How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Massachusetts?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Massachusetts, currently Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp, Legal Services Corporation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.

How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Massachusetts?

$167M reached 99 crime and legal organizations in Massachusetts, from 478 funders. 63% came from funders also based in Massachusetts.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Massachusetts · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Massachusetts

Massachusetts's crime and legal organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$167M

granted

organizations

63%

from in-state

The short version

478 funders gave $167M to 99 crime and legal organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
63% of that came from funders also based in Massachusetts; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Massachusetts is Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp, at $48M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Community Legal Aid Inc, at $37M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Massachusetts

The funders giving the most to crime and legal organizations in Massachusetts, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp$48M 2Legal Services Corporation$22M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$16M 4The Chicago Community Trust$10M 5Massachusetts Children'S Alliance Inc$8M 6Massachusetts Bar Foundation Inc$4M 7The Klarman Family Foundation$3M 8Laura and John Arnold Foundation$2M 9New Venture Fund$2M 10Silicon Valley Community Foundation$2M

Crime and legal organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

89 other crime and legal organizations$51M

Community Legal Aid Inc$37M Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Inc$15M The National Council for Incarcerated$14M Law Enforcement Action Partnership Inc$11M Volunteer Lawyers Project$10M South Coastal Counties Legal Services$5M Northeast Legal Aid Inc$5M

How to find crime and legal funders in Massachusetts

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Start with the funders already active in Massachusetts
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Massachusetts are Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp, Legal Services Corporation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
37% of crime and legal money in Massachusetts comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Massachusetts.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Massachusetts?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Massachusetts, currently Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp, Legal Services Corporation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Massachusetts from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Massachusetts?: Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Massachusetts, $48M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Massachusetts?: $167M reached 99 crime and legal organizations in Massachusetts, from 478 funders. 63% came from funders also based in Massachusetts.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.