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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “litigation”
Where the money went
Largest: $125,000 to NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE FUND INC — core support for the use of freedom of information laws to access, analyze and publish evidence of grave human rights violations in mexico and central america, enhancing human righ…
The Impact FundBerkeley, CACharity · may take applications
50 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Our Childrens Trust — litigation costs
Largest: $375,000 to RODERICK AND SOLANGE MACARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER — to support litigation that improves prison conditions and develop litigation that challenges excessive sentences.
Largest: $150,000 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — to support the global strategic litigation council for refugee rights to empower civil society globally and in particular across the global south to conduct coordinated strategic l…
Largest: $45,000 to FREE AND FAIR LITIGATION GROUP — to support litigation to protect our country's democratic system and individual rights from the threat posed by recent supreme court decisions, and current and former politicians.
Largest: $100,000 to INITIATIVE FOR STRATEGIC LITIGATION IN AFRICA — support for the strategic litigation for the sexual rights program in africa project to advance women's rights and rights of lgbtq communities.
Largest: $75,000 to Friends of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism — supportfor the israel religious action cener to promote religious pluralism and the rule of law through advocacy, research, public education and litigation
Largest: $1.5M to PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — public policy litigation & law program
Largest: $150,000 to Open Secrets — support investigations and litigation against economic crimes.
Largest: $575,000 to Center For Death Penalty Litigation — 8th amendment project
Justice CatalystNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $6.1M · through 2024Largest: $5.0M to JUSTICE CATALYST ACCESS FUND INC — public interest litigation funding projects
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $2.8M to Do No Harm — for litigation efforts and general operations
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →