Funding search · EIN 133455231 · White Plains, NY

The Skadden Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

320
grants reported
$13.7M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$37,568
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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1 grant matching “guidebooks · $15,000

  • $15,000

    National Assoc of Counsel for Children · Denver, CO · 2023

    FIG Grant - Publish the 2nd edition Children's Law Office Guidebook and make this resource available to the field at no cost for the first 200 copies.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • American Civil Liberties Union Foundation2 grants · $545,647
  • Aclu - American Civil Liberties Union2 grants · $463,806
  • New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation2 grants · $376,733
  • Public Justice Foundation3 grants · $355,607
  • Legal Aid Chicago3 grants · $268,719
  • Lawyers Comm for Civil Rights Under Law3 grants · $250,408
  • Greater Boston Legal3 grants · $232,132
  • Equip for Equality3 grants · $229,824
  • Brooklyn Defender Services3 grants · $222,797
  • Legal Aid at Work4 grants · $222,679

Giving over time

$4.2M
2022
$4.4M
2023
$5.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 320 grants.

  • $505,860

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $306,451

    Aclu - American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $213,868

    New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $162,865

    New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $157,355

    Aclu - American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $141,675

    Public Justice Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $136,805

    Legal Aid at Work · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $119,468

    Lawyers Comm for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $114,067

    Public Justice Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $113,367

    Legal Aid Society Dc · Washington, DC · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $112,776

    Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $111,675

    Legal Assistance of Western Ny · Geneva, NY · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $110,001

    Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $101,457

    Greater Boston Legal · Boston, MA · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $99,865

    Public Justice Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $98,690

    The Legal Aid Society · Washington, DC · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $92,499

    Legal Aid Justice Center · Falls Church, VA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $89,343

    American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $88,489

    Bronx Legal Services · New York, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $88,109

    Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $87,709

    Naacp · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $87,704

    Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem · New York, NY · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $87,691

    Housing Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $87,420

    Education Law Center · Newark, NJ · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $87,254

    Georgia Legal Services Program · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $87,150

    Brooklyn Defender Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $85,149

    Tennessee Justice Center · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $84,957

    Advancement Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $84,517

    Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $84,434

    New York Lawyers for the Public Interest · New York, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $84,087

    Brooklyn Defender Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $80,472

    Rights Behind Bars · Washington, DC · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $80,113

    Greater Boston Legal · Boston, MA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $79,549

    American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation · Portland, ME · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $79,462

    Northeast Legal Aid · Lawrence, MA · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $79,012

    Indiana Legal Services · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $78,731

    Mental Health Advocacy Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $77,900

    Justice Action Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $77,629

    Tribal Law and Policy Institute · West Hollywood, CA · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $77,571

    Communities Resist · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $77,548

    Legal Services of Greater Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $77,462

    Heartland for Jobs and Freedom · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $77,016

    Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $76,484

    National Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $76,464

    Montana Legal Services Association · Helena, MT · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $76,219

    Aclu-Nj · Newark, NJ · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $75,915

    Aclu of Kansas · Mission, KS · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $75,337

    Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project · New York, NY · 2023

    Payment for Fellows (quarterly payments)

  • $74,471

    The Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $74,371

    American Friends · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $74,258

    National Consumer Law Center · Boston, MA · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $74,222

    Advancement Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $73,841

    Dolores Street Community Services · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $73,803

    Bay Area Legal Aid · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $73,761

    Cair-Capital Area Immigrant'S Rights · Washington, DC · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $73,451

    Disability Rights Education and Defense · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $73,079

    Maine Equal Justice Partners · Augusta, ME · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $72,993

    Mental Health Advocacy Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $72,962

    Takeroot Justice · New York, NY · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $72,879

    Justice Action Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $72,806

    Kansas Legal Service · Wichita, KS · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $72,797

    Earthjustice · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $72,609

    Legal Services Mo · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $72,458

    National Association of the Deaf · Silver Spring, MD · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $71,934

    Mald Ed Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $71,932

    Texan Civil Rights Project · Austin, TX · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $71,663

    Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $71,107

    Rights Behind Bars · Washington, DC · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $71,080

    Mha Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $70,244

    Bread for the City · Washington, DC · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $70,236

    Casa De Md · Hyattsville, MD · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $70,087

    Lawyers Comm for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $69,419

    Jaac - Justice & Accountability Center · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $69,270

    Centro Legal De La Raza · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $68,896

    Disability Rights California · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $68,807

    Rights Behind Bars · Washington, DC · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $68,331

    Catholic Migration Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $68,291

    Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $68,066

    Aclu of Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $66,306

    Children'S Law Center · Monterey Park, CA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $65,412

    Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $64,903

    Citizens for Juvenile Justice · Boston, MA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $61,486

    Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $61,333

    Education Law Center · Newark, NJ · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $60,853

    Lawyers Comm for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $58,012

    Legal Assistance of Western Ny · Geneva, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $55,836

    Aclu Foundation of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $54,477

    Central American Refugee Center Carecen Ny · Hempstead, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $53,660

    Texas Riogrande Legal Aid · Mercedes, TX · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $51,885

    Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project · New York, NY · 2022

    Launch a new pilot program to inform asylum seekers in New York about their state- and city-level social safety nets, as well as how to access work permits and SS #s.

  • $51,560

    Brooklyn Defender Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Payment for fellows

  • $51,350

    American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation · Newark, NJ · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $50,562

    Greater Boston Legal · Boston, MA · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $49,451

    Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $49,084

    Raise the Floor Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $48,845

    Whitman-Walker Health System · Washington, DC · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $48,395

    New York Legal Assistance Group · New York, NY · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $48,223

    Legal Aid of North Carolina · Greenville, NC · 2023

    Payment for fellows

  • $47,710

    American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska Foundation · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    Payment for fellows

  • $46,107

    Immigrant Legal Defense · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Payment for fellows

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.