Illinois · Nonprofit
LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC
LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC (Illinois) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $78,036,588 to it, the largest being LAWYERS TRUST FUND OF ILLINOIS ($26,743,297). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $78M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Land of Lincoln Legal Aid Inc does
Mission
The mission of the land of lincoln legal aid, inc. Is to pursue justice for low-income persons through free representation and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The civil legal services program provides legal services for low income persons on housing, consumer, education, health and economic security and other family cases, and is funded through a wide variety of sources. Land of lincoln completed work on 5,802 cases for eligible clients in those subject areas excluding clients reflected in 4b or 4c totals during 2025.
$8,237,739 spent$83,279 earned by the program55% of program spendingThe senior legal services program provides legal services to persons 60 years and older. The goals of this program are: (1) to promote maximum independence and dignity for senior citizens and (2) to improve access to necessary services. Land of lincoln completed work on 2,706 cases for senior citizens during 2025.
$3,842,007 spent$1,751 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe domestic violence program provides legal services to victims of domestic violence. The goals of this program are: (1) to promote the personal safety and welfare of clients and their families; and (2) to stabilize family relationships and promote economic well being. The largest sources of funding are the violence against women act (vawa) and the victims of crime act (voca). Land of lincoln completed work on 2,057 cases for victims during 2025.
$2,920,550 spent$343 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,000,296.
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 2019 to 2020, from $8.8M to $12M (+33%).
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 53% · 2018 57% · 2019 52% · 2020 57% · 2021 58% · 2022 71% · 2023 64% · 2024 63% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $5.0M → $12M.
6 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID 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
LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 43% · 2019 45% · 2020 44% · 2021 49% · 2022 34% · 2023 32% — 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
81% of LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 88% 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
66% of LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID 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. $611k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 152 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 crime & legal nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $619k on record.
- Department of Justice$619k
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 LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Land of Lincoln Comm Law Centers · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC?
- LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC (Illinois) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $78,036,588 to it, the largest being LAWYERS TRUST FUND OF ILLINOIS ($26,743,297). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $78,036,588 in grants to LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID INC?
- LAWYERS TRUST FUND OF ILLINOIS is the largest funder on record, with $26,743,297 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAND OF LINCOLN LEGAL AID 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.
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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 25 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