Since its founding in 1982 as a program, the Center for the Study of Law and Religion has received ongoing financial and operations support from Emory University School of Law and the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.  Since 1995, it has received regular financial support from the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Emory College, and the Graduate Division of Religion.

Over the past two decades, the Center has been blessed with major grants totalling more than $11 million from The Pew Charitable Trusts, Inc., the Ford Foundation, the Alonzo L. McDonald Family Agape Foundation,  the Lilly Endowment, Inc., the Henry Luce Foundation, the Steinhardt Foundation.   

Other sponsors include the James Luther Adams Foundation, Inc., Professor and Mrs. Frank S. Alexander, The Andreas Foundation, Mr. Andy and Mrs. Michelle Barclay, BellSouth Matching Gifts Program, Mrs. Jean Robitscher Bergmark, Mr. John Brabner-Smith, Esq., Brigham Young University International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cadenhead, Esq., Annie E. Casey Foundation, Overton and Lavonna Currie Foundation, DeBurght Conference, Center for Public Justice, Department of Latin American Studies (Princeton University), Mr. Herman Dooyeweerd, Jr., Fannie Mae Foundation, Fieldstead & Company, Georgia Bar Foundation, Ms. Ronit Hoffer, Mr. Case Hoogendoorn, Esq., Mr. & Mrs. W. Stell Huie, Dean and Mrs. Howard O. Hunter, Mr. Erich Kennedy, Esq., Keston Institute (Oxford), Liberty Fund, Mr. Lansing B. Lee, Esq., Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Joe and Emily Lowe Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, Mr. Russell B. Mabrey, Esq., Mr. Johayoue, Esq., Professor Charlotte McDaniel, Mr. Albert G. Moore, Mr. Terrill A. Parker, Esq., Mr. Stuart D. Poppel, Esq. the Chicago law firm of Hoogendoorn, Miller, Talbot & Davids, National Vacant Properties Campaign (Smart Growth America), Mr. Kenneth W. Ramsey, Esq., The Reebok Foundation, Mr. George R. Salem, Esq., The Steinhardt Foundation-EDAH, Stern Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph W. Thrower, Esq., United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, Trier University Institute for European Constitutional Law, United States Institute of Peace, University of Notre Dame, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. and Mrs. Magnus Verbrugge, and Professor John Witte, Jr. and Ms. Eliza Ellison.