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John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → City & County of San Francisco Dba San Francisco District Attorney Office: $3.1M across 5 grants, latest 2023Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2022Massachusetts Children's Alliance Inc → Norfolk District Attorney: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024Florida Council Against Sexual Violence → Office of the State Attorney 19th Judicial Circuit Sexual Assault Assistan: $992K across 3 grants, latest 2024Maryland States Attorneys Association → Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office: $810K across 3 grants, latest 2024Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc → Association of Prosecuting Attorneys: $430K across 4 grants, latest 2024Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts → Suffolk County District Attorney: $185K across 2 grants, latest 2025Our Rescue → County of Riverside California - Riverside County District Attorney: $104K across 1 grant, latest 2025National Legal Aid and Defender → 603 Legal Aid: $72K across 1 grant, latest 2024American College of Bankruptcy → City Bar Justice Center: $58K across 3 grants, latest 2024Louisville Bar Foundation Inc → Legal Aid Society Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022American Bar Association → South Carolina Attorney General: $28K across 4 grants, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Inc: $995K across 5 grants, latest 2023Massachusetts Children's Alliance Inc → Eastern District Attorney's Office: $743K across 2 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc → State of Washington Attorney General: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2024Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts → Essex County District Attorney: $160K across 2 grants, latest 2025Maryland States Attorneys Association → Anne Arundel Co State's Attorney's Office: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024Florida Council Against Sexual Violence → Office of the State Attorneys 20th Judicial Circuit: $73K across 2 grants, latest 2023National Legal Aid and Defender → Bay Area Legal Aid: $71K across 1 grant, latest 2024American College of Bankruptcy → Just the Beginning: $56K across 2 grants, latest 2024Our Rescue → Luzerne County District Attorney's Office: $32K across 2 grants, latest 2023American Bar Association → Attorney General of Texas: $28K across 4 grants, latest 2024Louisville Bar Foundation Inc → Access Justice: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2023John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Sujatha Baliga: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023Massachusetts Children's Alliance Inc → Hampden County District Attorney's Office: $321K across 4 grants, latest 2024Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc → Virginia Office of the Attorney General: $270K across 2 grants, latest 2023Maryland States Attorneys Association → Montgomery Co State's Attorney's Office: $140K across 3 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → National Association of Attorneys General: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2022Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts → Hampden County District Attorney: $110K across 2 grants, latest 2025Florida Council Against Sexual Violence → Office of the State Attorney 2nd Judicial Circuit: $68K across 2 grants, latest 2023National Legal Aid and Defender → Regional Housing Legal Services: $67K across 1 grant, latest 2024American College of Bankruptcy → Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2024Our Rescue → North Dakota Attorney General: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2022American Bar Association → Oklahoma Attorney General: $25K across 4 grants, latest 2024Louisville Bar Foundation Inc → Finer Pearls Foundation: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2024Massachusetts Children's Alliance Inc → Eastern District Attorney: $321K across 2 grants, latest 2022Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc → Benton County District Attorney: $240K across 2 grants, latest 2022John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Inc: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc → Washington State Attorney General: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2021John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Sujatha Baliga: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts → Bristol County District Attorney: $105K across 2 grants, latest 2025Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts → Worcester County District Attorney: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2025Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts → Middlesex County District Attorney: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2025Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts → Plymouth County District Attorney: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2025Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Just City Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts → Norfolk County District Attorney: $90K across 2 grants, latest 2025Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Research Foundation of the City University of New York: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2023Maryland States Attorneys Association → Prince George's Co State's Attorney's Office: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024Florida Council Against Sexual Violence → Office of the State Attorneys 17th Judicial Circuit: $64K across 2 grants, latest 2023Florida Council Against Sexual Violence → Office of the State Attorneys 7th Judicial Circuit: $64K across 2 grants, latest 2023Florida Council Against Sexual Violence → Office of the State Attorneys 4th Judicial Circuit: $63K across 2 grants, latest 2023Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts → Northwestern County District Attorney: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2025National Legal Aid and Defender → Tulalip Foundation: $59K across 1 grant, latest 2024Florida Council Against Sexual Violence → Office of the State Attorneys 15th Judicial Circuit: $58K across 2 grants, latest 2023National Legal Aid and Defender → Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance Incorporated: $57K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Legal Aid of Western Missouri: $54K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Camba Legal Services Inc: $53K across 1 grant, latest 2024Florida Council Against Sexual Violence → Office of the State Attorneys 11th Judicial Circuit: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts → Berkshire County District Attorney: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025National Legal Aid and Defender → Prairie State Legal Services Inc: $49K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → North Carolina Justice Center: $48K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky: $47K across 1 grant, latest 2024National Legal Aid and Defender → Indiana Legal Services Inc: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2024John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $4.9M on this topic. Open the funder.John D and Catherine T Macart…$4.9MMassachusetts Children's Alliance Inc: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder.Massachusetts Children's Alli…$2.6MLaura and John Arnold Foundation: $2.3M on this topic. Open the funder.Laura and John Arnold Foundat…$2.3MFlorida Council Against Sexual Violence: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Florida Council Against Sexua…$1.4MAnimal Legal Defense Fund Inc: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$1.4MMaryland States Attorneys Association: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Maryland States Attorneys Ass…$1.2MInsurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Insurance Fraud Bureau of Mas…$1.1MNational Legal Aid and Defender: $623K on this topic. Open the funder.National Legal Aid and Defend…$623KOur Rescue: $162K on this topic. Open the funder.Our Rescue$162KAmerican College of Bankruptcy: $154K on this topic. Open the funder.American College of Bankruptcy$154KAmerican Bar Association: $80K on this topic. Open the funder.American Bar Association$80KLouisville Bar Foundation Inc: $77K on this topic. Open the funder.Louisville Bar Foundation Inc$77KCity & County of San Francisco Dba San Francisco District Attorney Office: received $3.1M on this topicCity & County of San Francisco…$3.1MTrustees of the University of Pennsylvania: received $1.5M on this topicTrustees of the University of P…$1.5MNorfolk District Attorney: received $1.2M on this topicNorfolk District Attorney$1.2MAssociation of Prosecuting Attorneys Inc: received $995K on this topicAssociation of Prosecuting Atto…$995KOffice of the State Attorney 19th Judicial Circuit Sexual Assault Assistan: received $992K on this topicOffice of the State Attorney 19…$992KBaltimore City State's Attorney's Office: received $810K on this topicBaltimore City State's Attorney…$810KEastern District Attorney's Office: received $743K on this topicEastern District Attorney's Off…$743KRegents of the University of California at Berkeley: received $500K on this topicRegents of the University of Ca…$500KSujatha Baliga: received $500K on this topicSujatha Baliga$500KAssociation of Prosecuting Attorneys: received $430K on this topicAssociation of Prosecuting Atto…$430KHampden County District Attorney's Office: received $321K on this topicHampden County District Attorne…$321KEastern District Attorney: received $321K on this topicEastern District Attorney$321KState of Washington Attorney General: received $300K on this topicState of Washington Attorney Ge…$300KVirginia Office of the