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Illinois Equal Justice Foundation: all 178 grants

Largest first · $49.1M across 2021–2024 · back to the overview

• $45,000

  Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information, advice and representation on family defense issues to low-income families in cook county.

• $45,000

  Life Span · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information, advice adn representation to arabic american survivors of domestic violence.

• $43,634

  Apna Ghar · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide critical, comprehensive, culturally competent services, and conducts outreach and advocacy across communities to end gender violence.

• $42,500

  University of Il at Chicago School of Law · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to veterans and active duty service members.

• $42,500

  Alliance of Local Service Organizations · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $42,500

  University of Il at Chicago School of Law · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to veterans and active duty service members.

• $37,796

  Lester & Rosalie Anixter Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide translation of civil legal information to american sign language, closed caption and braille for communyt members that are deaf, hard of hearing and blind to navigate court procedures.

• $36,707

  Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2021

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to low-income people in cook and lake counties including people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis and those impacted by housing instability due to the pa… read allTo provide legal information, advice and representation to low-income people in cook and lake counties including people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis and those impacted by housing instability due to the pandemic. less
• $35,000

  Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide legal information, advice and representation via medical legal partnerships to low-income people in cook county.

• $35,000

  First Defense Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $35,000

  Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information, advice and representation via medical legal partnerships to low-income people in cook county.

• $32,117

  Metropolitan Tenants Organization · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information, advice & representation on eviction matters statewide.

• $31,861

  Chicago Workers Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide legal information & outreach regarding employment rights, family law and immigration.

• $30,000

  Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide legal information, advice and referrals to chinese immigrants.

• $30,000

  Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide legal information to workers impacted by wage theft, emplooyment exploitation and the criminalization of cannabis.

• $30,000

  Loyola University College of Law · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to veterans and active duty service members.

• $30,000

  Pro Bono Network · Oak Park, IL · 2024

  To provide civil legal assistance through pro bono attorneys to low-income seniors as well as families impacted by domestic violence.

• $30,000

  Raise the Floor · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide legal information to workers impacted by wage theft and employment exploitation and discrimination.

• $30,000

  Beyond Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to low-income people in cook county via a community partnership model including those impacted by housing instability due to the pandemic.

• $30,000

  Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information, advice and referrals to chinese immigrants.

• $30,000

  Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information to workers impacted by wage theft, emplooyment exploitation and the criminalization of cannabis.

• $30,000

  Pro Bono Network · Oak Park, IL · 2023

  To provide civil legal assistance through pro bono attorneys to low-income seniors as well as families impacted by domestic violence.

• $30,000

  Raise the Floor · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information to workers impacted by wage theft and employment exploitation and discrimination.

• $30,000

  Beyond Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to low-income people in cook county via a community partnership model including those impacted by housing instability due to the pandemic.

• $30,000

  Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information to workers impacted by wage theft, emplooyment exploitation and the criminalization of cannabis.

• $30,000

  First Defense Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $30,000

  Raise the Floor · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information to workers impacted by wage theft and employment exploitation and discrimination.

• $26,000

  Uptown Peoples Law Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information and advice to low-income people facing housing instability due to the pandemic.

• $25,022

  Arab American Family Services · Worth, IL · 2024

  To provide support for eliminating domestic violence among the arab and muslim communities throughout illinois.

• $25,000

  Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide family law legal services to children & their families facing school disciplinary hearings in chicago.

• $25,000

  Coalition Legal · Waukegan, IL · 2024

  To provide support in helping individuals expunge or seal eligible criminal records as authorized by illinois law so they can re-integrate back into society and gain access to employment, stable housing and more.

• $25,000

  Council On American Islamic Relations · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide culturally-appropriate civil legai information to islamic-americans.

• $25,000

  In Tandem Workforce · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To conduct outreach to justice-involved individuals enrolled in green technology workforce or training programs in chicago & southern cook county, leveraging expertise in workfoce equity & environmental justice.

• $25,000

  Indo-American Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide south asian immigrants & refugees with cruical information regarding immigration legal services & facilitate connection to legal & social service providers through tailored, bilingual outreach.

• $25,000

  United Congregations of Metro East · E St Louis, IL · 2024

  To provide legal information, resources & sytem navigation through partnerships & outreach to individuals facing barriers to careeer advancement in the e. St. Louis community & surrounding areas.

• $25,000

  Win Recovery · Champaign, IL · 2024

  To provide legal information & resources to support justice-impacted women & families through a safe housing network in champaign & cook counties & a resiliency center in the chicago area.

