Public Charity

WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION

WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION, of WASHINGTON, DC, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $4.8M in revenue, $2.0M in expenses, $39.3M in total assets. 79 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 521071570 WASHINGTON, DC Public Interest Law NTEE: I83 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$4.8M
Total Expenses$2.0M
Total Assets$39.3M
Grant Records79
Funding Total$2.4M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION WORKS WITH OUR LEGAL SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN BALANCE IN THE COURTS AND HELP OUR GOVERNMENT STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM. THE FOUNDATION CHAMPIONS FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES, INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, BUSINESS CIVIL LIBERTIES AND LEGAL ETHICS. IT SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST THROUGH LITIGATION AND REPRESENTATION, LEGAL PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS, INTERN PROGRAMS, RESEARCH AND BRIEFS, WEB SEMINARS, MONOGRAPHS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, MEDIA BRIEFINGS AND EDUCATIONAL VIDEO COMMENTARIES. THE FOUNDATION ACCOMPLISHES ITS MISSION BY SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH LITIGATION AND ADVOCACY, PUBLISHING TIMELY LEGAL STUDIES AND EDUCATING POLICY-MAKERS AND PUBLIC THROUGH EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH.

Where $100 goes at Washington Legal Foundation

How Washington Legal Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$65 Programs the work itself
$23 Management running the organization
$12 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $65 for programs

$65
Litigation, legal public policy analysis, clinical legal intern program, briefs and research documents, public legal issues, monograph series, educational legal studies, nine different publication formats, media briefings, web…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

CHAIR / PRESIDENT Constance C Larcher
GENERAL COUNSEL / VP LITIGATION Cory L Andrews
BOARD MEMBER David Mcpherson
TREASURER / SECRETARY Dustin J Devaney
EXEC DIR / VP LEGAL STUDIES Glenn G Lammi
SENIOR LITIGATION COUNSEL John Masslon

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,117,740 68 grants
Human & Social Services
$130,000 4 grants
Arts & Culture
$65,000 2 grants
Economic Development
$35,000 1 grant
Education
$25,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $4.8M $2.0M $39.3M
2023 $3.6M $1.9M $35.4M
2022 $3.8M $1.7M $31.8M
2020 $3.8M $1.9M $30.8M
2019 $2.6M $2.4M $27.9M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $2.6M to $4.8M (+86%), with total assets most recently reported at $39.3M.

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

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