Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC
LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,650,659 to it, the largest being RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC ($2,500,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.2M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Lawyers for Good Government Inc does
Mission
We mobilize lawyers and advocates in large-scale pro bono programs and issue advocacy campaigns to ensure that all levels of government provide equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal justice under the law.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Project corazon - project corazon provides legal assistance and advocacy for asylum seekers. In 2024, we launched the nyc lgbtq+ asylum clinic to provide legal services to lgbtq+ asylum seekers. Through this clinic, we conducted 12 "know your rights" sessions, serving 318 asylum seekers. We assisted clients in submitting 58 work permit applications, achieving a 95% approval rate, and filed 19 change of venue and address requests, all of which were approved. We held our first in-person employment authorization document clinic, where 50 volunteers assisted 19 asylum seekers with work permit applications, 11 of which have been approved to date. These efforts provided asylum seekers with legal education, direct assistance, and access to essential resources.
$2,790,071 spent100% of program spendingClimate change - this program provides legal guidance and resources to support climate resilience and environmental justice initiatives. In 2024, we launched the clean energy tax navigator, a tool providing free assistance to organizations determining eligibility for federal clean energy tax credits. Since july, the navigator recorded 19,172 visits from 14,329 unique users, with 318 clean energy projects submitted. We provided legal guidance to over 700 municipalities and local governments, directly assisted 24 state governments implementing climate and equity policies representing 54% of the u.s. Population and 57% of the economy, and supported six nonprofits in applying for more than $120 million in epa community change grants.
Reproductive rights and health equity - this program provides legal information and resources to healthcare providers and advocates on reproductive health law. In 2024, we provided 20,424 legal updates to our policy resource hub for reproductive health, equipping healthcare providers, lawyers, and advocates with current information on the evolving landscape of reproductive health law. We distributed 23 bi-weekly reproductive health digests to 1,123 subscribers - more than double the prior year's reach. Our team conducted 19 trainings and educational sessions to support advocates navigating legal developments in reproductive healthcare.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,790,071.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $2.3M to $5.7M (+149%).
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 4% · 2021 18% · 2022 4% · 2023 1% · 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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
Traci Feit Love
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $29k → $2.0M.
17 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 funders by total. 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
LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
74% 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 LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 88% · 2019 45% · 2020 33% · 2021 44% · 2022 37% · 2023 25% — 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
20% of LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% 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
LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $359k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$359k
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 LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Lawyers for Good Govt Action Fund · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC?
- LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,650,659 to it, the largest being RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC ($2,500,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $11,650,659 in grants to LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC?
- RF CATALYTIC CAPITAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 71 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