Texas · Nonprofit
PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE
PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $550,516 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($467,816). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $551k
- Net assets
- $8.5M
What Pacific Justice Institute does
Mission
Defend religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Provide free legal counsel for cases and case matters related to religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties
$1,939,846 spent56% of program spendingEducate public on their legal rights related to religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil rights through seminars, speaking engagements, radio, and printed material
$1,350,966 spent39% of program spendingDinner conference honoring and educating attorneys and community leaders.
$173,201 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,464,013.
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.
Board chair
Louis Larson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $227k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE’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
PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 89% — 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.
Where its funders are
99% of PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $545k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 207 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 207 crime & legal nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2022
Organizations like PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Pji Foundation LLC · disregarded
- 4 for One LLC · partnership
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE: 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 PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE?
- PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $550,516 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($467,816). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $550,516 in grants to PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $467,816 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PACIFIC JUSTICE INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 7 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