Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment
See schedule othe endowment serves as a grant-making mission to:1) provide consistent public education and research to promote informed public dialogue on, understanding of and appreciation for the civil justice system;2) sponsor prestigious education programs and well-received publications for judges and law professors; and 3) fund…
- $868k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $595k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $33,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $206,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $26M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $595k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $760k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $470k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $829k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $760k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $539k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $714k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $418k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Civil Justice Institute | $1,572,481 | 9 | 49% |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | $1,278,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Rebuttalpr LLC | $536,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Berlin Rosen | $352,800 | 2 | n/a |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $250,548 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Progressive Reform Inc | $234,125 | 4 | 8% |
| Right Digital | $215,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Center for Justice and Democracy | $168,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Rand Corporation | $96,950 | 4 | 0% |
| Panorama Global | $90,390 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Civil Justice Institute | $1,572,481 | 9 | 49% |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | $1,278,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Rebuttalpr LLC | $536,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Berlin Rosen | $352,800 | 2 | n/a |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $250,548 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Progressive Reform Inc | $234,125 | 4 | 8% |
| Right Digital | $215,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Center for Justice and Democracy | $168,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Rand Corporation | $96,950 | 4 | 0% |
| Panorama Global | $90,390 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Law and Economic Policy | $75,000 | 2 | 31% |
| Cornell University | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $65,845 | 2 | n/a |
| Hart Research Associates | $64,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Adams Auld LLC | $62,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Change Research | $53,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy Inc | $50,925 | 1 | 5% |
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Loyola Marymount University | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva University | $33,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Watch Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Oregon Jury Project | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance to Counter Crime Online | $30,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Jury Mapping LLC | $26,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American University | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lift Our Voices | $21,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty USA | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Popular Democracy Inc | $10,825 | 1 | 0% |
| Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The National Judicial College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment
- How much does The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment give?
- The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment reported 9 itemized grants totaling $594,500, out of $868,058 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (55%), Environment (26%), Civil Rights (5%).
- Who are The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Civil Justice Institute ($1.6M), Sustainable Markets Foundation ($1.3M), Rebuttalpr LLC ($536k).
- Does The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment based?
- The American Association for Justice Robert L Habush Endowment is based in DC.
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