California · Public charity
Pacific Legal Foundation
Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) litigates nationwide to secure all Americans' inalienable rights to live responsibly and productively in their pursuit of happiness. See Schedule O for full mission.
- $145k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $119M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Pacific Legal Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $145k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $120k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| America's Future Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Pelican Institute for Public Policy | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The John Locke Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Platte Institute for Economic Research Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Frontier Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Iowans for Tax Relief | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mackinac Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| America's Future Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Pelican Institute for Public Policy | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The John Locke Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Platte Institute for Economic Research Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Frontier Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Iowans for Tax Relief | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mackinac Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mountain States Policy Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgia Public Policy Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pacific Legal Foundation 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: State Policy Network · Donors Trust Inc · The Seminar Network Inc · Adolph Coors Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · The Roe Foundation · Charles Koch Institute · Atlas Economic Research Foundation · Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation · NetChoice · Charles Koch Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Pacific Legal Foundation
- How much does Pacific Legal Foundation give?
- Pacific Legal Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $145,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Pacific Legal Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (69%), Social Science (10%), Employment (8%).
- Who are Pacific Legal Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: America's Future Foundation ($50k), Pelican Institute for Public Policy ($45k), The John Locke Foundation Inc ($30k).
- Does Pacific Legal Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pacific Legal Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include State Policy Network, Donors Trust Inc, The Seminar Network Inc.
- Where is Pacific Legal Foundation based?
- Pacific Legal Foundation is based in CA.
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