Funding search · EIN 943104546 · San Francisco, CA

California Changelawyers

Name: California Changelawyers grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

112
grants reported: $2.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $13,231
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

legal empowerment fellowship summer clearance clinic fellows justice

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

For the People3 grants · $180,000
Disability Rights California2 grants · $160,812
California Rural Legal Assistance2 grants · $121,775
California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice2 grants · $120,000
Inland Counties Legal Services2 grants · $92,582
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area1 grant · $80,000
Transgender Law Center1 grant · $80,000
Legal Education Access Pipeline2 grants · $70,000
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education2 grants · $70,000
Legal Services of Northern California2 grants · $66,868

Giving over time

$349,086

2022

$1.7M

2023

$691,500

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 112 grants.

$111,086
Disability Rights California · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$86,458
California Rural Legal Assistance · Modesto, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$80,000
For the People · Oakland, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$80,000
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$80,000
California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$80,000
For the People · Oakland, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$80,000
Transgender Law Center · Oakland, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$62,236
Inland Counties Legal Services · Riverside, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$55,548
East Bay Community Law Center · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants, legal empowerment fund
$50,000
Community Justice Alliance · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$50,000
Organge County Justice Fund · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$50,000
Youth Law Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$49,726
Disability Rights California · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General support
$46,567
Legal Services of Northern California · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$43,647
Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$41,500
Equal Justice Works · Washington, DC · 2024
Legal fellowship
$41,282
Central California Legal Services · Fresno, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$40,000
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education · Chicago, IL · 2024
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
Appellate Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice · Oakland, CA · 2024
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
California Indian Law Association · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies - California · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
Ecologistics · Los Osos, CA · 2024
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
Equal Justice Society · Oakland, CA · 2024
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
Esq Apprentice · Oakland, CA · 2024
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
Legal Education Access Pipeline · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
Esq Apprentice · Oakland, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
Northern Chuman Tribal Council · Los Osos, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
Social Good Fund Inc (Project Immigrant Defense Advocates) · Richmond, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
The Appellate Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
Tides Advocacy (Project Prosecutors Alliance of California) · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$40,000
University of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Racial justice clinic
$35,317
California Rural Legal Assistance · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$32,653
Community Legal Aid Socal · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$31,117
Legal Aid Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$30,346
Inland Counties Legal Services · Riverside, CA · 2022
General support
$30,000
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education · Chicago, IL · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$30,000
Legal Education Access Pipeline · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$30,000
San Jose State University · San Jose, CA · 2023
Record clearance project
$28,644
Inner City Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$22,257
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants, summer fellowship
$20,312
Central California Legal Services · Fresno, CA · 2022
General support
$20,301
Legal Services of Northern California · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General support
$20,228
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$20,207
Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Legal empowerment fund
$20,000
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Fellows program
$20,000
For the People · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$19,292
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$17,241
Legail Aid at Work · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$16,432
Alliance for Children'S Rights · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$16,334
Bet Tzedek Legal Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Legal aid grant
$16,011
Bay Area Legal Aid · Oakland, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$15,579
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County · Glendale, CA · 2022
General support
$14,869
Bet Tzedek · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$13,427
Legal Aid Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
$13,035
Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino · San Bernardino, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$12,624
Community Legal Aid Socal · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
General support
$12,500
California Indian Law Association · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$11,359
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$11,167
Prison Law Office · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$11,047
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Sf Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$11,026
Public Law Center · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
General support
$10,913
Casa Cornelia Law Center · San Diego, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$10,813
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Legal aid grant
$10,475
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$10,188
Inner City Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Alliance for Children'S Rights · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$10,000
Casa Cornelia Law Center · San Diego, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$10,000
Community Legal Aid Socal · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$10,000
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$10,000
Legal Aid at Work · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$10,000
Legal Assistance for Seniors · Oakland, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$10,000
Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$10,000
National Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$10,000
Public Law Center · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$10,000
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$10,000
Veterans Legal Institute · Tustin, CA · 2024
Legal fellowship
$10,000
Center for Youth Development Through Law · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Legal empowerment fund
$10,000
Centro Legal De La Raza · Oakland, CA · 2023
Summer fellowship
$10,000
Legal Assistance for Seniors · Oakland, CA · 2023
Summer fellowship
$10,000
Senior Citizens Legal Services · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Summer fellowship
$9,787
Public Law Center · Santa Ana, CA · 2023
Legal aid grant
$9,678
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program · San Diego, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$9,458
Riverside Legal Aid · Riverside, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$8,574
Uncommon Law · Oakland, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$8,230
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance · Bakersfield, CA · 2022
General support
$8,174
California Women'S Law Center · El Segundo, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$8,174
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$8,174
Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$8,174
Family Violence Appellate Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$8,174
Impact Fund · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$8,174
Legal Services for Prisoners With Children · Oakland, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$8,174
National Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$8,174
National Housing Law Project · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$8,174
Western Center On Law and Poverty · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$8,174
Worksafe · Oakland, CA · 2023
Legal aid grants
$7,733
Bay Area Legal Aid · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$7,718
Legal Aid at Work · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$7,663
Prison Law Office · Berkeley, CA · 2022
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.