Attorney General: received $270K on this topicVirginia Office of the Attorney…$270KBenton County District Attorney: received $240K on this topicBenton County District Attorney$240KAssociation of Prosecuting Attorneys Inc: received $200K on this topicAssociation of Prosecuting Atto…$200KSuffolk County District Attorney: received $185K on this topicSuffolk County District Attorney$185KEssex County District Attorney: received $160K on this topicEssex County District Attorney$160KAnne Arundel Co State's Attorney's Office: received $150K on this topicAnne Arundel Co State's Attorne…$150KWashington State Attorney General: received $150K on this topicWashington State Attorney Gener…$150KMontgomery Co State's Attorney's Office: received $140K on this topicMontgomery Co State's Attorney'…$140KSujatha Baliga: received $125K on this topicSujatha Baliga$125KNational Association of Attorneys General: received $120K on this topicNational Association of Attorne…$120KHampden County District Attorney: received $110K on this topicHampden County District Attorney$110KBristol County District Attorney: received $105K on this topicBristol County District Attorney$105KCounty of Riverside California - Riverside County District Attorney: received $104K on this topicCounty of Riverside California…$104KWorcester County District Attorney: received $100K on this topicWorcester County District Attor…$100KMiddlesex County District Attorney: received $100K on this topicMiddlesex County District Attor…$100KPlymouth County District Attorney: received $100K on this topicPlymouth County District Attorn…$100KJust City Inc: received $100K on this topicJust City Inc$100KNorfolk County District Attorney: received $90K on this topicNorfolk County District Attorney$90KResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: received $90K on this topicResearch Foundation of the City…$90KPrince George's Co State's Attorney's Office: received $75K on this topicPrince George's Co State's Atto…$75KOffice of the State Attorneys 20th Judicial Circuit: received $73K on this topicOffice of the State Attorneys 2…$73K603 Legal Aid: received $72K on this topic603 Legal Aid$72KBay Area Legal Aid: received $71K on this topicBay Area Legal Aid$71KOffice of the State Attorney 2nd Judicial Circuit: received $68K on this topicOffice of the State Attorney 2n…$68KRegional Housing Legal Services: received $67K on this topicRegional Housing Legal Services$67KOffice of the State Attorneys 17th Judicial Circuit: received $64K on this topicOffice of the State Attorneys 1…$64KOffice of the State Attorneys 7th Judicial Circuit: received $64K on this topicOffice of the State Attorneys 7…$64KOffice of the State Attorneys 4th Judicial Circuit: received $63K on this topicOffice of the State Attorneys 4…$63KNorthwestern County District Attorney: received $60K on this topicNorthwestern County District At…$60KTulalip Foundation: received $59K on this topicTulalip Foundation$59KOffice of the State Attorneys 15th Judicial Circuit: received $58K on this topicOffice of the State Attorneys 1…$58KCity Bar Justice Center: received $58K on this topicCity Bar Justice Center$58KMid-Minnesota Legal Assistance Incorporated: received $57K on this topicMid-Minnesota Legal Assistance…$57KJust the Beginning: received $56K on this topicJust the Beginning$56KLegal Aid of Western Missouri: received $54K on this topicLegal Aid of Western Missouri$54KCamba Legal Services Inc: received $53K on this topicCamba Legal Services Inc$53KOffice of the State Attorneys 11th Judicial Circuit: received $50K on this topicOffice of the State Attorneys 1…$50KBerkshire County District Attorney: received $50K on this topicBerkshire County District Attor…$50KPrairie State Legal Services Inc: received $49K on this topicPrairie State Legal Services Inc$49KNorth Carolina Justice Center: received $48K on this topicNorth Carolina Justice Center$48KAppalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky: received $47K on this topicAppalachian Research and Defens…$47KIndiana Legal Services Inc: received $45K on this topicIndiana Legal Services Inc$45KConsumer Bankruptcy Assistance: received $40K on this topicConsumer Bankruptcy Assistance$40KLuzerne County District Attorney's Office: received $32K on this topicLuzerne County District Attorne…$32KLegal Aid Society Inc: received $30K on this topicLegal Aid Society Inc$30KSouth Carolina Attorney General: received $28K on this topicSouth Carolina Attorney General$28KAttorney General of Texas: received $28K on this topicAttorney General of Texas$28KNorth Dakota Attorney General: received $26K on this topicNorth Dakota Attorney General$26KAccess Justice: received $25K on this topicAccess Justice$25KOklahoma Attorney General: received $25K on this topicOklahoma Attorney General$25KFiner Pearls Foundation: received $22K on this topicFiner Pearls Foundation$22K
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