• $25,000

  Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide family law legal services to children & their families facing school disciplinary hearings in chicago.

• $25,000

  Children'S Legal Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information, advice & representation to abused and neglected children.

• $25,000

  Council On American Islamic Relations · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide culturally-appropriate civil legai information to islamic-americans.

• $25,000

  In Tandem Workforce · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To conduct outreach to justice-involved individuals enrolled in green technology workforce or training programs in chicago & southern cook county, leveraging expertise in workfoce equity & environmental justice.

• $25,000

  Indo-American Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide south asian immigrants & refugees with cruical information regarding immigration legal services & facilitate connection to legal & social service providers through tailored, bilingual outreach.

• $25,000

  Loyola University College of Law · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to veterans and active duty service members.

• $25,000

  United Congregations of Metro East · E St Louis, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information, resources & sytem navigation through partnerships & outreach to individuals facing barriers to careeer advancement in the e. St. Louis community & surrounding areas.

• $25,000

  Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $25,000

  Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information, advice and representation via medical legal partnerships to low-income people in cook county.

• $25,000

  Loyola University College of Law · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to veterans and active duty service members.

• $25,000

  Alliance of Local Service Organizations · Chicago, IL · 2021

  To provide legal information to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $25,000

  Instituto Del Progreso Latino · Chicago, IL · 2021

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $24,000

  Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To develop and distribute legal information related to immigrants' eligibility for health and public benefits.

• $22,500

  Instituto Del Progreso Latino · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $20,000

  Chicago House & Social Service Agency · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide legal advice and information to transgendered individuals.

• $20,000

  Children'S Legal Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide legal information, advice & representation to abused and neglected children.

• $20,000

  Immigration Project · Bloomington, IL · 2024

  To provide self-help legal assistance via pro se asylum workshops for recent arrivals residing in 86 counties in central & downstate illinois.

• $20,000

  Instituto Del Progreso Latino · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $20,000

  Safer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide support employment, education, and advocacy that empower justice-involved individuals to achieve their true potential.

• $20,000

  Alliance of Local Service Organizations · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $20,000

  Chicago House & Social Service Agency · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal advice and information to transgendered individuals.

• $20,000

  Chicago Workers Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information & outreach regarding employment rights, family law and immigration.

• $20,000

  Immigration Project · Bloomington, IL · 2023

  To provide self-help legal assistance via pro se asylum workshops for recent arrivals residing in 86 counties in central & downstate illinois.

• $20,000

  Instituto Del Progreso Latino · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $20,000

  Lester & Rosalie Anixter Center · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide translation of civil legal information to american sign language, closed caption and braille for communyt members that are deaf, hard of hearing and blind to navigate court procedures.

• $20,000

  Win Recovery · Champaign, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information & resources to support justice-impacted women & families through a safe housing network in champaign & cook counties & a resiliency center in the chicago area.

• $20,000

  Chicago House & Social Service Agency · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal advice and information to transgendered individuals.

• $20,000

  Children'S Legal Center · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information, advice & representation to abused and neglected children.

• $20,000

  Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To develop and distribute legal information related to immigrants' eligibility for health and public benefits.

• $20,000

  Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2021

  To provide legal information, advice and representation on family defense issues to low-income families in cook county.

• $20,000

  Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2021

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $20,000

  Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project · Chicago, IL · 2021

  To provide legal information to workers impacted by wage theft, emplooyment exploitation and the criminalization of cannabis.

• $20,000

  Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2021

  To provide legal information, advice and representation via medical legal partnerships to low-income people in cook county.

• $20,000

  Life Span · Chicago, IL · 2021

  To provide legal information, advice adn representation to arabic american survivors of domestic violence.

• $15,010

  Chinese American Service League · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To provide legal information, advice and referrals to chinese immigrants.

• $15,000

  Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $15,000

  Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal information, advice and representation to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.

• $10,000

  Legal Action Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To provide legal education and know your rights workshops related to consumer law matters.

• $10,000

  Legal Action Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To provide legal education and know your rights workshops related to consumer law matters.

• $10,000

  Chicago House & Social Service Agency · Chicago, IL · 2021

  To provide legal advice and information to transgendered individuals.

• $6,098

  University Ymca · Champaign, IL · 2021

  To provide legal information via their new americans welcome center. To provide legal information, advice and representation to low-income people impcated by housing instability due to the pandemic.

• $3,750

  Antmound Foundation · Waukegan, IL · 2021

  To provide new leaf il information to people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis.