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?

$785M reached 311 crime and legal organizations in Massachusetts, from 1,356 funders. 72% 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

One funder dominates the giving, Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp, at 44% of the total. Massachusetts's crime and legal organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$785M

granted

311

organizations

72%

from in-state

The short version

1,356 funders gave $785M to 311 crime and legal organizations in Massachusetts across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
72% 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 $345M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Greater Boston Legal Services Inc, at $123M.

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$345M 2Legal Services Corporation$46M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$44M 4Massachusetts Bar Foundation Inc$21M 5Silicon Valley Community Foundation$20M 6Boston Bar Foundation$13M 7Boston Foundation Inc$12M 8Massachusetts Children'S Alliance Inc$12M 9The Klarman Family Foundation$9M 10Laura and John Arnold Foundation$7M

Crime and legal organizations in Massachusetts that draw the most

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

301 other crime and legal organizations$291M

Greater Boston Legal Services Inc$123M Community Legal Aid Inc$108M South Coastal Counties Legal Services Inc$66M The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls$36M Roca Inc$33M Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc$23M Metrowest Legal Services Inc$23M

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
28% 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, $345M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Massachusetts?: $785M reached 311 crime and legal organizations in Massachusetts, from 1,356 funders. 72% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.