Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC
CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,765 to it, the largest being American Muslim Community Foundation ($40,765). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $250k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $41k
- Net assets
- $-180375
What Cair National Legal Defense Fund Inc does
Mission
The corporation was created to: (1) ensure that the interests and positions of the american muslim community in the united states are represented, understood and respected, (2) raise awareness within the american society about islam and the muslim community, (3) act as a legal and advocacy group to protect the civil rights of muslims, (4) cooperate with other organizations having similar objectives and purposes, (5) provide legal representation to muslims where their civil rights were being violated. And (6) provide general counsel legal services to cair-foundation, inc. Including advice and consultation regarding day-to-day legal issues and matters cair will encounter.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
During the tax year, the cair national legal defense fund ensured that the interests and positions of the american muslim community in the united states are represented, understood and respected; raised awareness within the american society about islam and the muslim community; acted as a legal and advocacy group to protect the civil rights of muslims; cooperated with other organizations having similar objectives and purposes; provided legal representation to muslims where their civil rights were being violated.
$197,482 spent$249,901 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $197,482.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $327k to $133k (−59%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
0% of CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $35k.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $250k on record.
- LEGAL SERVICES$250k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Cair-Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC?
- CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,765 to it, the largest being American Muslim Community Foundation ($40,765). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $40,765 in grants to CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC?
- American Muslim Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $40,765 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAIR NATIONAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing