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Texas Access to Justice Foundation

The Texas Access to Justice Foundation is a nonprofit corporation organized as a funding source for legal services to indigent Texans in civil matters.

$30M
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$9.5M
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$106MCivil Rights$5.9MHuman Services$5.2MEducation$1.5MHousing & Shelter$428kScience & Tech$196k
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 36 grants below total $29,427,997, the rows itemized in this filing. The $30,303,284 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $875,287 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

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $233k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+16 grants · $28M
$184,266
Median grant
1
States reached
$203M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Inc$9,506,455
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas$5,220,858
Lone Star Legal Aid$3,538,341
Texas Legal Services Center$2,140,506
Texas Immigration$1,593,274
Disability Rights Texas$1,349,233
Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services$594,630
Cabrini Center for Immigration Legal Services$538,747
Catholic Charities of Dallas$518,487
Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas$507,620
American Gateways$496,390
Equal Justice Center$479,251
South Texas College of Law Houston$469,276
San Antonio Legal Service Association$331,622
Houston Volunteer Lawyers$252,307
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $4.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Family Violence Prevention Services Inc: $26k → 16%Family Violence Prevention Services Inc: $11k → 16%YMCA of the Greater Houston Area: $127k → 16%YMCA of the Greater Houston Area: $116k → 16%YMCA of the Greater Houston Area: $116k → 16%YMCA of the Greater Houston Area: $39k → 16%Catholic Charities of Diocese of Galveston: $636k → 16%Cabrini Center for Immigration Legal Services: $539k → 16%Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Galveston: $498k → 16%Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Galveston: $478k → 16%Cabrini Center for Immigration Legal Services - Galveston: $478k → 16%Cabrini Center for Immigration Legal Services - Galveston: $478k → 16%Boat People SOS Inc: $206k → 16%Boat People SOS Inc: $120k → 16%Tahirih Justice Center: $33k → 16%Boat People SOS Inc: $238k → 10%Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse: $49k → 16%Boat People SOS Inc: $175k → 10%Boat People SOS Inc: $155k → 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 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.
$119M · 36 repeat orgs$723k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
3

Total granted

$119M
$562k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+32%

Still filing today

89%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $161k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’21’22’23’24
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesEducationCivil RightsHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • TR
    TEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $27M · revenue +47%
  • LA
    LEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST TEXAS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $16M · revenue +44%
  • TL
    Texas Legal Services Center INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $7.0M · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • TU
    The University of Texas Law School Foundation
    2× · 2019–2020 · $375k · revenue -5207%
  • BP
    BOAT PEOPLE SOS INCgraduated
    2× · 2019–2020 · $153k · revenue +32%
  • ST
    South Texas College of Law Houston
    2× · 2019–2020 · $33k
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
Austin Community Law Center

The Austin Community Law Center is a nonprofit law firm. Our mission is to make legal representation radically more affordable, invest in a stronger community, and fight for justice.

Crime & Legal
2
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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3
Texas Bar Foundation

The Foundation solicits charitable contributions and provides funding to enhance the rule of law and the system of justice in Texas, especially for programs that relate to the administration of justice; ethics in the legal profession;…

Crime & Legal
4
Lone Star Legal Aid

Lone star legal aid's ("lsla") mission is to protect and advance the civil legal rights of the millions of texans living in poverty by providing free advocacy, legal representation, and community education that ensures equal access to…

Crime & Legal
5
Texas Access to Justice Foundation

The Texas Access to Justice Foundation is a nonprofit corporation organized as a funding source for legal services to indigent Texans in civil matters. The funding primarily generated by interest earned on lawyers' trust accounts (IOLTA)…

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6
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
7
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
8
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Provides education to criminal defense professionals.

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9
Redeeming Justice Network

Houston Legal Aid Center protects and advances the rights of the poor through the poor through the provision of pro bono or reduced cost legal services while also addressing the underlying spiritual and relational issues affecting…

Civil Rights
10
Houston Bar Association

Schedule OTo serve the needs of Houston-area lawyers and enhance the legal profession through promoting professionalism, access to justice, the rule of law, equality, and inclusion in the legal profession, legal education for the…

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11
Austin Bar Association

To provide legal education to the legal community.

