Grantees

The DC Bar Foundation administers two grant programs supporting legal services providers, the Publicly-funded Legal Services Grant Program and the Private/IOLTA Grant Program.

Publicly-Funded Legal Services Grants

Pursuant to a ground-breaking appropriation by the DC City Council, the DC Bar Foundation awarded in 2007 15 grants totaling $2.89 million to legal services providers in the District to increase the number of lawyers doing housing work and to bring more lawyers into underserved communities in the District. In 2008, the Bar Foundation awarded a total of $2.79 million in second-year funding under this program, and in 2009, a total of $3.13 million. The 2009 recipients of publicly-funded legal services grants are listed below. NeighborhoodInfo DC prepared a map of legal services offices in DC, illustrating how legal services are now more accessible in some of the neediest neighborhoods in our city. Each grantee must file quarterly reports, using the FY08 Report Form. Copies of the report form in writable format can be requested from the Foundation.

FY09Publicly-Funded Legal Services

Grant Applications CLOSED.

Ayuda – Legal Services Community Interpreter Bank

(in collaboration with APALRC, La Clínica del Pueblo, Legal Aid Society of DC, Washington College of Law)

Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center - Housing & Community Justice Project

Bread for the City – SE Community Lawyering Project

Children’s Law Center – Southeast Health Access Project

Court-Based Legal Services Project – awards to Bread for the City, Legal Aid Society, Neighborhood Legal Services

(funding lawyers in Landlord-Tenant Court)

DC Employment Justice Center - Bilingual Worker Rights Project

DC Law Students in Court – Support for Court-Based Legal Services Project

Legal Aid Society of DC – Southeast Communit Lawyering Project

Legal Counsel for the Elderly – Project HELP

(legal services for homebound elders)

Neighborhood Legal Services Program

(funding lawyers in Wards 5, 7, and 8)

University Legal Services – DC Jail Access Project

(in collaboration with DC Prisoners Project of the Washington Lawyers Committee)

USCRI - Center for Refugee & Immigrant Children - DC Foster Children Project

WEAVE – NE Lighthouse Center for Healing - Legal Services Project

Whitman Walker Legal Clinic – Southeast DC Legal Clinic

IOLTA/Foundation Grants to Support Legal Services

The DC Bar Foundation makes annual grants in June of each year to legal services providers in the District of Columbia. These grants are supported by IOLTA funds received in the District, and by the generous contributions of DC law firms and lawyers. These grants provide general support and program-specific support to legal service providers, and support cross-cutting grants and technical assistance for grantees. Applications for FY2010 funding are due in the Bar Foundation's offices by 5:00 p.m. April 9, 2010. Click here for general information on applying for an IOLTA/Foundation grant.

The DC Bar Foundation awarded grants to 25 organizations in June 2009. The organizations listed below, presented in alphabetical order, are current recipients of DC Bar Foundation grants.

FY09 IOLTA/Foundation Grant

Mid-Year Reports due

Year-End Reports due July 30, 2010

DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES - FY09 Grantees

Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc.

Archdiocesan Legal Network of Catholic Charities of the

Archdiocese of Washington

Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center

Ayuda, Inc.

Bread for the City Legal Clinic

Break the Cycle - DC Legal Services Project

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition