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Funders to approach for Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia

Washington, D.C.$14M revenue61 funders on file

Legal aid's mission is to 'make justice real' - in individual and systemic ways - for persons living in poverty in the district of columbia. In particular, legal aid provides civil legal assistance to individuals, families, and communities in the district who could not otherwise afford to hire a lawyer. Legal aid staff and volunteers provide a continuum of services from client education to full representation before a court or an administrative tribunal. Types of cases include preventing evictions and homelessness, preserving affordable housing, preserving home ownership, ensuring a safe and decent place to live, curbing abusive debt collection practices, securing access to health care, nutrition, and public benefits, protecting families against domestic violence, promoting family stability through child support and custody arrangements, and providing a range of civil legal services to the immigrant client…

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$58k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 401 in 20$3k$10k$30k$100k$300k$1.0M$3.0MChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$81k–$570kover two years, from 2–5 new funders
Last two years (2023–24)$38kfrom 3 new funders

Half the value is in your top 7 funders, of 159

$0$280k$570khalf from the top 7likely range1st10thAll 159
FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1National Legal Aid and Defender AssociationSimilar grantees: Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands ($34k/yr), Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc ($28k/yr), Legal Aid Justice Center ($41k/yr)1 in 21$44k
  2. 2The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationSimilar grantees: Legal Services Corporation ($350k/yr), Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services ($100/yr), East Bay Community Law Center ($300k/yr)1 in 34$79k
  3. 3WK Kellogg FoundationSimilar grantees: Center for Law and Social Policy ($220k/yr), Legal Aid of Western Michigan ($190k/yr), Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center ($75k/yr)1 in 32$61k

156 more funders on the list for Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia

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