How many public interest law are there in the United States?

306 public interest law file a Form 990 with the IRS in the United States.

What else are Class Action Lawsuits called?

Also known as Public Interest Law and Public Interest Litigation.

Public Interest Law

Public Interest Law nonprofits in the U.S.

Organizations that primarily handle class action litigation and lawsuits related to issues of interest to the public in general rather than assisting individuals. 306 public interest law file a Form 990 in the United States. Together they report $764 million in revenue and hold $1.7 billion in assets. Browse the largest below, or drill in by state. Also called Public Interest Law, Public Interest Litigation.

The largest are Southern Poverty Law Center Inc, Northwest Justice Project, and Legal Aid Of Northwest Texas.

Organizations

306

Total revenue

$764.4M

Total assets

$1.7B

Largest public interest law

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Top 100 by revenue · 306 public interest law nationwide

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Organization	State	Revenue	Assets
S Southern Poverty Law Center Inc Montgomery	AL	$129.1M	$921.8M
Northwest Justice Project Seattle	WA	$54.1M	$37.7M
Legal Aid Of Northwest Texas Fort Worth	TX	$34.2M	$15.3M
Brooklyn Legal Services Inc New York	NY	$32.3M	$33.9M
America First Legal Foundation Washington	DC	$32.0M	$30.2M
Center For Family Representation New York	NY	$23.7M	$24.3M
Manhattan Legal Services New York City	NY	$22.3M	$26.9M
Queens Legal Services Corporation New York City	NY	$19.6M	$16.2M
The Louis D Brandeis Center Inc Washington	DC	$18.7M	$16.0M
Asian Law Caucus San Francisco	CA	$17.9M	$35.2M
Democracy Forward Foundation Washington	DC	$17.8M	$60.9M
Oregon Law Center Portland	OR	$14.7M	$11.1M
Capital Area Immigrants Rights Coalition Washington	DC	$13.6M	$10.0M
Community Legal Aid Society Inc Wilmington	DE	$12.5M	$7.8M
The Thomas More Society Chicago	IL	$11.9M	$5.6M
Community Legal Services Phoenix	AZ	$11.1M	$9.3M
Western Resource Advocates Boulder	CO	$10.8M	$18.4M
Oregon Consumer Justice Portland	OR	$9.2M	$23.2M
Center For Law And Social Policy Washington	DC	$9.1M	$21.6M
National Legal Aid And Defender Association Washington	DC	$8.1M	$3.6M
Alaska Legal Services Corporation Anchorage	AK	$7.9M	$4.9M
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance Inc Bakersfield	CA	$7.9M	$4.1M
Nebraska Appleseed Center For Law In The Public Interest Inc Lincoln	NE	$7.0M	$12.2M
Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project Inc Buffalo	NY	$7.0M	$4.5M
Office Of The Appellate Defender Inc New York	NY	$6.7M	$7.1M
Southern Arizona Legal Aid Inc Tucson	AZ	$6.6M	$4.1M
Landmark Legal Foundation Kansas City	MO	$6.1M	$17.4M
Wisconsin Institute For Law & Liberty Inc Milwaukee	WI	$6.1M	$7.5M
Legal Aid Society Of Milwaukee Inc Milwaukee	WI	$5.7M	$7.5M
Seniorlaw Center Philadelphia	PA	$5.6M	$4.3M
Pro Bono Net Inc New York	NY	$5.6M	$2.7M
Law Center For Better Housing Chicago	IL	$5.5M	$4.6M
Idaho Legal Aid Services Inc Idaho Legal Aid Services Inc Boise	ID	$5.5M	$1.8M
Center For Justice & Accountability San Francisco	CA	$5.4M	$3.6M
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente San Francisco	CA	$5.2M	$8.5M
Shriver Center On Poverty Law Chicago	IL	$5.1M	$8.6M
Disability Rights New Jersey A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Trenton	NJ	$5.1M	$2.4M
Public Interest Legal Foundation Inc Alexandria	VA	$4.9M	$2.4M
Washington Legal Foundation Washington	DC	$4.8M	$39.3M
The Fairness Center Inc Harrisburg	PA	$4.7M	$5.2M
Western New York Law Center Inc Buffalo	NY	$4.5M	$1.9M
Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc Marion	VA	$4.4M	$4.0M
