LSC distributes funds to independent nonprofit organizations. These grantees hire their own staff, who are not employed by LSC and are not government employees. LSC implements a full-time equivalent (FTE) workforce calculation that is closely aligned with definitions used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Internal Revenue Service. The FTE calculation considers all staff who work 35 hours/week or more for the entire year a single FTE. For staff who work less than 35 hours/week or less than a full year, their time is counted as a percentage of a full-time employee.

LSC requires its Basic Field grantees to spend at least 12.5% of their Basic Field funding on Private Attorney Involvement (PAI) to encourage the involvement of private attorneys in the delivery of legal assistance to eligible clients. On a national level, the ratio of compensated to uncompensated attorneys accepting case referrals of LSC grantees has remained relatively consistent over the past five years. However, as a whole, PAI has decreased slightly over this period of time. States vary in their private attorney involvement strategies. Some may rely more heavily on compensated attorneys than on Pro Bono attorneys. This dashboard provides data related to PAI, but please note, the data is only available for LSC Basic Field grantees. Data shown reflects the number of attorneys accepting referrals, which is the number of attorneys engaged in active casework.

LSC grantees take cases on behalf of low-income clients including cases related to Consumer/Finance, Family, Housing, Education, Income Maintenance, Employment, and Health. Typically, the most common substantive case topics are related to Consumer/Finance, Housing, and Family. In 2015, the largest substantive case topic areas were family, housing, and income cases.

Nationally, the amount that LSC grantees spend on different expense categories has remained relatively consistent over time. Expenditures are defined as several categories. Personnel Costs, which include staff salaries and employee benefits are the largest category of expenditure for grantees, followed by Space and Services Operating Expenses. Other expense categories include Travel, Staff Development, Client Services, and Miscellaneous Expenses.