Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
US Chamber Litigation Center
US Chamber Litigation Center (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being THE GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2020
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $0
What US Chamber Litigation Center does
Mission
The U.S. Chamber Litigation Center fought for the business community in federal and state courts to shape the law so that free enterprise can flourish and grow and create jobs.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Program
The U.S. Chamber Litigation Center was the voice of business and free enterprise in the federal and state courts. We represented the Chamber in lawsuits to challenge unlawful federal, state, and local regulatory actions. We intervened to defend the government in cases brought by activists to challenge pro-business or deregulatory actions. We filed amicus curiae briefs representing the broad views of the business community in important litigation throughout the country, including in the Supreme Court of the United States. We helped advocates prepare for oral arguments in cases that present important business issues. We worked with the media to help the public understand key decisions and legal principles.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $2.5M to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
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
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $25k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $287k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Property Casualty Insurance Association). These are real filings, and they are not money US Chamber Litigation Center raised.
From the IRS filings of US Chamber Litigation Center’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
US Chamber Litigation Center 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 US Chamber Litigation Center.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 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
US Chamber Litigation Center draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., 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.
Organizations like US Chamber Litigation Center
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for US Chamber Litigation Center: 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 US Chamber Litigation Center?
- US Chamber Litigation Center (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being THE GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does US Chamber Litigation Center have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $35,000 in grants to US Chamber Litigation Center.
- Who is the largest funder of US Chamber Litigation Center?
- THE GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like US Chamber Litigation Center find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2020 (financials across 2018–2020), 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