Funding search · EIN 133708596 · Midlothian, VA
Equal Justice America
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 93
- grants reported
- $3.0M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $10,826
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Others Under 50004 grants · $913,146
- Legal Aid Chicago4 grants · $358,723
- East Bay Community Law Center4 grants · $234,175
- Greater Boston Legal Services4 grants · $219,691
- Neighborhood Legal Services Program3 grants · $141,667
- Legal Aid Justice Center3 grants · $131,500
- Brennan Center for Justice2 grants · $125,591
- Eja Disability Law Clinic4 grants · $104,016
- Ayuda2 grants · $75,830
- Legal Aid of North Carolina1 grant · $65,004
Giving over time
Grant history
All 93 reported grants, largest first.
- $367,451
Others Under 5000 · 2023
Legal grants
- $232,110
Others Under 5000 · 2024
Legal grants
- $192,536
Others Under 5000 · 2021
Legal grants
- $121,049
Others Under 5000 · 2022
Legal grants
- $116,814
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Legal grant
- $114,117
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2021
Legal grant
- $96,411
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Legal grant
- $95,255
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Legal grant
- $74,925
East Bay Community Law Center · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Legal grant
- $66,004
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
Legal grant
- $65,837
Neighborhood Legal Services Program · Washington, DC · 2022
- $65,004
Legal Aid of North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2024
- $65,004
East Bay Community Law Center · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Legal grant
- $65,004
Legal Aid Justice Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
- $65,004
Neighborhood Legal Services Program · Washington, DC · 2023
- $65,004
Ayuda · Washington, DC · 2021
Legal grant
- $65,004
Ebclc · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Legal grant
- $64,996
East Bay Community Law Center · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Legal grant
- $61,087
Legal Aid Justice Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
- $59,587
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2021
Legal grant
- $54,170
Legal Aid North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2023
- $50,243
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Legal grant
- $41,169
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2023
Legal grant
- $34,538
The Legal Aid Society · New York, NY · 2021
Legal grant
- $33,268
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024
Legal grant
- $31,137
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2022
Legal grant
- $29,250
East Bay Community Law Center · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Legal grant
- $29,067
New York Legal Assistance Group · New York, NY · 2021
Legal grant
- $26,004
Eja Disability Law Clinic · New York, NY · 2024
Legal grant
- $26,004
Eja Disability Law Clinic · New York, NY · 2023
Legal grant
- $26,004
Eja Disability Law Clinic · New York, NY · 2022
Legal grant
- $26,004
Eja Disability Law Clinic · New York, NY · 2021
Legal grant
- $21,005
Texas Riogrande Legal Aid · Weslaco, TX · 2022
- $21,000
Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Legal grant
- $16,774
The Legal Aid Society · New York, NY · 2024
Legal grant
- $15,000
New Haven Legal Assistance · New Haven, CT · 2024
Legal grant
- $15,000
New Haven Legal Assistance · New Haven, CT · 2023
Legal grant
- $14,776
Tenants Legal Hotline · Ithaca, NY · 2021
Legal grant
- $13,000
Prisoners Legal Services of Mass · Boston, MA · 2022
Legal grant
- $12,712
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Legal grant
- $12,516
The Legal Aid Society · New York, NY · 2022
Legal grant
- $12,135
Legal Services Nyc · New York, NY · 2021
Legal grant
- $11,527
University of Michigan Law School · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Legal grant
- $11,182
Texas Riogrande Legal Aid · Weslaco, TX · 2024
- $11,053
Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Legal grant
- $10,826
Neighborhood Legal Services Program · Washington, DC · 2024
- $10,826
Ayuda · Washington, DC · 2022
Legal grant
- $10,738
New York Legal Assistance Group · New York, NY · 2024
Legal grant
- $10,106
Legal Aid of West Virginia · Charleston, WV · 2024
- $10,000
Aclu of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
- $10,000
Texas Riogrande Legal Aid · Weslaco, TX · 2023
- $10,000
Harvard Legal Aid Bureau · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Legal grant
- $9,888
Open Door Legal · San Francisco, CA · 2024
- $9,188
Prisoners Legal Services of Mass · Boston, MA · 2021
Legal grant
- $7,921
Natl Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2021
Legal grant
- $7,802
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
- $7,642
Kids in Need of Defense · Washington, DC · 2022
Legal grant
- $7,388
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society · Richmond, VA · 2021
Legal grant
- $7,265
Edwin Mandel Legal Aid Clinic Univ · Chicago, IL · 2022
- $7,150
Manhattan Legal Services · New York, NY · 2024
- $7,000
Legal Aid Society of Dc · Washington, DC · 2024
Legal grant
- $7,000
Quality Trust Individual W Disabil · Washington, DC · 2021
Legal grant
- $6,906
Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Legal grant
- $6,771
Legal Aid Society of Dc · Washington, DC · 2021
Legal grant
- $6,667
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Proj · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
- $6,553
Legal Aid Society of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
- $6,553
Legal Aid Society of Dc · Washington, DC · 2022
Legal grant
- $6,553
Empire Justice Center · Albany, NY · 2021
Legal grant
- $6,500
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Righ · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Legal grant
- $6,400
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Legal grant
- $6,392
Philadelphia Legal Assistance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
- $6,250
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2021
Legal grant
- $6,079
Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2022
- $6,000
Philadelphia Legal Assistance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
- $6,000
Northwest Workers Justice Project · Portland, OR · 2022
- $6,000
Kids in Need of Defense · Washington, DC · 2021
Legal grant
- $6,000
Natl Immigration Project of Natl La · Washington, DC · 2021
Legal grant
- $6,000
New Haven Legal Assistance · New Haven, CT · 2021
Legal grant
- $6,000
Texas Appleseed · Austin, TX · 2021
Legal grant
- $6,000
University of Michigan Law School · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Legal grant
- $5,790
New York Legal Assistance Group · New York, NY · 2022
Legal grant
- $5,750
Mexican American Legal Defense · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Legal grant
- $5,526
University of Michigan Law School · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Legal grant
- $5,500
Lincoln Square Legal Services · New York, NY · 2022
Legal grant
- $5,500
Lincoln Square Legal Services · New York, NY · 2021
Legal grant
- $5,409
Legal Aid Justice Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
- $5,289
Metrowest Legal Services · Framingham, MA · 2022
- $5,267
Mexican American Legal Defense · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Legal grant
- $5,264
Aclu of New Hampshire · Concord, NH · 2023
- $5,200
Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2024
- $5,105
African Services Committee · New York, NY · 2021
Legal grant
- $5,018
Maryland Legal Aid · Baltimore, MD · 2023
- $5,013
Aclu of Dc · Washington, DC · 2023
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- US Committee for Refugees and429 grants · $685.5M
- Donors Trust2,393 grants · $871.1M
- George Mason University Foundation46 grants · $399.9M
Similar purposes
- Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp67 grants · $198.3M
- Hias120 grants · $161.7M
- Legal Services Corporation397 grants · $1.54B
Similar grant size
- The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
- Paypal Charitable Giving Fund32,081 grants · $1.40B
- Seattle Foundation14,012 grants · $457.3M
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