Center for Law and Social Policy
Nonprofit organization in Washington D.C., United States
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The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a liberal organization, based in Washington, D.C., that engages in anti-poverty advocacy.[1][2][3]
Overview
The National Women's Law Center was established in 1972 as a project of CLASP.[4]
Alan W. Houseman joined CLASP as executive director in 1981 and began shifting its focus from general public-interest law to anti-poverty policy, particularly child and family poverty.[5]
After Houseman's retirement as executive director in 2013, Olivia Golden was chosen to lead the organization.[6] She did so until 2022[7] when Indivar "Indi" Dutta-Gupta joined the organization as its executive director.[8] Dutta-Gupta left CLASP in 2024, and Wendy Chun-Hoon became the organization's executive director in 2025.[9]
The organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded by a number of foundations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Atlantic Philanthropies, and various individual donors. In 2021, it reported an income of $12 million. [10] In 2022, CLASP received a $10 million gift from MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos.[11]