Illinois Bar Foundation announces grant recipients
The Illinois Bar Foundation, the charitable affiliate of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), has announced the recipients of its new grants totaling $304,965 awarded to 32 law-related nonprofit organizations, including:
Chicago
- Apna Ghar, Inc., $7,500
- Cabrini Green Legal Aid, $15,000
- CARPLS, $25,000
- Center for Conflict Resolution, $5,000
- Center on Halsted, $5,000
- Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers, $8,000
- Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation, $15,000
- Equip for Equality, $20,000
- Family Rescue, $7,500
- Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice, $10,000
- Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, $5,000
- Illinois Legal Aid Online, $20,000
- Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing, $7,500
- Legal Aid Bureau of Metropolitan Family Services, $10,000
- Public Interest Law Initiative, $15,000
- Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, $5,000
- CASA of Franklin County, Benton, $2,500
- CASA of Jefferson County, Mt. Vernon, $2,000
- CASA of McHenry County, Woodstock, $2,000
- Center for Prevention of Abuse, Peoria, $5,000
- Children’s Advocacy Centers of Illinois, Springfield, $13,465
- Macon County CASA, Decatur, $5,000
- Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., Rockford, $15,000
- St. Clair County CASA, Belleville, $10,000
- Dove Domestic Violence Program, Decatur, $10,000
- Life Span, Des Plaines, $10,000
- Catholic Urban Programs/Neighborhood Law Office, East St. Louis, $15,000
- Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, East St. Louis, $20,000
- Youth Becoming Leaders, Inc., Freeport, $2,000
- Will County Legal Assistance Program, Inc., Joliet, $7,500
- Family Shelter Service, Wheaton, $5,000