Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC
CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,515 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($268,690). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $455k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $479k
- Net assets
- $202k
What Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to do justice with the love of god by advocating for those in need in the philadelphia area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Regular legal clinics we are an urban poverty law firm that provides free, one-hour legal consultations to every indigent client who walks through our doors, as well as additional pro bono representation for more extensive legal matters. In 2023, we served 928 clients at 120 regular clinics. The vast majority of our clients are seen through our regular clinics, which are offered on a weekly, twice monthly, or monthly basis, depending on the clinic's location. In the aftermath of covid we learned that a good portion of our volunteers preferred to remain virtual, so we adjusted our service model to include 2 monthly virtual clinics.our organization is heavily reliant on volunteer attorneys, who donated approximately $216,372* of contributed services to this program in 2023.*this figure is not included in total program service expenses (4e) below.
$287,047 spent$1,500 earned by the program90% of program spendingSpecialty legal clinicsin addition, we also offer specialty clinics throughout the year at various locations. We held 6 one day specialty clinics, 3 record clearing clinics, and 3 estate planning clinics. Additional, we held a summer series estate planning clinic that was held once a week june-aug.in 2023, we served 136 clients at 6 specialty clinics. Overall we drafted 553 estate planning documents in 2023, and filed 26 record clearing petitions. We also increased the number of criminal record pardons clients that we have seen.for this program, our volunteer attorneys donated approximately $22,046* of contributed services.*this figure is not included in total program service expenses (4e) below.
$7,557 spent2% of program spendingNeighbhood law officein 2021, clcp launched neighborhood law office initiative. Our goal is to have a full-time law office in each neighboordood where we currently provide clinic services. Staff attorneys or contracted attorneys work at the law offices.in 2023, we continued seeing limited clients at the nieghborhood law offices due to staffing shortage.
$25,897 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $320,501.
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 2022 to 2023, from $360k to $233k (−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: 2020 11% · 2021 11% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Jaimee Hatcher
Executive director
Board chair
Dennis M Abrams Esq
Chairman/president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $44k → $79k.
7 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA 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.
How concentrated its funding is
CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
69% 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 CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 73% · 2019 48% · 2020 68% · 2021 84% · 2022 55% · 2023 38% — 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
33% of CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
67% of CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA 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. Of the $157k that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $322k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC's revenue grew 56% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC?
- CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,515 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($268,690). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $478,515 in grants to CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $268,690 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINICS OF PHILADELPHIA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 16 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