Funding search · EIN 381459016 · Lansing, MI

Michigan State Bar Foundation

Name: Michigan State Bar Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

188
grants reported: $59.5M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $84,622
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

legal services households income eviction facing mshda improvements

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “immigration and refugees” · $35,000

$35,000
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants · Arlington, VA · 2023
Improvements in administration of justice

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Lakeshore Legal Aidmetro11 grants · $14.6M
Legal Aid of Western Michigan17 grants · $8.3M
Lakeshore Legal Aid7 grants · $6.5M
Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm)14 grants · $5.2M
Michigan Legal Services10 grants · $4.7M
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan15 grants · $4.0M
Lakeshore Legal Aidcounsel and Advocacy Law Line8 grants · $3.1M
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Legal Help8 grants · $2.7M
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Poverty Law Program11 grants · $2.4M
Legal Services of Northern Michigan13 grants · $2.3M

Giving over time

$12.3M

2021

$12.8M

2022

$12.3M

2023

$22.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 188 grants.

$5.1M
Lakeshore Legal Aidmetro · Warren, MI · 2022
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$4.3M
Lakeshore Legal Aid · Warren, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$4.0M
Lakeshore Legal Aidmetro · Warren, MI · 2021
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$3.0M
Lakeshore Legal Aidmetro · Warren, MI · 2023
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$1.8M
Lakeshore Legal Aidcounsel and Advocacy Law Line · Warren, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households
$1.8M
Lakeshore Legal Aidmetro · Warren, MI · 2024
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$1.7M
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$1.2M
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$1.1M
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$1.1M
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$1.1M
Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm) · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$1.0M
Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm) · Ypsilanti, MI · 2023
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$970,500
Michigan Advocacy Program · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$969,189
Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm) · Ypsilanti, MI · 2021
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$916,301
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$796,438
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$794,945
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$771,710
Lakeshore Legal Aid · Warren, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households
$716,746
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2021
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$692,623
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Poverty Law Program · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Improvements in delivery of legal services
$660,266
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2021
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$650,000
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Legal Help · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Support for legal self-help
$650,000
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Legal Help · Ypsilanti, MI · 2023
Support for legal self-help
$650,000
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Legal Help · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Support for legal self-help
$650,000
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Legal Help · Ypsilanti, MI · 2021
Support for legal self-help
$640,721
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Poverty Law Program · Ypsilanti, MI · 2023
Improvements in delivery of legal services
$632,045
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2023
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$611,208
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households
$524,224
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Poverty Law Program · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Improvements in delivery of legal services
$513,161
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Legal services for low-income households
$490,289
Lakeshore Legal Aid · Warren, MI · 2023
Legal services for low-income households
$481,077
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households
$469,466
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2022
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$468,790
Lakeshore Legal Aid · Warren, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$455,115
Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm) · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households
$452,128
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
Legal services for low-income households
$441,300
Lakeshore Legal Aidcounsel and Advocacy Law Line · Warren, MI · 2023
Legal services for low-income households
$429,572
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2024
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$416,843
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households
$412,492
Legal Services of Northern Michigan · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$412,223
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2023
Legal services for low-income households
$400,631
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2023
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$394,568
Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm) · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$387,680
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2024
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$385,084
Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm) · Ypsilanti, MI · 2023
Legal services for low-income households
$373,643
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2022
Legal services for low-income households
$363,913
Lakeshore Legal Aidmetro · Warren, MI · 2024
Expungement funds - legal services for low-income households
$348,255
Lakeshore Legal Aidcounsel and Advocacy Law Line · Warren, MI · 2022
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$336,056
