Connecticut · Nonprofit
LAW WORKS INC
LAW WORKS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $734,437 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR STUDY OF RESPONSIVE LAW ($541,437). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $91k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $734k
- Net assets
- $831k
What Law Works Inc does
Mission
Educational and law-related education for citizens to better understand the civil justice system.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Through educational and interpretive programs, Law Works seeks to increase understanding of tort law and the role it plays in the protection of personal freedom and safety.
$5,300 spentof which $5,000 as grants100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,300.
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 $2.3M to $1.0M (−55%).
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.
100% of LAW WORKS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $155k → $38k.
From the IRS filings of LAW WORKS 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
LAW WORKS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 LAW WORKS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 51% · 2019 87% · 2020 82% · 2021 79% · 2022 100% · 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
LAW WORKS INC draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
LAW WORKS INC has grown faster than half of the 164 social science nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 164 social science nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Government funding LAW WORKS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $43k on record.
- OR$40k
- CT$3k
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 LAW WORKS 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
4% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LAW WORKS INC: 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 LAW WORKS INC?
- LAW WORKS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $734,437 to it, the largest being CENTER FOR STUDY OF RESPONSIVE LAW ($541,437). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAW WORKS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $734,437 in grants to LAW WORKS INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAW WORKS INC?
- CENTER FOR STUDY OF RESPONSIVE LAW is the largest funder on record, with $541,437 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAW WORKS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 3 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