Funding search · EIN 363213132 · Chicago, IL

Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois

Name: Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois grants, 2021–2024
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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.

197
grants reported: $80.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $95,000
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

free legal services diversity equity inclusion

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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.

Top recipients

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

Prairie State Legal Services4 grants · $15.4M
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid4 grants · $15.0M
Illinois Legal Aid Online4 grants · $5.0M
Legal Aid Chicago4 grants · $4.7M
Carpls Legal Aid4 grants · $4.5M
National Immigrant Justice Center4 grants · $4.3M
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services4 grants · $4.1M
Cabrini Green Legal Aid4 grants · $2.4M
Law Center for Better Housing3 grants · $1.9M
Life Span4 grants · $1.9M

Giving over time

$12.5M

2021

$17.1M

2022

$22.4M

2023

$28.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 197 grants.

$5.5M
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$5.3M
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid · East St Louis, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$4.5M
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$4.5M
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid · East St Louis, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$3.0M
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$2.9M
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid · East St Louis, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$2.3M
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$2.3M
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid · East St Louis, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$2.1M
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$1.9M
Illinois Legal Aid Online · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$1.5M
Carpls Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$1.4M
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$1.3M
Illinois Legal Aid Online · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$1.2M
Carpls Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$1.1M
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$1.1M
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$1.1M
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$1.1M
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$1.0M
Illinois Legal Aid Online · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$1.0M
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$1.0M
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$992,000
Carpls Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$868,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$850,000
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services
$835,000
Cabrini Green Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$815,000
Carpls Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$810,000
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$807,000
Illinois Legal Aid Online · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$785,000
Law Center for Better Housing · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$755,000
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$715,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$660,000
Cabrini Green Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$610,000
Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$587,068
Law Center for Better Housing · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$575,000
Legal Aid Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$566,875
Life Span · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$560,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$542,400
Law Center for Better Housing · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$510,000
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$506,875
Life Span · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$484,000
Life Span · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$480,000
Cabrini Green Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$465,000
Legal Aid Society (Part of Metropolitan Family Services) · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$462,000
Cabrini Green Legal Aid · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services
$460,000
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$460,000
Immigration Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$459,800
Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$453,224
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$442,400
Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$418,367
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$400,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$393,640
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$375,000
Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$375,000
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services
$370,000
Center for Disability & Elder Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$350,000
Life Span · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services
$346,000
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$329,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$325,000
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$310,000
Immigration Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$301,000
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$300,800
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$285,000
The Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$275,000
Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$262,250
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$250,000
Uptown People'S Law Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$245,000
The Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$245,000
The Resurrection Project (Immigrant Justice Leadership Academy) · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$240,000
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$234,000
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic · Highland Park, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$229,400
Immigration Project · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$220,000
Dupage Legal Aid · Wheaton, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$210,000
Center for Disability & Elder Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$200,000
Dupage Legal Aid · Wheaton, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$198,579
Working Credit · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$185,000
Immigration Project · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services
$175,000
Uptown People'S Law Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$165,000
Chicago Workers Collaborative · Waukegan, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$160,000
Uptown People'S Law Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$155,000
Dupage Legal Aid · Wheaton, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$149,000
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$141,500
Chicago House Translegal Program · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$140,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$140,000
Erie Neighborhood House · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$139,500
The Village Legal and Community Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$134,400
Center for Disability & Elder Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$125,000
Chicago Workers Collaborative · Waukegan, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$125,000
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic · Highland Park, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$125,000
Dupage Legal Aid · Wheaton, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services
$111,455
Chicago House & Social Service Agency (Translegal Program) · Chicago, IL · 2022
To provide free legal services
$110,000
Chicago Coalition To End Homelessness · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$109,000
Public Interest Law Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2021
To provide free legal services & diversity, equity,and inclusion grants
$105,000
Northern Illinois Justice for Our Neighbors · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$100,000
Raise the Floor Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$100,000
Siu School of Law Legal Clinic · Carbondale, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$100,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide free legal services
$98,000
Depaul University Asylum & Immigration Law Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$95,000
Illinois Prison Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$95,000
James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy · Evanston, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services
$90,000
Syrian Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
To provide free legal services

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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.