· Private foundation
The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k72 grants · $1.6M
- $50k–250k3 grants · $190k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY | $90,000 |
| YOUTH INC | $50,000 |
| MET COUNCIL | $50,000 |
| CHILDRENS HEALTH FUND | $48,500 |
| BRIDGES FROM SCHOOL TO WORK | $47,222 |
| REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS | $45,850 |
| NATIONAL LEGAL AID & DEFENDER ASSOCIATION | $44,000 |
| COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL | $42,000 |
| PUBLIC COUNSEL | $37,000 |
| PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS | $35,500 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER DALLAS | $35,000 |
| THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY | $34,500 |
| LAW FOUNDATION OF SILICON VALLEY | $32,000 |
| TEACHING MATTERS | $29,500 |
| NEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE | $25,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $505k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +44% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
109 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2024, 63 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $660k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TLTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY5× · 2020–2024 · $555k · revenue +33%
- SFSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC4× · 2020–2024 · $396k · revenue +125%
THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS4× · 2020–2024 · $191k · revenue +74%
Funded once
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INCone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -54%- IRInternational Rescue Committee INCone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -4%
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +22%
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.
To attract, recruit, advance, and retain attorneys of color in the twin cities through education and collaboration with member organizations.
To provide students with the knowledge, skills, ethical values needed for a career in law.
Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.
The american arbitration association ("aaa") is dedicated to effective, efficient and economical methods of dispute resolution through education, technology and solutions-oriented service.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.
The association of american law schools' mission is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education.
Oad strives to ensure that poor people convicted of felonies receive full and equal access to justice by providing exceptional appellate representation, improving the quality of indigent defense representation through education & training,…
The foundation, a subsidiary of new york university, fosters legal education and research at new york university's school of law by awarding scholarships, making grants for educational purposes related to law, and supporting programs of…
Ala is the catalyst for growth by providing: diverse educational experiences, engaged peer communities, strategic solutions, dynamic resources, and trusted networks.
The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…
Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.
How this is measured
214 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 214 of the 276 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY ↗
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- Who funds THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS ↗
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- Who funds LEGAL SERVICES NYC ↗
- Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗
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- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC COUNSEL ↗
- Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds CITIZENS UNION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ↗
- Who funds KIND INC ↗
- Who funds LEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds DALLAS CASA ↗
- Who funds SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds LAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS INC ↗
- Who funds THE TECH INTERACTIVE ↗
- Who funds Advocates for Children of New York ↗
- Who funds WESTERN JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds Met Council Inc ↗
- Who funds Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado ↗
- Who funds ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC ↗
- Who funds HER JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHIPS NETWORK INC ↗
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: The Sidley Austin Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · Quinn Emanuel Foundation · Weil Gotshal & Manges Foundation Inc · Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Foundation · Perkins Coie Foundation · Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Equal Justice Works · The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation · Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation · The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lawyers Without Borders Inc: 69% of income from government
- Bridges from School to Work Inc: 33% of income from government
- Move United: 16% of income from government
- Icivics Inc: 13% of income from government
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Volunteer Lawyers for Justice in: 9% of income from government
- Silk Road Project Inc: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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