Massachusetts · Nonprofit
MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP
MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP (Massachusetts) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,426,290 to it, the largest being The Klarman Family Foundation ($4,790,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $82M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp does
Mission
The Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation provides leadership and support to improve civil legal services to low-income people in massachusetts through collaboration with the legal services community, the legislature, the public, the bar, and the judiciary.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
General support to legal service programs - mlac awards funds as general support to eligible non-profit organizations in massachusetts which provide legal assistance to low income clients in civil legal matters.
$54,336,205 spentof which $54,336,205 as grants74% of program spendingMlac was awarded, as a coordinated statewide administration of civil legal services (csal), a grant from the massachusetts office for victim assistance (mova). This is a contract that is funded through victims of crime act (voca) funding. The purposes of this grant is to implement the massachusetts civil legal aid to victims of crime initiative (clavc) to expand the capacity of legal services programs (the programs) in the state to provide legal assistance to victims of crime with civil legal aid issues related to their victimization, including in particular those crime victims referred by mova. Mlac will serve as recipient for clavc grant. It will exercise appropriate oversight, implement fiscal control, carry out reporting, and make sub grants to the programs to fulfill the obligations according to the contract terms.
$3,328,971 spentof which $3,210,811 as grants5% of program spendingThe massachusetts legal assistance project (mlap) is a multi-year grant from the massachusetts state legislature to fund three special projects: the medical legal partnerships project (mlp), the high-quality education for all project (edu), and the family preservation project (fpp).the mlp provides people with low incomes access to legal assistance in a healthcare setting. It addresses health-harming legal needs, promotes health equity, and improves overall health outcomes by allying health care providers and attorneys. The edu works to dismantle barriers to fair, equitable, and high-quality education for students from families with low incomes. The fpp is providing legal assistance and related support services to families at the early stages of involvement with the department of children and families with the goal of keeping families intact.
$6,124,079 spentof which $6,124,079 as grants8% of program spendingProgram service initiatives - projects that advance collaboration among legal aid programs and ensure that limited resources are used as effectively and efficiently as possible.
$9,989,929 spentof which $6,784,936 as grants$149,409 earned by the program14% of program spendingMlac provides administrative services for the iolta committee, which oversees the disbursement of iolta funds.
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $73,779,184.
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 2023 to 2024, from $19M to $26M (+41%).
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 77% · 2018 67% · 2019 75% · 2020 72% · 2021 87% · 2022 84% · 2023 73% · 2024 68% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP’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. 1 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.
Chief executive
Lynne Parker
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $625k → $1.7M.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP’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
MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 70% · 2019 77% · 2020 41% · 2021 69% · 2022 52% · 2023 81% — broadly stable.
“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
10% of MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
100% of MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $366k 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
MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $324.8M on record.
- (HH) CONSULTANT SVCS (TO DEPTS)$240.0M
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$84.8M
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$1k
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 MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP: 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 MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP?
- MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP (Massachusetts) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,426,290 to it, the largest being The Klarman Family Foundation ($4,790,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $7,426,290 in grants to MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP?
- The Klarman Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $4,790,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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