Illinois · Nonprofit
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,625,098 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,139,432). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $7.6M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc does
Mission
Secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education Equity - We promote system-wide transformational change that recognizes the experience of historically-marginalized children and works to improve their outcome.
$548,004 spentof which $218,590 as grants29% of program spendingEquitable Community Development and Housing - We address the systems and structures that perpetuate segregation and deny opportunity to communities of color.
$541,898 spent$7,000 earned by the program29% of program spendingMidwest Voting Rights - Our Voting Rights and Civic Empowerment work is designed to ensure equitable access for all citizens, especially those who have been historically disenfranchised or underrepresented, in the election process and civic decision making.
$329,024 spent18% of program spendingEconomic Justice - We provide free legal services so nonprofit leaders and small businesses can focus on maximizing impact in their communities.
$301,439 spent$4,596 earned by the program16% of program spendingSettlement Assistance Program We help low-income individuals who have filed federal civil rights lawsuits by connecting them with volunteer attorneys to guide them through the settlement aspect of their case.
$100,970 spent$63,500 earned by the program5% of program spendingVarious Other Programs
$45,743 spentof which $7,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,867,078.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $2.9M to $4.5M (+55%).
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 23% · 2019 10% · 2020 24% · 2021 25% · 2022 19% · 2023 16% · 2024 13% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% 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.
Chief executive
David Shapiro
Frmr Exec Dir
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $385k → $1.3M.
13 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 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
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
56% 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 Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 24% · 2019 25% · 2020 18% · 2021 17% · 2022 22% · 2023 16% — diversifying over time.
“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
38% of Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
79% of Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 852 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 852 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.8M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.8M
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 Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 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 Illinois
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
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc: 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 Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc?
- Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,625,098 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,139,432). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $7,625,098 in grants to Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $1,139,432 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 62 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