Lakeshore Legal Aideasterncounsel and Advocacy Law Line · Warren, MI · 2022
Legal services for low-income households
$308,902
Legal Services of Northern Michigan · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households
$304,440
Lakeshore Legal Aid · Warren, MI · 2022
Legal services for low-income households
$297,346
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$284,542
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2023
Legal services for low-income households
$276,249
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2022
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$268,819
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$267,657
Lakeshore Legal Aidcounsel and Advocacy Law Line · Warren, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$267,017
Legal Services of Northern Michigan · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2021
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$260,214
Lakeshore Legal Aideasterncounsel and Advocacy Law Line · Warren, MI · 2021
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$255,691
Legal Services of Northern Michigan · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2023
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$248,773
Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm) · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Legal services for low-income households
$243,727
Legal Services of Northern Michigan · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2023
Legal services for low-income households
$240,770
Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice · Detroit, MI · 2024
Unemployment funds - legal services for low-income households
$240,769
Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice · Detroit, MI · 2023
Unemployment funds - legal services for low-income households
$227,862
Legal Services of Northern Michigan · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2022
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$225,710
Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm) · Ypsilanti, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$225,260
Michigan Indian Legal Services · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Legal services for low-income households
$225,000
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Poverty Law Program · Ypsilanti, MI · 2021
Improvements in delivery of legal services
$194,410
Lakeshore Legal Aideasterncounsel and Advocacy Law Line · Warren, MI · 2023
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$190,974
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Immigrant Rights Center · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households
$190,000
Lakeshore Legal Aideasterncounsel and Advocacy Law Line · Warren, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$181,203
Legal Services of Northern Michigan · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2024
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$170,952
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$165,098
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2022
Legal services for low-income households
$163,971
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Immigrant Rights Center · Ypsilanti, MI · 2023
Legal services for low-income households
$160,000
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Poverty Law Programmichigan Legal Help · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Improvements in delivery of legal services
$151,563
Michigan Indian Legal Services · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households
$144,789
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$123,794
Legal Services of Northern Michigan · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2022
Legal services for low-income households
$122,133
Legal Aid and Defender Association · Detroit, MI · 2024
Expungement funds - legal services for low-income households
$117,500
Center for Civil Justice · Flint, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$116,788
Michigan Community Resourcescommunity Legal Resources · Detroit, MI · 2021
Community redevelopment legal assistance
$106,313
Center for Civil Justice · Flint, MI · 2023
Legal services for low-income households
$103,553
Michigan Legal Services · Detroit, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$102,525
Legal Services of Northern Michigan · Sault Ste Marie, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$101,319
Michigan Community Resourcescommunity Legal Resources · Detroit, MI · 2024
Community redevelopment legal assistance
$98,253
Detroit Justice Center · Detroit, MI · 2024
Expungement funds - legal services for low-income households
$97,776
Lakeshore Legal Aidmetro · Warren, MI · 2024
Legal services for low-income households
$94,200
Lakeshore Legal Aidmetro · Warren, MI · 2024
Improvements in delivery of legal services
$93,376
Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm) · Ypsilanti, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$91,882
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Immigrant Rights Center · Ypsilanti, MI · 2022
Legal services for low-income households
$91,094
Lakeshore Legal Aidmetro · Warren, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$89,636
Michigan Community Resourcescommunity Legal Resources · Detroit, MI · 2023
Community redevelopment legal assistance
$89,108
Lakeshore Legal Aidcounsel and Advocacy Law Line · Warren, MI · 2024
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$86,836
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Poverty Law Program · Ypsilanti, MI · 2021
Improvements in delivery of legal services
$82,409
Michigan Advocacy Programmichigan Immigrant Rights Center · Ypsilanti, MI · 2021
Legal services for low-income households
$80,000
Lakeshore Legal Aidcounsel and Advocacy Law Line · Warren, MI · 2024
Unemployment funds - legal services for low-income households
$80,000
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
Unemployment funds - legal services for low-income households
$80,000
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan · Flint, MI · 2024
Unemployment funds - legal services for low-income households
$80,000
Michigan Advocacy Program (Lsscm) · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Unemployment funds - legal services for low-income households
$80,000
Michigan Community Resourcescommunity Legal Resources · Detroit, MI · 2024
Improvements in community redevelopment legal assistance

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.