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FY 2023

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2023EIN 52-1039060

Legal Services Corporation

WASHINGTON, DCNTEE: I800Founded 1974Website

mission statement

To promote equal access to justice in our nation and to provide high quality civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and families.

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Total Revenue

$577.1M

FY 2023

Program Spending

96.7%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2023)

The Numbers

$190.7M

Total Assets

$99.1M net

2.06 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2023

Active Programs

FY 2023

216

Total Employees

FY 2023

Funding Track Record

Backed by 36 Institutional Funders

$8.2M raised across 86 grants · +$1.7M committed (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 17 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
Margaret A Cargill Foundation	EDEN PRAIRIE, MN	$3,650,000 +$1,500,000 committed
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$1,055,000 +$200,000 committed
The Ford Foundation	New York, NY	$650,000
The Sidley Austin Foundation	CHICAGO, IL	$355,000
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation	MENLO PARK, CA	$350,000
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$310,000
Friends of the Legal Services Corporation	Washington, DC	$250,000
John D & Catherine T Macarthur Foundation	CHICAGO, IL	$250,000
The Dla Piper Foundation	BALTIMORE, MD	$200,000
Reynolds Family Foundation	Wilmington, DE	$180,000

Total tracked: $8,164,018 across 86 grants · +$1,700,000 committed across 2 commitments (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2023)

What They Do

$533.8M in expenses

Basic field grants: promotes equal access to justice by awarding basic field grants to 133 independent legal aid organizations serving every county in every state, the district of columbia, and u.s. Territories through a competitive grants process.

$9.1M in expenses

Emergency disaster relief grants:provides funding to LSC- funded organizations providing services to survivors of government-declared emergencies.

$5.6M in expenses

Pro bono innovative funds:LSC awards pro bono innovative funds on a competitive basis annually to develop, test, and replicate innovative pro bono efforts that enable grantees to expand access to legal assistance using private, volunteer lawyers.

$2.8M in expenses

Technology initiative grants:LSC awards technology initiative grants on a competitive basis annually to grantees to expand access to justice through the use of technology.

$3.1M in expenses

Veterans pro bono grants:facilitates the provision of high quality legal and other assistance without charge to veterans and other individuals who are unable to afford the cost of legal representation in connection with decisions of, or other proceedings in the u.s. Court of appeals for veteran claims.

$2.6M in expenses

Loan repayment assistance program:LSC awards loan repayment assistance grants on a competitive basis to assist grantees retain and recruit attorneys with law school loans.

$528K in expenses

Other program expenses:LSC engages in several programs and initiatives to help improve the civil legal aid problem in america such as the rural summer legal corps program a privately funded initiative to connect law students with legal aid programs in the common pursuit of better addressing the civil legal needs of rural communities as well as the itc conference which is the only national event focused exclusively on the use of technology in the legal aid community.

Financial History