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Grants awarded

Who does Equal Justice Works fund?

Equal Justice Works has awarded $56 million across 907 grants to 419 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in crime & legal. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $48,000 and $62,000.

Total awarded
$56.0M
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
419
Grants
907
Years
2019–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 419 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid INC $1.2M52019–20242024TX
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation INC $895K52019–20242024NY
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center $763K52019–20242024NM
Legal Aid Chicago $697K62019–20242024IL
Lone Star Legal Aid $687K52019–20242024TX
National Center for Youth Law $667K52019–20242024CA
New York Legal Assistance Group Incorporated $588K52019–20242024NY
Greater Boston Legal Services INC $561K52019–20242024MA
The Legal Aid Society $519K52019–20242024NY
Kind INC $514K52019–20242024DC
Legal Assistance of Western New York INC $500K52019–20242024NY
Equip for Equality INC $497K52019–20242024IL
Disability Rights Texas $484K52019–20242024TX
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County $473K32021–20242024CA
Roderick and Solange Macarthur Justice Center $462K42020–20242024IL
Root & Rebound $444K42019–20222022CA
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society INC $425K42019–20222022VA
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas $420K52019–20242024TX
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation $411K42019–20242024LA
Alaska Legal Services Corporation $410K52019–20242024AK
Bet Tzedek $386K52019–20242024CA
California Rural Legal Assistance INC $383K62019–20242024CA
Public Counsel $375K52019–20242024CA
Virginia Poverty Law Center INC $371K42019–20222022VA
The Bronx Defenders $366K52019–20242024NY
Legal Aid of West Virginia INC $363K52019–20242024WV
Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society INC $363K52019–20242024KY
Legal Aid Justice Center $363K42019–20222022VA
Atlanta Legal Aid Society INC $361K42019–20222022GA
Indiana Legal Services INC $352K42019–20222022IN
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project $345K52019–20242024WA
Georgia Justice Project INC $332K42019–20242024GA
Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program INC $330K22019–20242024TX
Lawndale Christian Legal Center $321K22021–20222022IL
Campaign Legal Center INC $321K42019–20242024DC
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston $315K42019–20242024TX
Texas Fair Defense Project $312K42019–20242024TX
Sustainable Economies Law Center $307K42019–20222022CA
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota INC $306K52019–20242024MN
Prairie State Legal Services INC $304K42019–20222022IL
Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program $300K32019–20212021DC
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area $300K32019–20212021CA
Equal Justice Center $293K32019–20242024TX
Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida INC $291K32019–20212021FL
Community Legal Services of Prince Georges County INC $280K32021–20242024MD
Latinojustice Prldef $272K32021–20242024NY
N A A C P Legal Defense and Educational Fund INC $271K52020–20242024NY
Community Justice Project INC $269K42019–20242024FL
Community Legal Servies of Mid- Florida INC $267K42019–20242024FL
Legal Services of North Florida INC $264K52019–20242024FL
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles $263K32019–20242024CA
Childrens Law Center Incorporated $261K32021–20242024DC
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law INC $259K42020–20242024IL
South Carolina Legal Services $253K32021–20242024SC
Disability Rights California $251K22021–20222022CA
B Board of the University of Alabama $250K52019–20242024AL
Mississippi Center for Justice $245K52019–20242024MS
Center for Reproductive Rights INC $244K32021–20242024NY
Montana Legal Services Association $242K52019–20242024MT
Southern Center for Human Rights $234K52019–20242024GA
Homeless Persons Representation Project $232K42019–20222022MD
Human Rights First $227K32019–20242024NY
Education Law Center - PA $226K42020–20242024PA
The Tahirih Justice Center $224K22019–20202020VA
T Texas Civil Rights Project $223K22021–20222022TX —
Electronic Privacy Information Center $219K42019–20242024DC
Florida Legal Services INC $218K32019–20212021FL
Texas Legal Services Center INC $215K42019–20242024TX
Volunteer Legal Advocates $214K42019–20222022DC
New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation $212K42019–20222022NY
Bread for the City INC $212K42019–20242024DC
Legal Aid Society INC $211K42019–20242024KY
Bay Area Legal Services INC $208K42019–20242024FL
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County INC $207K42019–20222022FL
Girls for Gender Equity Inc-G G E $207K22021–20222022NY
Midwest Environmental Advocates INC $207K42019–20222022WI
Community Legal Services INC $206K52019–20242024PA
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights $203K32021–20242024LA
Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation $200K32020–20242024HI
William J Brennan JR Center for Justice INC $200K42019–20222022NY
Nihonmachi Legal Outreach DBA Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach $200K22019–20202020CA
Youth Advocacy Foundation INC $200K42019–20222022MA
ACLU Foundation of Texas INC $200K42019–20222022TX
Law Center for Better Housing $200K22019–20202020IL
Uptown People's Law Center $197K32020–20222022IL
Capital Area Immigrants Rights Coalition $197K32019–20222022DC
Disability Rights North Carolina $195K42019–20222022NC
Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area $195K32019–20212021TX
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy INC $194K42019–20222022NC
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project INC $194K52019–20242024AZ
L Legal Aid of Arkansas $191K42019–20242024AR
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project INC $190K22019–20202020NY
Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services $188K32021–20242024TN
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation $188K32019–20212021WA
Colorado Legal Services $186K32019–20242024CO
Disability Rights Louisiana $182K32021–20242024LA
N National Redistricting Foundation $181K22021–20222022DC
National Health Law Program INC $180K32020–20222022CA
ACLU Foundation of Southern Calif $176K22022–20242024CA
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service INC $172K42019–20242024MD

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