Public Justice Center Inc Baltimore	MD	$4.1M	$4.2M
Abolitionist Law Center Pittsburgh	PA	$4.1M	$3.9M
Environmental Defense Center Santa Barbara	CA	$3.7M	$13.9M
Chicago Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law Inc Chicago	IL	$3.5M	$2.9M
District Of Columbia Appleseed Center For Law And Justice Inc Washington	DC	$3.5M	$764K
Gender Justice Saint Paul	MN	$3.3M	$3.3M
P Public Defender Corporation For The 27Th Judicial Circuit Martinsburg	WV	$3.2M	$3.1M
Liberty Justice Center Austin	TX	$3.2M	$3.2M
Conservation Law Center Inc Bloomington	IN	$3.2M	$5.4M
Center On Race Poverty & The Environment Delano	CA	$3.2M	$5.8M
Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Inc Indianapolis	IN	$3.1M	$4.9M
Initiate Justice Los Angeles	CA	$3.0M	$3.6M
Constitutional Accountability Center Washington	DC	$3.0M	$9.1M
Public Interest Law Project Oakland	CA	$2.9M	$5.3M
James B Moran Center For Youth Advocacy Evanston	IL	$2.9M	$3.1M
Impact For Equity Inc Chicago	IL	$2.8M	$11.8M
National Center For Law And Economic Justice Inc New York	NY	$2.6M	$5.3M
C Childrens Rights Society Inc Goshen	NY	$2.5M	$1.1M
Legal Rights Center Incorporated Minneapolis	MN	$2.5M	$786K
The Food Project Association Washington	DC	$2.5M	$1.6M
Legal Aid Society Of Birmingham Birmingham	AL	$2.5M	$1.5M
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center Inc West Haven	CT	$2.4M	$898K
Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network Inc Atlanta	GA	$2.4M	$2.5M
The Public Interest Law Center Philadelphia	PA	$2.3M	$4.5M
Access Justice Brooklyn Inc Brooklyn	NY	$2.3M	$1.6M
Law Forward Inc Madison	WI	$2.3M	$5.7M
Upsolve Inc Brooklyn	NY	$2.1M	$4.4M
East River Legal Services Corporation Sioux Falls	SD	$2.0M	$1.0M
Homeless Advocacy Project Philadelphia	PA	$2.0M	$3.1M
Spark Youth Nyc Inc New York	NY	$1.8M	$1.3M
Office Of Kentucky Legal Services Programs Inc Lexington	KY	$1.8M	$293K
Public Service Law Corporation Of The Riverside County Bar Associati Riverside	CA	$1.8M	$770K
North Carolina Equal Access To Justice Foundation Inc Raleigh	NC	$1.7M	$1.1M
Georgia Innocence Project Inc Atlanta	GA	$1.7M	$1.2M
Reform Action Fund New York	NY	$1.6M	$1.1M
Legal Clinic For The Disabled Inc Philadelphia	PA	$1.5M	$1.4M
Pilnet New York	NY	$1.4M	$2.4M
The Social Justice Legal Foundation Los Angeles	CA	$1.4M	$651K
Free Law Project Oakland	CA	$1.3M	$1.1M
Initiative For Medicines Access &Knowledge I-Mak Inc Lewes	DE	$1.3M	$4.3M
Oregon Crime Victims Law Center Portland	OR	$1.3M	$2.5M
M Mercer County Public Defender Corporation Princeton	WV	$1.3M	$727K
Civil Justice Inc Baltimore	MD	$1.3M	$669K
Dispute Resolution Center Of Thurston County Olympia	WA	$1.2M	$652K
Advocates For Faith & Freedom Inc Murrieta	CA	$1.2M	$323K
W Willamette Valley Law Project Dba Pcun Foundation Woodburn	OR	$1.1M	$3.2M
Legal Access Alameda San Francisco	CA	$1.1M	$1.3M
American Civil Liberties Union Of Missouri Saint Louis	MO	$1.1M	$1.3M
Amistad Law Project Philadelphia	PA	$1.0M	$693K
James D Stclair Court Public Education Project Boston Bar Fnd Boston	MA	$986K	$1.5M
Child & Parental Rights Campaign Inc Norcross	GA	$969K	$446K
Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii Honolulu	HI	$877K	$1.7M
Center For Law And Education Inc Boston	MA	$875K	$813K
Center For Justice And International Law Washington	DC	$792K	$3.3M
P Public Defender Corp For The 30Th Judicial Circuit Williamson	WV	$767K	$997K
Military Religious Freedomfoundation Inc Albuquerque	NM	$763K	$327K
Fiscal Alliance Foundation Inc Boston	MA	$754K	$186K
Kansas Appleseed Center For Law And Justice Inc Lawrence	KS	$743K	$1.3M

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