Funders to approach for First Defense Legal Aid
First Defense Legal Aid mobilizes lawyers and community members to fill gaps in public defense and create, protect, and engage replicable alternatives to the criminal system, starting with its entry points.
Your prospects by chance and grant size
a funder to approach
Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$26k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 401 in 20$3k$10k$30k$100kChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$4k–$99kover two years, from 1–3 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$500from 1 new funder
Half the value is in your top 10 funders, of 155
FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
- 1Equal Justice WorksSimilar grantees: Uptown People's Law Center ($66k/yr), Legal Aid Chicago ($120k/yr), Neighborhood Defender Service Inc ($50k/yr)1 in 28$43k
- 2John D and Catherine T Macarthur FoundationSimilar grantees: Legal Action Chicago LLC ($12k/yr), Chicago Torture Justice Center ($510k/yr), Lawndale Christian Legal Center ($71k/yr)1 in 24$15k
- 3United Way of Metropolitan Chicago IncGives in Illinois (422 of 529)Similar grantees: Legal Aid Chicago ($29k/yr), Cabrini Green Legal Aid ($40k/yr), Prairie State Legal Services Inc ($24k/yr)1 in 32$21k
152 more funders on the list for First Defense Legal Aid
The full ranking, every way in, an approach plan for each funder and the CSV are included from the $75 plan up.