Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY
CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,121,991 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,003,700). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $62M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Center for Law and Social Policy does
Mission
Center for Law and Social Policy (clasp) is a national, nonpartisan, anti-poverty nonprofit advancing policy solutions to improve the lives of people with low incomes. We develop practical yet visionary strategies for reducing poverty, promoting economic opportunity, and addressing institutional and racial barriers faced by people of color. With over 50 years' experience at the federal, state, and local levels, we're advancing a bold vision for the future rooted in economic security and racial equity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child care and early education - high-quality child care and early education builds a foundation for young children's healthy development. This drives clasp's work to promote policies that support healthy child development and family economic stability. We work to expand resources for child care and early education at the federal and state levels and support access to high-quality care that meets families' diverse needs. We work to more effectively implement proven federal programs including the child care and development block grant, head start, and early head start that provide child care subsidies and early learning opportunities to families with low incomes.
$665,907 spent13% of program spendingEconomic justice requires a public benefits system that works both for anyone experiencing a financial emergency and also supports long-lasting economic security. That's why clasp advocates for federal and state policies that center racial equity, increase investment, prevent harmful cuts, and streamline access across public programs.we work to make public benefits like snap, wic, rental assistance, and medicaid more equitable and effective. At the same time, we call for policies like guaranteed income and an expanded child tax credit, which had an enormous impact on poverty in recent years.we envision a future where basic needs are abundantly met; everyone has the opportunities and resources to flourish; and a system of public benefits is accessible, equitable, reparative, responsive, easy to navigate, and co-created with directly impacted people.
$1,308,097 spentof which $6,000 as grants25% of program spendingChildren in immigrant families make up one-quarter of all children in the united states and represent the fastest-growing segment of the country's increasingly diverse child population. Yet immigrant children and families are more likely to be low income and face systemic barriers to health and nutrition supports.harsh immigration enforcement policies also threaten the safety and well-being of the millions of children in mixed-status families. Clasp advocates for federal and state policy reforms to promote health, economic security, and overall success for immigrant children, youth, and families.
$1,137,748 spentof which $173,800 as grants21% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$2,199,879 spent$346,471 earned by the program41% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,311,631.
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 2021 to 2022, from $19M to $26M (+35%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 1% · 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Wendy Chun-Hoon
President & executive director
Board chair
David Hansell
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $4.9M → $6.9M.
14 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
43% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 13% · 2019 10% · 2020 18% · 2021 12% · 2022 58% · 2023 28% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
49% of CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 states 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
CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 165 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 165 crime & legal nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $390k on record — $250k federal, $140k state.
- Department of Labor$250k
- MD$135k
- MA$5k
- NJ$250
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 CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY?
- CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,121,991 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,003,700). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $62,121,991 in grants to CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $10,003,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 75 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing