Funding search · EIN 046111344 · Boston, MA

Boston Bar Foundation

Name: Boston 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.

141
grants reported: $7.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $20,000
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 access increasing justice bono public service civil

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Greater Boston Legal Services5 grants · $1.9M
Boston Bar Association4 grants · $878,206
Volunteer Lawyers Project3 grants · $525,000
Metrowest Legal Services5 grants · $384,000
Prisoners Legal Services4 grants · $285,000
Political Asylumimmigration Representation Project3 grants · $219,000
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association2 grants · $215,347
De Novo3 grants · $210,000
Rian Immigration Center4 grants · $195,000
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute4 grants · $190,000

Giving over time

$1.5M

2021

$1.4M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$2.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 141 grants.

$500,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$450,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$450,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$450,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$300,000
Boston Bar Association · Boston, MA · 2024
Support pro bono and public service projects that engage lawyers in our community
$264,000
Boston Bar Association · Boston, MA · 2023
Support pro bono and public service projects that engage lawyers in our community
$210,000
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$185,150
Boston Bar Association · Boston, MA · 2021
Support pro bono and public service projects
$175,000
Volunteer Lawyers Project · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$175,000
Volunteer Lawyers Project · Boston, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$175,000
Volunteer Lawyers Project · Boston, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$129,056
Boston Bar Association · Boston, MA · 2022
Support pro bono and public service projects
$125,000
Political Asylumimmigration Representation Project · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$100,000
Metrowest Legal Services · Framingham, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$90,000
De Novo Center for Justice and Healing · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$90,000
Pair Project · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$87,000
Pair Project · Boston, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$85,000
Prisoners Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$85,000
Metrowest Legal Services · Framingham, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$85,000
Metrowest Legal Services · Framingham, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$85,000
Metrowest Legal Services · Framingham, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$80,000
Political Asylumimmigration Representation Project · Boston, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$70,000
De Novo · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$70,000
Prisoners Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$70,000
De Novo · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$70,000
De Novo · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$65,000
Veteran'S Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$65,000
Prisoners Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$65,000
Prisoners Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$60,000
Rian Immigration Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$55,000
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Increasing access to justice
$55,000
Rian Immigration Center · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$50,000
Boston Foundation Inc for Asian Community Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$45,000
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Increasing access to justice
$45,000
Veteran'S Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$45,000
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
Increasing access to justice
$45,000
Rian Immigration Center · Boston, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$45,000
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2021
Increasing access to justice
$44,000
Lawyers Clearinghouse On Affordable Housing and Homelessness · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$42,500
Veteran'S Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$40,000
Northeast Legal Aid · Lawrence, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$40,000
Women'S Bar Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$35,000
Lawyers for Civil Rights · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$35,000
Northeast Legal Aid · Lynn, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$35,000
Rian Immigration Center · Boston, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$35,000
Veteran'S Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$33,000
Massachusetts Advocates for Children · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$30,000
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$30,000
La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$30,000
Lawyers Clearinghouse On Affordable Housing and Homelessness · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$30,000
Womens Bar Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$30,000
Northeast Legal Aid · Lynn, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$29,000
Metrowest Legal Services · Framingham, MA · 2024
Increasing access to justice
$27,500
Massachusetts Advocates for Children · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$27,500
Womens Bar Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$25,000
City Lifevida Urbana · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$25,000
City Lifevida Urbana · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Increasing access to justice
$25,000
Legal Key Partnership for Health and Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$25,000
Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$25,000
Victim Rights Law Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$25,000
Women'S Lunch Place · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$25,000
City Lifevida Urbana · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$25,000
Lawyers for Civil Rights · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$25,000
City Lifevida Urbana · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$25,000
Lawyers for Civil Rights · Boston, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$25,000
City Lifevida Urbana · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$25,000
Womens Bar Foundation · Boston, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$22,500
Massachusetts Advocates for Children · Boston, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$20,134
Suffolk University Law School Center for Housing Justice & Policy · Boston, MA · 2024
Increasing access to justice
$20,000
International Institute of New England · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$20,000
Project Citizenship · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$20,000
The Second Step · Newtonville, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$20,000
Youth Advocacy Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$20,000
Lawyers Clearinghouse On Affordable Housing and Homelessness · Boston, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$20,000
Northeast Legal Aid · Lynn, MA · 2022
Support legal aid
$20,000
Lawyers Clearinghouse On Affordable Housing and Homelessness · Boston, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$20,000
Lawyers for Civil Rights · Boston, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$20,000
Youth Advocacy Foundation Edlaw Project · Boston, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$17,500
Massachusetts Advocates for Children · Boston, MA · 2021
Support legal aid
$17,000
Childrens Law Center of Ma · Lynn, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$16,000
Saheli · Burlington, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$15,000
Alternatives for Community and Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$15,000
Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$15,000
Center for Law and Education · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$15,000
Family Aid Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$15,000
Health Law Advocates · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$15,000
Lawyers for Civil Rights · Boston, MA · 2024
Increasing access to justice
$15,000
Legal Key Partnership for Health and Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
Increasing access to justice
$15,000
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$15,000
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition · Boston, MA · 2024
Increasing access to justice
$15,000
Northeast Legal Aid · Lawrence, MA · 2024
Increasing access to justice
$15,000
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2024
Support legal aid
$15,000
Atask · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$15,000
Childrens Law Center of Ma · Lynn, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$15,000
La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$15,000
Project Citizenship · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$15,000
Women'S Lunch Place · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$15,000
Youth Advocacy Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Support legal aid
$14,000
Political Asylumimmigration Representation Project · Boston, MA · 2024
Increasing access to justice
$13,000
Saheli · Burlington, MA · 2022
Support legal aid

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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.