Virginia · Nonprofit
THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC
THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,000 to it, the largest being THE GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER FOUNDATION ($12,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.2M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $5.9M
What The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Inc does
Mission
The lcld, inc. Is an organization of corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners dedicated to creating a legal profession as diverse as the country it serves.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The lcld annual meeting is a dynamic gathering of the nation's top general counsel and managing partners committed to advancing inclusive leadership in the legal profession. There were 215 attendees at the 2024 lcld annual meeting.
The lcld success in law school mentoring program is a nationwide initiative that connects first-year law students from diverse backgrounds with experienced attorneys from lcld member organizations. In 2024-25, the program fostered more than 1,300 meaningful mentoring relationships, offering guidance, support, and a strong foundation for future success in the legal profession.
Founded in 2011, the lcld fellows program is a premier, year-long professional development experience that connects high-potential attorneys from diverse backgrounds to advance their leadership skills and expand their networks. Through personalized development, leadership training, and direct engagement with lcld members-managing partners and general counsel- the 2024 program supported 434 fellows in strengthening their influence within the legal profession.
The lcld 1l scholars program offers first-year law students from diverse backgrounds a unique opportunity to engage in professional development and build lasting connections across the legal industry. Through career-focused programming, scholars gain valuable insights and support at a critical early stage in their professional journeys. In 2024, there were 607 1l scholars. In 2024, 461 early-career attorneys from lcld member organizations participated in the pathfinder program, a seven-month professional development experience focused on foundational leadership and relationship-building. The program offers participants the chance to learn from top legal leaders as well as experts in learning and development, equipping them with essential skills for career growth.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2020 to 2021, from $5.6M to $7.0M (+25%).
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.
0% of THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $12k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC’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 LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
29% 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 LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC: 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 THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC?
- THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,000 to it, the largest being THE GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER FOUNDATION ($12,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $17,000 in grants to THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC?
- THE GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON LEGAL DIVERSITY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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