Public Charity

CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY

CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY is a Public Charity headquartered in WASHINGTON, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $11.3M revenue, $8.0M expenses, $24.3M total assets. 73 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $23.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 237000150 WASHINGTON, DC Public Interest Law NTEE: I83 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$11.3M
Total Expenses$8.0M
Total Assets$24.3M
Grant Records73
Funding Total$23.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY (CLASP) IS A NATIONAL, NONPARTISAN, ANTI-POVERTY NONPROFIT ADVANCING POLICY SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOMES. WE DEVELOP PRACTICAL YET VISIONARY STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING POVERTY, PROMOTING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND ADDRESSING INSTITUTIONAL AND RACIAL BARRIERS FACED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR. WITH OVER 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS, WE'RE ADVANCING A BOLD VISION FOR THE FUTURE ROOTED IN ECONOMIC SECURITY AND RACIAL EQUITY.

Where $100 goes at Center for Law and Social Policy

How Center for Law and Social Policy divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$79 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $79 for programs

$33
Economic justice requires a public benefits system that works both for anyone experiencing a financial emergency and also supports long-lasting economic security
42% of program spending
$29
Children in immigrant families make up one-quarter of all children in the united states and represent the fastest-growing segment of the country's increasingly diverse child population
37% of program spending
$17
Child care and early education
21% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

$650,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC
2024
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY, HUMAN SERVICES, CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY
$625,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$316,183
TIDES FOUNDATION
2024
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
$300,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES
2024
STIPENDS/FELLOWSHIPS
$158,000

Showing up to 5 of 73 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Alexandra Cawthorne-Gaines
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES Angela Parker
BOARD MEMBER Annie Burns
BOARD MEMBER Cynthia Figueroa
BOARD MEMBER David Dodson
BOARD CHAIR David Hansell

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$14,244,659 28 grants
Education
$2,613,000 5 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$2,367,600 13 grants
Health & Medicine
$1,402,000 4 grants
Human & Social Services
$647,600 10 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $11.3M $8.0M $24.3M
2024 $9.1M $10.1M $21.6M
2023 $7.9M $10.5M $23.1M
2022 $17.3M $10.2M $25.9M
2021 $12.1M $9.3M $19.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $12.1M to $11.3M (-7%), with total assets most recently reported at $24.3M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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