New York · Nonprofit
NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC
NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC (New York) receives grants from 119 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,327,602 to it, the largest being UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ($17,129,286). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $61M
- Funders on record
- 119
- Grants received
- $41M
- Net assets
- $25M
What New York Legal Assistance Group Inc does
Mission
Please see schedule o for full mission statement
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Legal health unit: legalhealth provides free legal assistance to new yorkers who are experiencing serious or chronic health problems and financial hardship. We bring together legal and medical professionals to improve the lives of clients and their families where and when they need it most in the healthcare setting. Legalhealth also develops policy benefiting those we serve.
$7,263,273 spent14% of program spendingTenant's rights- please see schedule o for full program description
$14,218,144 spent28% of program spendingImmigrant protection- please see schedule o for full program description
$11,025,663 spentof which $2,073,771 as grants22% of program spendingAll other nylag program units that contribute to nylag's mission.
$18,300,727 spentof which $260,427 as grants$1,336,016 earned by the program36% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $50,807,807.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $26M to $90M (+248%).
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 55% · 2018 62% · 2019 69% · 2020 68% · 2021 72% · 2022 82% · 2023 80% · 2024 78% · 2025 76%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Lisa Rivera
President & CEO
Board chair
Bridget M Healy Esq
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $3.9M → $6.2M.
20 of 119 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 NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 119 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
NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 56%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% 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 NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 34% · 2019 38% · 2020 35% · 2021 47% · 2022 40% · 2023 41% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
93% of NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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.
Government funding NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.9M on record.
- Department of Justice$1.9M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$950k
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 NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC?
- NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC (New York) receives grants from 119 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,327,602 to it, the largest being UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ($17,129,286). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 119 organizations giving $41,327,602 in grants to NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC, 68 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC?
- UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $17,129,286 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 119 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing