Funding search · EIN 591004604 · Maitland, FL

The Florida Bar Foundation

Name: The Florida 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.

146
grants reported: $149.0M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $385,319
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

iota bono fellows summer children legal services return

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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.

Where the money goes

IOTA general support to Florida regional civil legal aid providers
Legal services for children and foster youth
Pro bono program grants at bar-affiliated legal aid societies
Immigration legal services in Miami-Dade and Broward
Summer fellows placements for law students
Administration of Justice (AOJ) grants and law school civil clinics

Typical grant

Median grant is $385,319, with the middle half between $150,002 and $1,210,256. The seven-figure checks all go to the large regional legal aid providers as annual IOTA operating support, topping out around $7.5 million to Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida and Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County in 2024; the $100,000 to $350,000 checks go to AOJ projects, small county legal aid societies, and FSU College of Law's clinic. Giving repeats almost perfectly year over year: the same 30-plus organizations appear in 2022, 2023, and 2024, with amounts rising sharply each year as IOTA revenue grew.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“2025 IOTA FUNDING”
“LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN”
“PRO BONO GRANTS”
“SUMMER FELLOWS”
“LEGAL CIVIL CLINIC”
“AOJ GRANTS”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor to the FSU College of Law precedent: "LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND LEGAL CIVIL CLINIC," funded twice at $239K-$305K.
Ask in the $150K-$350K band for clinic or AOJ work; seven-figure sums are reserved for IOTA providers.
Frame the work as direct representation of low-income Floridians, not research or evaluation.
Offer to host "SUMMER FELLOWS" or partner with a named regional legal aid grantee in your service area.

Worth knowing: This is essentially a state IOTA pass-through: 145 of 146 grants went to Florida organizations, and roughly 15 regional legal aid providers absorb most of the $149 million, with the single out-of-state grantee being Lawyers for Children America. The record contains no research grants at all, so an adjacent researcher's realistic path is a law school clinic or children's legal services line, ideally in partnership with an existing grantee.

Top recipients

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

Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida4 grants · $11.0M
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County4 grants · $11.0M
Bay Area Legal Services4 grants · $9.8M
Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association4 grants · $9.5M
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid4 grants · $8.8M
Legal Aid Service of Broward County4 grants · $8.6M
Florida Legal Services4 grants · $8.4M
Americans for Immigrant Justice4 grants · $7.2M
Legal Services of North Florida4 grants · $6.5M
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami4 grants · $6.0M

Giving over time

$6.8M

2021

$10.5M

2022

$37.5M

2023

$94.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 146 grants.

$7.5M
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida · Orlando, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding and return of unspent funds
$7.5M
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding, pro bono grants and summer fellows
$6.6M
Bay Area Legal Services · Tampa, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding
$5.9M
Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association · Orlando, FL · 2024
Lap/aoj/lsa - 2025 iota funding, legal services for children, pro bono grants and summer fellows
$5.7M
Florida Legal Services · Orlando, FL · 2024
Lap/lsa - 2025 iota funding, legal services for children, pro bono grants and summer fellows
$5.5M
Legal Aid Service of Broward County · Plantation, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding and pro bono grants
$5.2M
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding, pro bono grants and summer fellows
$4.2M
Legal Services of North Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding, legal services for children, summer fellows and return of unspent funds
$4.0M
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami · Miami, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding and legal services for children
$3.8M
Americans for Immigrant Justice · Miami, FL · 2024
Lap/lsa - 2025 iota funding, summer fellows and return of unspent funds
$3.7M
Dade Legal Aid · Miami, FL · 2024
Lap/lsa - 2025 iota funding, legal services for children, pro bono grants and summer fellows
$3.4M
Gulfcoast Legal Services · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
Lap/lsa - 2025 iota funding, pro bono grants and summer fellows
$2.9M
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Lap
$2.8M
Americans for Immigrant Justice · Miami, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$2.8M
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida · Orlando, FL · 2023
Lap/aoj
$2.5M
Florida Health Justice Project · Miami, FL · 2024
Lap/lsa - 2025 iota funding, pro bono grants and summer fellows
$2.5M
Bay Area Legal Services · Tampa, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$2.5M
Three Rivers Legal Services · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding
$2.4M
Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association · Orlando, FL · 2023
Lap/aoj/lsa
$2.4M
Legal Aid Service of Broward County · Plantation, FL · 2023
Lap
$2.3M
Brevard County Legal Aid · Rockledge, FL · 2024
Lap - legal services for children, 2025 iota funding and pro bono grants
$2.3M
Legal Services of Greater Miami · Miami, FL · 2024
Lap/lsa - 2025 iota funding and summer fellows
$2.3M
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Lap
$1.9M
Coast To Coast Legal Aid of South Florida · Plantation, FL · 2024
Lap/lsa - 2025 iota funding and summer fellows
$1.8M
Seminole County Bar Association Legal Aid Society · Longwood, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding, pro bono grants and summer fellows
$1.7M
Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project · Miami, FL · 2024
Lap/lsa/aoj - 2025 iota funding, legal services for children, pro bono grants, aoj grants and summer fellows
$1.7M
Florida Legal Services · Orlando, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$1.6M
Legal Services of North Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Lap
$1.6M
Florida Rural Legal Services · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Lap/aoj
$1.6M
Florida Rural Legal Services · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding and return of unspent funds
$1.5M
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami · Miami, FL · 2023
Lap
$1.5M
Legal Aid Service of Collier County · Naples, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding
$1.4M
Dade Legal Aid · Miami, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$1.4M
Gulfcoast Legal Services · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Lap
$1.4M
Legal Aid of Manasota · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Lap -2025 iota funding and pro bono grants
$1.4M
Southern Legal Counsel · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Lap/lsa - 2025 iota funding and pro bono grants
$1.2M
Lee County Legal Aid Society · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding
$1.2M
Innocence Project of Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Lap/aoj - 2025 iota funding, pro bono grants and aoj grants
$995,742
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
Lap
$981,608
Community Justice Project · Miami, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding
$974,578
Heart of Florida Legal Aid Society · Bartow, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding
$959,786
Northwest Florida Legal Services · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding and pro bono grants
$942,008
Legal Services of Greater Miami · Miami, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$920,639
Community Law Program · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding and pro bono grants
$901,639
St Michael'S Legal Center for Women and Children · Brandon, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding
$818,176
Florida'S Children First · Coral Springs, FL · 2024
Lap/aoj - 2025 iota funding and aoj grants
$774,398
Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project · Miami, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$767,478
Three Rivers Legal Services · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Lap
$717,397
Lawyers for Children America · Hartford, CT · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding and return of unspent funds
$696,996
Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association · Orlando, FL · 2022
Lap/aoj
$682,568
Idignity · Orlando, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding and pro bono grants
$649,706
Coast To Coast Legal Aid of South Florida · Plantation, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$639,434
Brevard County Legal Aid · Rockledge, FL · 2023
Lap
$634,919
Florida Health Justice Project · Miami, FL · 2023
Lap
$603,890
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida · Orlando, FL · 2022
Lap
$583,821
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Lap
$582,069
Legal Aid of Manasota · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Lap
$577,612
Seminole County Bar Association Legal Aid Society · Longwood, FL · 2023
Lap
$571,606
Southern Legal Counsel · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$562,097
Southern Legal Counsel · Gainesville, FL · 2021
Lap
$556,905
Bay Area Legal Services · Tampa, FL · 2022
Lap
$535,562
Florida Legal Services · Orlando, FL · 2022
Lap
$519,330
Community Law Program · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$512,307
Legal Services of North Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Lap
$480,754
Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association · Orlando, FL · 2021
Lap/aoj
$478,937
Legal Aid Service of Collier County · Naples, FL · 2023
Lap
$459,053
Americans for Immigrant Justice · Miami, FL · 2022
Lap
$455,514
Legal Aid Service of Broward County · Plantation, FL · 2022
Lap
$454,210
Innocence Project of Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Lap/aoj
$441,195
Dade Legal Aid · Miami, FL · 2021
Lap/aoj
$440,806
Florida Justice Institute · Miami, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$434,173
Dade Legal Aid · Miami, FL · 2022
Lap/aoj
$400,000
Florida Legal Services · Orlando, FL · 2021
Lap
$370,638
Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project · Miami, FL · 2022
Lap
$363,912
Northwest Florida Legal Services · Pensacola, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$361,837
Gulfcoast Legal Services · St Petersburg, FL · 2022
Lap
$361,207
Innocence Project of Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Lap/aoj
$358,094
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami · Miami, FL · 2022
Lap
$355,527
Idignity · Orlando, FL · 2023
Lap/aoj
$352,447
Legal Aid Foundation of the Tallahassee Bar Association · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Lap - 2025 iota funding and pro bono grants
$343,009
Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project · Miami, FL · 2021
Lap
$340,044
Florida'S Children First · Coral Springs, FL · 2023
Lap/lsa
$330,603
Florida'S Children First · Coral Springs, FL · 2022
Lap/aoj
$319,291
Lee County Legal Aid Society · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
Lap
$313,888
Community Justice Project · Miami, FL · 2023
Lap
$308,795
Legal Aid Service of Broward County · Plantation, FL · 2021
Lap
$308,753
Innocence Project of Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Lap/aoj
$306,881
Florida Rural Legal Services · Lakeland, FL · 2022
Lap
$305,536
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid · Jacksonville, FL · 2021
Lap
$305,505
Florida State University College of Law · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Lap/lsa - legal services for children and legal civil clinic
$266,000
Florida State University College of Law · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Lap/lsa
$254,376
Florida'S Children First · Coral Springs, FL · 2021
Lap/aoj
$239,468
Heart of Florida Legal Aid Society · Bartow, FL · 2023
Lap
$239,165
Florida State University College of Law · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Lap/lsa
$225,286
Legal Services of North Florida · Tallahassee, FL · 2021
Lap
$212,583
Florida Justice Institute · Miami, FL · 2021
Lap
$209,987
Gulfcoast Legal Services · St Petersburg, FL · 2021
Lap
$202,125
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami · Miami, FL · 2021
Lap
$201,438
Brevard County Legal Aid · Rockledge, FL · 2021
Lap
$192,666
Brevard County Legal Aid · Rockledge, FL · 2022
Lap

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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.