California · Nonprofit
FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER
FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,768,992 to it, the largest being LEONARD & BERYL BUCK FOUNDATION ($1,297,015). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $777k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $335k
What Family & Children's Law Center does
Mission
The Family & Children's Law Center (faclc) enables children and families to enjoy a more successful future by helping them to navigate the legal system.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sliding scale family law legal services - over the last 4 years, faclc has had a steady increase in requests for services. In the last 2 years alone, we have received over 1,100 requests for services. 70% of our cases had direct legal representation with 80% of our clients having 2-3 children and making on avg. $3,000 gross monthly income. 90-95% of our clients receive public assistance. Faclc is the only option for low-income families to receive family law legal representation in marin.
$85,309 spent$93,307 earned by the program27% of program spendingDomestic violence restraining orders - in 2024, faclc provided over 650 hours of legal assistance and representation to survivors of domestic violence, which is an increase from the last 4 years.
$81,107 spent$10,475 earned by the program25% of program spendingSijs predicate orders - family and children's law center assisted 100 -125 unaccompanied minors obtain predicate orders in 2024. Faclc assists roughly 50% of unaccompanied minors in marin county obtain predicate orders.
$151,731 spent$83,750 earned by the program48% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $318,147.
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 $212k to $555k (+162%).
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: 2017 9% · 2018 1% · 2019 6% · 2020 3% · 2021 22% · 2022 19% · 2023 20% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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
Virginia Millacci
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $148k → $245k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER’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
FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 85% · 2019 92% · 2020 55% · 2021 65% · 2022 59% · 2023 53% — 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
67% of FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $264k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER: 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 FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER?
- FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,768,992 to it, the largest being LEONARD & BERYL BUCK FOUNDATION ($1,297,015). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,768,992 in grants to FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER?
- LEONARD & BERYL BUCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,297,015 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILY & CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 9 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