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Civil Rights Advocacy & Litigation

Every indexed organization working in the activity groups below — who they are, where they operate, and the approaches they share.

01 Civil Rights Advocacy & Litigation · 284 activities edit slice
250
orgs
284
activities
141
strategies
NY
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 250 organizations and 284 activities — NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK, NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK LAWYERS, RESTITUTION STUDY GROUP, COALITION FOR A DIVERSE HARVARD and others. Activity concentrates in New York (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Community-Led Systems Change", run by 35 orgs.
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Shortlist

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where this slice is thin

Gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

Geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
New York 100% · 250 orgs
who's here

Organizations in this field · 250

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direct service advocacy research capacity building
where the money comes from

Funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

USDA 4
Government
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 3
Foundation
Ford Foundation 2
Foundation
HUD 2
Government
New York State Department of Health 2
Government
Various foundations 2
Foundation
members 2
Individuals
ACLU 1
Foundation
ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) 1
Government
Adirondack Foundation Trust 1
Foundation
Administration for Children's Services (ACS) 1
Government
American Express 1
Corporate
Bank of China 1
Corporate
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 1
Foundation
how the field thinks

Strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

Community-Led Systems Change 35 orgs
CTZNWELL IncCommunity Voices Heard IncDRUM BEATSTHE TRI COUNTY YOUNG MEN'S CH…
Strategic Litigation for Systemic Change 20 orgs
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS INCGender Equality Law Center IncLEGAL SERVICES OF THE HUDSON …NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FU…
Integrated Multi-Method Advocacy 7 orgs
DEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND…JEWS FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC …Justice Committee IncWestern New York Peace Center…
Narrative Power Building 6 orgs
BLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIG…NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJE…THE AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICY F…UNITED JUSTICE COALITION CHAR…
Civic Education as Empowerment 5 orgs
Black Socialists of AmericaCOUNTER EXTREMISM PROJECT UNI…Defense of DemocracyWomens March Network
Collective Impact & Aligned Action 5 orgs
1 WORKER 1 VOTE INCGROWTH PHILANTHROPY NETWORK I…UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERI…UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY
Community-Led Affirmation 5 orgs
DIVERSE MOSAIC COMMUNITY CENT…Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community…PRIDE CENTER OF STATEN ISLAND…PRYEDE COMMUNITY GROUP INC
Creative Expression for Healing and Empowerment 5 orgs
INSTITUTE OF AFROFUTURIST ECO…JEWS FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC …MOLESKINE FOUNDATION INCRESTITUTION STUDY GROUP INC
Integrated, Culturally Affirming Care 5 orgs
ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SOCIAL W…COUNCIL OF PEOPLES ORGANIZATI…HUDSON VALLEY JUSTICE CENTER …Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community…
Integrated Support Model 4 orgs
BLACK FARMER FUND INCCANNABIS SOCIAL EQUITY COALIT…NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INCPRIDE CENTER OF STATEN ISLAND…
where strategy meets practice

Strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Community-Led Systems Change
9
23
1
8
Strategic Litigation for Systemic Change
3
19
1
1
Integrated Multi-Method Advocacy
2
9
1
1
Narrative Power Building
6
1
Civic Education as Empowerment
1
4
1
Collective Impact & Aligned Action
1
4
Community-Led Affirmation
2
3
Creative Expression for Healing and Empowerment
3
6
who works with whom

Named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks — relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

YouTube Partner
shared by 13 orgs
Facebook Partner
shared by 12 orgs
Instagram Partner
shared by 11 orgs
LinkedIn Partner
shared by 6 orgs
New York State Unified Court System Government
shared by 6 orgs
Twitter Partner
shared by 6 orgs
United Nations Government
shared by 6 orgs
ACLU Partner
shared by 4 orgs
AFL-CIO Network
shared by 4 orgs
Black Lives Matter Partner
shared by 4 orgs
City Harvest Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Congress Government
shared by 4 orgs
NYPD Partner
shared by 4 orgs
New York State Government
shared by 4 orgs
New York University Partner
shared by 4 orgs
State of New York Government
shared by 4 orgs