· Public charity
Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund
As the charitable giving and fundraising arm of the orange county bar association, the ocba charitable fund provides resources to organizations and programs in order to enhance the system of justice and promote equal justice for all.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $223k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PUBLIC LAW CENTER | $40,000 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| VETERANS LEGAL INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
| COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SO CAL | $20,000 |
| ELDER LAW & DISABILITY RIGHTS CENTER (ELDR) | $18,500 |
| COLLABORATIVE COURTS FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| PROJECT YOUTHOCBF | $14,000 |
| LAURA'S HOUSE | $10,000 |
| RADIANT FUTURES | $10,000 |
| UCI SCHOOL OF LAW | $10,000 |
| HUMAN OPTIONS | $10,000 |
| UCI SCHOOL OF LAW | $10,000 |
| COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CRCONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY9× · 2017–2025 · $336k · revenue +14%
- PLPUBLIC LAW CENTER9× · 2017–2025 · $254k · revenue +89%
- CLCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCAL8× · 2017–2025 · $213k · revenue +91%
Funded once
- CACOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTYone grant, 2025 · $8k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
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…
Inland Counties Legal Services (ICLS) mission is to pursue justice and equality for low-income individuals through counsel, advice, advocacy, and community education, treating all with dignity and respect. Over the last six decades, ICLS…
The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…
Community Lawyers, Inc. provides underserved low- and no-income community members access to legal representation, pro-bono legal clinics, and community advocacy and engagement.
The California Lawyers Foundation shares a common mission with the California Lawyers Association of promoting excellence, diversity, and inclusion in the legal profession and fairness in the administration of justice and the rule of law.…
Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.
To empower communities, organizations and individuals to handle disputes constructively by developing and designing appropriate and creative solutions that address all interests, needs, and values.
Orlando Center for Justice, Inc.s mission is to bridge the access to justice gap in Florida for newcomers by helping these underserved communities navigate the legal system through education and innovation. We also walk alongside them,…
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.
Community Legal Services was established to ensure the best interests of the public are represented by participating and intervening before the California Public Utilities Commission, and all other municipal, state, or federal regulatory…
The primary purpose of the orange county trial lawyers' charities (octlc) is to make a positive difference in the quality of life for people within the greater orange county area, focusing on issues related to education, children,…
The survivor justice center secures justice for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and empowers them to create their own future.
How this is measured
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 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCAL ↗
- Who funds VETERANS LEGAL INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Collaborative Courts Foundation ↗
- Who funds LAURA'S HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Human Options Inc ↗
- Who funds Elder Law and Disability Rights Center ↗
- Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WOMENS TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER INC RADIANT FUTURES ↗
- Who funds Orange County Bar Foundation ↗
- Who funds ORANGE COUNTY JUSTICE FUND ↗
- Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
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: Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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