- Washington, DC // 2013
DC Bar Foundation
Support for a special fundraising and capacity building effort to increase resources for and access to civil legal aid in the District of Columbia.Awarded$13,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Washington, DC // 2014
National Black Women’s Health Project
General support.Awarded$15,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Washington, DC // 2013
DC Volunteer Lawyers Project
General support.Awarded$25,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Washington, DC // 2014
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
Support for development of a civil legal aid research website.Awarded$25,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Charlottesville, VA // 2013
Legal Aid Justice Center
Support to expand civil legal aid through the novel use of a new technology to improve pro bono case management.Awarded$25,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Bakersfield, CA // 2014
Dolores Huerta Foundation
Support to update technological equipment as the group transitions to a new fundraising base and approach.Awarded$15,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Jackson, MS // 2013
Mississippi Center for Justice
Support to assist legal services organizations and pro bono attorneys in New Jersey and New York with Hurricane Sandy legal recovery efforts.Awarded$25,000Term6 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Washington, DC // 2013
Neighborhood Legal Services Program for the District of Columbia
Support to undertake a community listening and engagement study with low-income residents to assess from their perspectives challenges and barriers to addressing legal needs of low-income communities in the District of Columbia.Awarded$22,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Washington, DC // 2013
Neighborhood Legal Services Program for the District of Columbia
Support for organizational strategic planning with the help of a consultant.Awarded$10,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Martinsville, VA // 2013
New College Institute
General support.Awarded$25,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Washington, DC // 2013
ONE DC
Support for outreach and training activities to build the capacity of DC residents to advocate in a campaign for economic equality and living wage jobs.Awarded$15,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - San Francisco, CA // 2013
Tides Center
Support to help launch the Talent Philanthropy Project for activities to encourage philanthropic investment in nonprofit talent and staff development to build the capacity of the social justice advocacy sector.Awarded$16,500Term6 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Washington, DC // 2014
American University – Washington College of Law
Support for the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University's Washington College of Law to develop training and advocacy materials on the human right to civil legal counsel.Awarded$25,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Silver Spring, MD // 2014
Catholic Legal Immigration Network
Support to help develop an innovative self-directed online training course for immigrant legal service providers.Awarded$25,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - New York, NY // 2014
Children’s Aid Society
Support for the Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program.Awarded$10,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund