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OneJustice

OneJustice (California) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,709,299 to it, the largest being THE GROVE FOUNDATION ($655,000). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.0M
Funders on record
57
Grants received
$4.7M
Net assets
$1.7M
33/57 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 27%
01What it does

What OneJustice does

Mission

OneJustice's mission is to strengthen the legal services sector's expertise and capacity to advance justice and equity.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Healthy Nonprofits Program: OneJustice strengthened the leadership, governance, and effectiveness of legal services organizations nationwide. OneJustice's Executive Fellowship Program has trained over 400 legal services leaders, supporting organizations that serve over 1 million people annually. In 2025, OneJustice launched a new advanced strategic leadership program for veteran leaders. OneJustice also has trained over 100 current and future legal aid board leaders and advised on governance, strategic planning, finance, fundraising, and management.

    $1,104,782 spent$232,709 earned by the program
    51% of program spending
  2. Pro Bono Justice Program: OneJustice strengthened the effectiveness of legal services organizations and volunteers serving over 1 million low income individuals. OneJustice trained and advised immigration, consumer protection, and pro bono programs on maximizing their impact. Through its Pro Bono Training Institute, OneJustice has trained more than 13,000 volunteers. OneJustice's Pro Bono Conference and strategy meetings brought together legal services organizations and volunteers to improve how legal services are delivered and address emerging community needs.

    $1,075,579 spent$35,331 earned by the program
    49% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,180,361.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.7M) Expenses 100 ($2.3M) Net assets 100 ($2.3M)2018 Revenue 78 ($2.9M) Expenses 124 ($2.9M) Net assets 100 ($2.3M)2019 Revenue 60 ($2.2M) Expenses 128 ($2.9M) Net assets 68 ($1.5M)2020 Revenue 80 ($2.9M) Expenses 131 ($3.0M) Net assets 65 ($1.5M)2021 Revenue 73 ($2.7M) Expenses 100 ($2.3M) Net assets 80 ($1.8M)2022 Revenue 96 ($3.5M) Expenses 113 ($2.6M) Net assets 122 ($2.8M)2023 Revenue 87 ($3.2M) Expenses 121 ($2.8M) Net assets 140 ($3.2M)2024 Revenue 59 ($2.2M) Expenses 127 ($2.9M) Net assets 107 ($2.4M)2025 Revenue 55 ($2.0M) Expenses 120 ($2.8M) Net assets 76 ($1.7M)
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Revenue (55)Expenses (120)Net assets (76)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $2.5M to $1.8M (−29%).

$2.5M
$2.5M
$1.8M
$2.2M
$2.6M
$3.2M
$3.9M
$3.2M
$2.6M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 7% · 2018 26% · 2019 19% · 2020 46% · 2021 48% · 2022 56% · 2023 60% · 2024 48% · 2025 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.4M
’17
$6k
’18
−$728k
’19
−$78k
’20
$355k
’21
$944k
’22
$405k
’23
−$750k
’24
−$738k
’25
5.6
months of
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

Phil Hwang

Chief Executive Officer

Board chair

Sirena Castillo Esq

Secy to Chair (trans 6/25)

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed252426272922242630
Joined·+1+2+5+10+4+3+7+7
No longer listed·204811153
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 19 funders, grant income fell $705k → $595k.

17 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 OneJustice’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 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

OneJustice has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left

51% 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 OneJustice.

14%
largest funder
32%
top three
~16
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 29% · 2019 24% · 2020 17% · 2021 26% · 2022 24% · 2023 24% — 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

39% of OneJustice's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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 OneJustice's grant income comes from California funders.

WA
IL
MI
NY
CA
CO
MO
VA
NC
SC
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like OneJustice

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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 12%Fundraising 9%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds OneJustice?
OneJustice (California) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,709,299 to it, the largest being THE GROVE FOUNDATION ($655,000). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does OneJustice have?
IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $4,709,299 in grants to OneJustice, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of OneJustice?
THE GROVE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $655,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like OneJustice find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 57 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