Funding search · EIN 362384321 · Chicago, IL

American Bar Endowment

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

63
grants reported
$24.9M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
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.

What they fund

unspecifiedrelatedprojectsandresearch

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • American Bar Foundation3 grants · $11.4M
  • Aba Fund for Justice & Education3 grants · $11.4M
  • Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley1 grant · $322,609
  • Government Accountability Project1 grant · $231,830
  • Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $155,407
  • Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union2 grants · $125,000
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh1 grant · $84,451
  • Chabad Lubavitch of the Lehigh Valley1 grant · $54,000
  • Legal Aid of Nebraska1 grant · $40,000
  • Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$7.6M
2022
$8.0M
2023
$9.3M
2024

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

  • $3.9M

    American Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $3.9M

    Aba Fund for Justice & Education · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $3.8M

    Aba Fund for Justice & Education · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted,supports law-related projectsand programs

  • $3.8M

    American Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted,supports law-related projectsand programs

  • $3.6M

    Aba Fund for Justice & Education · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted, supports law-related projects and programs

  • $3.6M

    American Bar Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Unrestricted supports law related research

  • $322,609

    Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $231,830

    Government Accountability Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $155,407

    Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union · Mount Vernon, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $84,451

    Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $54,000

    Chabad Lubavitch of the Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Legal Aid of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $25,000

    American Immigration Council · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (Asap) · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Center for Justice and Human Dignity (Cjhd) · Olympia, WA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Detroit Justice Center · Detroit, MI · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Economic Justice Institute · Madison, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Integrative Communities Dba the Social Impact Center · Reseda, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Kids in Need of Defense (Kind Inc) · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Public Interest Law Center of New Jersey Dba New Jersey Appleseed · Newark, NJ · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Redemption Earned · Birmingham, AL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Santa Fe Dreamers Project · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Arc of the Capital Area · Austin, TX · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Code the Dream · Durham, NC · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Home Is Here Nola · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Ideas42 · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union · Mount Vernon, VA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

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

    General support

  • $25,000

    Partners for Justice · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Pro Bono Net · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    The Right To Immigration Institute · Waltham, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Amara Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $25,000

    Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project · New York, NY · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $25,000

    Lone Star Justice Alliance · Austin, TX · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $25,000

    Mobile Pathways · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $25,000

    New Friends New Life · Dallas, TX · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $25,000

    Women and Children'S Horizons · Kenosha, WI · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $24,100

    Memphis Public Interest Law Center · Germantown, TN · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $23,964

    Tulsa Ballet Theater · Tulsa, OK · 2024

    General support

  • $23,500

    Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    General support

  • $21,601

    Montclair State University · Montclair, NJ · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $20,500

    National Center for Victims of Crime · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General support

  • $20,500

    Start Small Think Big · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $20,500

    Women On the Rise Ga · Hapeville, GA · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    National Center for State Courts · Williamsburg, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    National Judicial College · Reno, NV · 2024

    General support

  • $20,000

    Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $20,000

    Resources Inpiring Success and Empowering · Fort Worth, TX · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $19,500

    William S Boyd School of Law · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    Unspecified

  • $17,000

    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    General support

  • $16,636

    Kansas University Endowment Association · Lawrence, KS · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Humane Society of Rochester and Monroe County Pca · Fairport, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    University of Kentucky · Lexington, KY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Vermonts Camp Takumta · South Hero, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Dc Refers · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $12,000

    Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $10,419

    Thomas More University · Crestview Hls, KY · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Chabad Lubavitch of the Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2023

    General support

  • $5,577

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.