Oregon · Nonprofit
THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE
THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE (Oregon) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,064,525 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($999,014). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What The Lawyers' Campaign for Equal Justice does
Mission
The Lawyers' Campaign for Equal Justice works to increase civil access to justice for low-income oregonians by increasing resources for oregon's statewide legal aid programs.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
The annual fund and grants to legal aid: almost 2,800 oregon lawyers and related individuals and organizations made contributions to the campaign to support oregon's statewide legal aid programs. Legal aid provides civil legal services to the poor in areas such as domestic violence, housing, income maintenance and consumer-related issues. Approximately 240 volunteers assist in the campaign's activities.
$1,100,000 spentof which $1,100,000 as grants78% of program spendingEducation and outreach: educating lawyers and the community about access to justice and how legal services for the poor are delivered in oregon is a key program of the campaign. The campaign educates the community at events, seminars held at law firms and bar association meetings, and through newsletters and publications. The focus is on the barriers low-income oregonians face in accessing civil legal aid.
$198,436 spent$16,509 earned by the program14% of program spendingOther funding initiatives: the campaign seeks to expand resources for legal aid programs through foundation support and state and federal funding. The campaign reaches out to foundations for grant funding and assists with grassroots support for state and federal funding. The accompanying form 990 does not reflect the increases in state and federal funding and foundation support that have resulted from the broader fundraising initiatives and efforts of the campaign and its volunteers on behalf of oregon's legal aid programs. These additional receipts do not flow through the campaign's financial statements and have been recorded directly by the nonprofit organizations benefited.
$104,424 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,402,860.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $2.8M to $3.7M (+30%).
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: 2022 10% · 2023 7% · 2024 5% · 2025 3% · 2026 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Ayla Ercin
Executive director
Board chair
Denise Nicole Gorrell
Board president
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $82k → $281k.
7 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $167k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of the Columbia-Willamette). These are real filings, and they are not money THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE raised.
From the IRS filings of THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE’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
THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 25% · 2019 45% · 2020 40% · 2021 37% · 2022 41% · 2023 48% — 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
79% of THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 83% 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
67% of THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE'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 $681k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from funders outside Oregon, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE is better cushioned than half of the 18 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 18 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE?
- THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE (Oregon) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,064,525 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($999,014). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,064,525 in grants to THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $999,014 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LAWYERS' CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 18 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