Crime & Legal
12
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.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legal Aid of Northwest Texas; the most unlike its peers is St Mary's University. 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

38 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. 38 of the 43 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
29/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC: $27,003,625 · Crime & LegalTEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INCLEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST TEXAS: $15,671,753 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST TEXASTexas Legal Services Center INC: $6,988,358 · Crime & LegalTexas Legal Services Center INCAmerican Gateways: $3,263,590 · Crime & LegalAmerican Gateways+9 more: $7,178,793 · Crime & Legal+9 moreLone Star Legal Aid: $27,097,808 · OtherLone Star Legal AidDIOCESAN MIGRANT & REFUGEE SERVICES INC: $3,788,301 · OtherDIOCESAN MIGRANT & REFUGEE SERVICES I…Lone Star Legal Aid Total: $3,239,667 · OtherLone Star Legal Aid TotalCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INC: $2,866,008 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INC+8 more: $2,670,340 · Other+8 moreDISABILITY RIGHTS TEXAS: $4,233,191 · Civil RightsDISABILIT…Equal Justice Center: $3,124,605 · Civil RightsEqual Jus…Texas Immigration Law Council: $1,759,941 · Civil RightsTexas Imm…REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $809,841 · Civil RightsREFUGEE &…THE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $429,408 · Civil RightsCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $3,106,284 · Human ServicesBOAT PEOPLE S O S INC: $1,004,926 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $396,773 · Human Services+3 more: $239,999 · Human ServicesSOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON INC: $1,633,962 · EducationUniversity of Houston Law Foundation: $1,355,423 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $500,036 · EducationThe University of Texas Law School Foundation: $375,000 · EducationTEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $220,807 · EducationTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: $427,614 · HealthTexas Advocacy Project: $41,425 · Arts & Culture
Crime & Legal$60,106,119Other$39,662,124Civil Rights$10,356,986Human Services$4,747,982Education$4,085,228Health$427,614Arts & Culture$41,425

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 budgetTEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID INC: $27,003,625 over 7y, 19% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST TEXAS: $15,671,753 over 6y, 15% of budgetTexas Legal Services Center INC: $6,988,358 over 7y, 24% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS TEXAS: $4,233,191 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetDIOCESAN MIGRANT & REFUGEE SERVICES INC: $3,788,301 over 7y, 13% of budgetAmerican Gateways: $3,263,590 over 7y, 39% of budgetEqual Justice Center: $3,124,605 over 6y, 61% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON - HOUSTON: $3,106,284 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS INC: $2,866,008 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $1,882,891 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetTexas Immigration Law Council: $1,759,941 over 2y, 59% of budgetSOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON INC: $1,633,962 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetVOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $1,526,135 over 7y, 43% of budgetUniversity of Houston Law Foundation: $1,355,423 over 4y, 11% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS: $1,133,182 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $1,046,862 over 7y, 33% of budgetSt Mary's University: $1,025,791 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBOAT PEOPLE S O S INC: $1,004,926 over 5y, 10% of budgetHOUSTON VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM INC: $909,369 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $809,841 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetAUSTIN BAR FOUNDATION: $662,917 over 7y, 46% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $500,036 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER: $429,408 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: $427,614 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $396,773 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Bar Foundation: $351,850 over 3y, 14% of budgetEARL CARL INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL AND SOCIAL POLICY INC: $298,373 over 3y, 10% of budgetTARRANT COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: $226,962 over 4y, 34% of budgetTEXAS A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $220,807 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOAT PEOPLE SOS INC: $153,398 over 2y, 11% of budgetTARRANT COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION: $150,203 over 3y, 10% of budgetFAMILY LEGAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH PLAINS: $62,953 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetTexas Advocacy Project: $41,425 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDallas Bar Association Community Service Fund: $38,589 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $37,153 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMENS CENTER: $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.

Texas Bar FoundationEqual Justice WorksHouston Endowment IncGreater Houston Commu…Houston Immigration L…United Way of Greater…Shell USA Company Fou…The Simmons FoundationThe Wilson Sonsini Go…Alice Kleberg Reynold…The Sidley Austin Fou…Baker Hughes Foundati…
Texas Bar FoundationTX30.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Bar Foundation · Equal Justice Works · Houston Endowment Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab · United Way of Greater Houston · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Simmons Foundation · The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · The Sidley Austin Foundation · Baker Hughes 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 Texas Access to Justice Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Texas Access to Justice Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%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
    12report 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 43 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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