 14 of the 16 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
3/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $160,000 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTERBORDER ORGANIZATION: $50,000 · OtherBORDER ORGANIZATIONBORDER WORKERS UNITED: $50,000 · OtherBORDER WORKERS UNITEDCASA DE LA CULTURA: $20,000 · OtherCASA DE LA CULTURAGRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP INC: $15,000 · OtherGRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP INCTexas Border Initiative for Leadership Development: $12,500 · OtherTexas Border Initiative for Leaders…SAN ANTONIO TEACHERS COUNCIL: $10,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO TEACHERS COUNCILJAIL PROJECT OF TEXAS: $20,000 · Crime & LegalJAIL PROJECT…Texas Fair Defense Project: $15,000 · Crime & LegalTexas Fair D…LONE STAR DEFENDERS OFFICE: $12,500 · Crime & LegalLONE STAR DE…TEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC: $7,500 · Crime & LegalTEXAS RIOGRA…Mission Border Hope: $45,000 · Public BenefitMission Bo…OPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyGoodnation Foundation Inc: $17,500 · PhilanthropyLA UNION DEL PUEBLO ENTERO: $25,000 · Community ImprovementTexas Immigration Law Council: $17,500 · Civil Rights
Human Services$160,000Other$157,500Crime & Legal$55,000Public Benefit$45,000Philanthropy$37,500Community Improvement$25,000Civil Rights$17,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $160,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBORDER WORKERS UNITED: $50,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetMission Border Hope: $45,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLA UNION DEL PUEBLO ENTERO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJAIL PROJECT OF TEXAS: $20,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Immigration Law Council: $17,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGoodnation Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Fair Defense Project: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLONE STAR DEFENDERS OFFICE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Border Initiative for Leadership Development: $12,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetSAN ANTONIO TEACHERS COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

NEO Philanthropy IncFwdus Education Fund …Borealis PhilanthropyProteus Fund IncAmalgamated Charitabl…Rockefeller Philanthr…Communities Foundatio…ImpactassetsincFidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
NEO Philanthropy IncNY17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NEO Philanthropy Inc · Fwdus Education Fund Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · Proteus Fund Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Impactassetsinc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 16 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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