Washington, D.C. · Public charity
The Campaign Legal Center Inc
The nonpartisan campaign legal center advances democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every american's rights to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic process.
- $987k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $660,080
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $38M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations The Campaign Legal Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 84% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $521k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $966k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $621k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $238k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $128k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $34k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Voting Is Local | $1,039,041 | 2 | 5% |
| The Praxis Project Inc | $280,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Faith in Action Alabama | $105,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc | $51,100 | 2 | 0% |
| RepresentUs Education Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Quad Cities Interfaith | $49,000 | 2 | 9% |
| COUP Council | $43,790 | 2 | 14% |
| One Arizona | $40,665 | 1 | 1% |
| Civil Survival Project | $36,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kentucky Coalition Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 28 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Campaign Legal Center Inc 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: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Incorporated · State Voices · The Educational Foundation of America · Mertz Gilmore Foundation · Proteus Fund Inc · Foundation to Promote Open Society · United States Energy Foundation
How this is measured
About The Campaign Legal Center Inc
- How much does The Campaign Legal Center Inc give?
- The Campaign Legal Center Inc reported 14 grants totaling $987,370 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Campaign Legal Center Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (56%), Civil Rights (31%), Religion (4%).
- Who are The Campaign Legal Center Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: All Voting Is Local ($1.0M), The Praxis Project Inc ($280k), Faith in Action Alabama ($105k).
- Does The Campaign Legal Center Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Campaign Legal Center Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, New Venture Fund, Tides Foundation.
- Where is The Campaign Legal Center Inc based?
- The Campaign Legal Center Inc is based in DC.
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