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INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION

INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $261,748 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($185,430). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$361k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$262k
Net assets
$289k
4/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession does

Mission

The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession will drive real progress through comprehensive outreach and original programming to replace barriers with bridges between legal, judicial, professional, educational, and governmental institutions.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Iilp educational programs - during 2024, the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession presented numerous educational programs including (1) its history and heritage month webinar series, ten webinars that offered information and insights that allow all members of the profession to think and act in creative and critical ways to create a more inclusive profession, (2) a law school course at loyola university chicago school that examines inclusion efforts by the legal profession as part of a lawyer's professional and social responsibility, and (3) iilp's social impact incubator, a training program for millennial/gen z lawyers designed to help them become the next generation of thought leaders on diversity and inclusion and to provide them with writing and public speaking experience.

    $164,607 spent$6,880 earned by the program
    57% of program spending
  2. External educational programs - iilp commits substantial resources to amplifying and maximizing the work of bar associations, nonprofits, law schools, and law departments to advance shared goals for greater inclusion in the legal profession. In 2024, iilp staff presented to, advised, and collaborated with more than 20 organizations.

    $66,948 spent$35,335 earned by the program
    23% of program spending
  3. Research, thought leadership & publications - during 2024, iilp released a resource guide for state, local, and metropolitan bar associations, prepared a report on creating inclusive environments in hybrid law offices that was released in 2025, began the process of soliciting and editing articles for the 2025 iilp review, and prepared other reports that are scheduled to be released in 2025.

    $31,816 spent
    11% of program spending
  4. Other program services - research, thought leadership and publications.

    $26,962 spent
    9% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $290,333.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($219k) Expenses 100 ($208k) Net assets 100 ($115k)2018 Revenue 84 ($184k) Expenses 75 ($156k) Net assets 50 ($57k)2019 Revenue 95 ($207k) Expenses 88 ($183k) Net assets 70 ($81k)2020 Revenue 77 ($169k) Expenses 73 ($151k) Net assets 86 ($99k)2021 Revenue 115 ($252k) Expenses 54 ($112k) Net assets 138 ($159k)2022 Revenue 204 ($446k) Expenses 145 ($302k) Net assets 263 ($303k)2023 Revenue 180 ($393k) Expenses 171 ($356k) Net assets 294 ($339k)2024 Revenue 165 ($361k) Expenses 197 ($411k) Net assets 251 ($289k)
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Revenue (165)Expenses (197)Net assets (251)Peer revenue range

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 $159k to $303k (+90%).

$115k
$57k
$81k
$99k
$159k
$303k
$344k
$289k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

83% of INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$11k
’17
$29k
’18
$24k
’19
$18k
’20
$140k
’21
$144k
’22
$36k
’23
−$50k
’24
8.5
months of
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

Sandra S Yamate

CEO

Board chair

Bruce R Byrd

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1617161516161617
Joined·+1+1+0+1+0+0+1
No longer listed·0210000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $20k → $22k.

4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION’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

INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

92% 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 INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION.

71%
largest funder
90%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 75% · 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 51% · 2023 45% — 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.

Where its funders are

86% of INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION'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 $36k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Illinois funders.

IL
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’23
Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $226k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION is better cushioned than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−14% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve8.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 24%Fundraising 6%

Governance

16
board members
94%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

84%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION?
INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $261,748 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($185,430). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $261,748 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $185,430 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION 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.

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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 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