California · Public charity
Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc
For over 57 years, Western Center on Law and Poverty (WCLP) has led the fight in securing housing, health care and a strong safety net for low-income Californians by improving and transforming the public policy systems that touch their lives.
- $651k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $540k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $240k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $540k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $990k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $225k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $225k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disability Rights California | $675,000 | 4 | 1% |
| California Rural Legal Assistance Inc | $600,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Central California Legal Services Inc | $240,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Inland Counties Legal Services | $240,000 | 2 | 1% |
| California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation | $225,000 | 3 | 2% |
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: California Changelawyers · California Access to Justice Commission · Equal Justice Works · California Community Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc
- How much does Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc give?
- Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $540,000, out of $650,779 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (66%), Civil Rights (34%).
- Who are Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Disability Rights California ($675k), California Rural Legal Assistance Inc ($600k), Central California Legal Services Inc ($240k).
- Does Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Changelawyers, California Access to Justice Commission, Equal Justice Works.
- Where is Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc based?
- Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc is based in CA.
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