Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $924,599 to it, the largest being THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR FOUNDATION ($720,377). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $436k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $925k
- Net assets
- $2k
What Christian Legal Aid of the District of Columbia does
Mission
The mission of christian legal aid of dc is to provide access to justice to low-income and vulnerable people in the washington, dc, area with the love of christ. Our staff and volunteer attorneys provide free legal services, and in partnership with community-based organizations and other nonprofit organizations we educate and equip communities to exercise their rights.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Our staff and volunteer attorneys provide free legal services, and in partnership with community-based organizations and other nonprofit organizations we educate and equip communities to exercise their rights.
$284,249 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $284,249.
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 2023 to 2024, from $165k to $124k (−25%).
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.
103% of CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 6 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.
Board chair
Karen Wu
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $72k → $183k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’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.
How concentrated its funding is
CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 56% · 2019 52% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 94% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
85% of CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $74k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA has grown faster than half of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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
59% 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
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: 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 CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA?
- CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $924,599 to it, the largest being THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR FOUNDATION ($720,377). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $924,599 in grants to CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA?
- THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $720,377 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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