Funding search · EIN 046130261 · Boston, MA

Massachusetts Bar Foundation

Name: Massachusetts Bar Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

214
grants reported: $12.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $34,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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 court services advocacy mediation immigration family bono

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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.

Flaschner Judicial Institute2 grants · $753,900
Community Legal Aid2 grants · $749,370
Greater Boston Legal Services2 grants · $727,284
South Coastal Counties Legal Services2 grants · $496,768
Northeast Legal Aid2 grants · $373,066
De Novo Center for Justice and Healing2 grants · $353,170
Metrowest Legal Services2 grants · $330,170
Political Asylumimmigration Representation Projec2 grants · $306,000
Community Legal Aid1 grant · $261,690
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River M2 grants · $246,764

Giving over time

$2.6M

2022

$3.5M

2023

$6.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 214 grants.

$578,900
Flaschner Judicial Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Education programs and publications for judges
$452,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024
Various
$400,000
Community Legal Aid · Worcester, MA · 2024
General Support Grant - Central & Western MA
$349,370
Community Legal Aid · Worcester, MA · 2023
Various
$275,284
Greater Boston Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2023
Various
$275,000
South Coastal Counties Legal Services · Fall River, MA · 2024
SCCLS General Support Grant
$261,690
Community Legal Aid · 2022
Various
$225,000
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth · Dartmouth, MA · 2024
Justice Bridge Legal Center
$221,768
South Coastal Counties Legal Services · Fall River, MA · 2023
Various
$214,000
Northeast Legal Aid · Lawrence, MA · 2024
NLA General Support Grant
$203,000
De Novo Center for Justice and Healing · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General Support Grant
$191,000
Political Asylumimmigration Representation Projec · Boston, MA · 2024
Various
$180,000
Metrowest Legal Services · Framingham, MA · 2024
MWLS General Support Grant
$175,000
Flaschner Judicial Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Education program for judges
$174,500
South Coastal Counties Legal Services · 2022
Various
$170,000
Greater Boston Legal Services · 2022
Various
$159,066
Northeast Legal Aid · Lawrence, MA · 2023
Various
$155,000
Flaschner Judicial Institute · 2022
Education program for judges
$150,170
De Novo Center for Justice and Healing · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Various
$150,170
Metrowest Legal Services · Framingham, MA · 2023
Various
$136,764
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River M · Fall River, MA · 2024
Immigration Law Programs
$126,900
Northeast Legal Aid · 2022
Various
$125,000
Ascentria Community Services · Worcester, MA · 2024
Immigration legal assistance program (ilap)
$115,000
Hampden County Bar Association · Springfield, MA · 2024
Various
$115,000
Political Asylumimmigration Representation Projec · Boston, MA · 2023
Various
$111,000
Prisoners' Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024
Various
$111,000
De Novo Center for Justice and Healing · 2022
Various
$110,000
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River M · Fall River, MA · 2023
Various
$110,000
Catholic Social Services of Fall River · 2022
Immigration law program
$102,100
Essex County Bar Association · Salem, MA · 2024
Various
$100,000
Political Asylum Immigration Representation Project · 2022
Various
$98,000
Massachusetts Advocates for Children · Boston, MA · 2024
Various
$98,000
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Various
$97,000
Metrowest Legal Services · 2022
Various
$90,000
Immigrant Family Services Institute Inc (Ifsi-USA · Mattapan, MA · 2024
Haitian Immigration Legal Assistance Program
$90,000
Veterans Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2024
Veterans legal services
$85,000
Housing Families · Malden, MA · 2024
Homelessness Prevention & Legal Services Program: Immigration Attorney
$85,000
Hampden County Bar Association · Springfield, MA · 2023
Children's law project
$84,404
Massachusetts Bar Association · Boston, MA · 2024
Superior Court Lawyer for the Day Program
$80,000
Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2024
Legal advocacy program
$80,000
Children'S Law Center of Massachusetts · Lynn, MA · 2024
Child & adolescent legal services program
$80,000
Prisoners' Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2023
Various
$77,380
Rian Immigrant Center · Boston, MA · 2024
Immigration legal services
$75,000
Health Law Advocates · Boston, MA · 2024
Improving Health Care Access and Affordability
$75,000
Western New England University School of Law Cente · Springfield, MA · 2024
Center for Social Justice Pro Bono Programs
$75,000
Ascentria Community Services · Worcester, MA · 2023
Immigration legal assistance program (ilap)
$74,374
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Associ · Boston, MA · 2024
Various
$72,500
Prisoners' Legal Services · 2022
Various
$70,000
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Various
$66,682
Safe Passage · Northampton, MA · 2024
Various
$65,960
Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center · Newburyport, MA · 2024
Domestic violence family law program
$65,396
Ascentria Community Services · 2022
Immigration legal assistance program (ilap)
$65,000
Casa Project · Worcester, MA · 2024
Child court advocacy program
$65,000
The Women'S Center · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Legal advocacy program & empowerment through innovation
$65,000
Children'S Law Center of Massachusetts · Lynn, MA · 2023
Child & adolescent legal services program
$65,000
Children'S Law Center of Massachusetts · 2022
Child & adolescent legal services program
$64,548
Essex County Bar Association · Salem, MA · 2023
Various
$60,500
The Second Step · Newtonville, MA · 2024
Steps to Justice AND TRAINING
$60,000
Veterans Legal Services · Boston, MA · 2023
Veterans legal services clinics
$60,000
Hampden County Bar Association · 2022
Children's law project
$58,000
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · 2022
Various
$55,000
Women'S Bar Foundation of Ma · Boston, MA · 2024
Family law & women's prison and re-entry projects
$55,000
Franklin County Bar Association · Greenfield, MA · 2023
Franklin county bar advocates for justice
$54,978
Lawyers Clearinghouse On Affordable Housing & Home · Boston, MA · 2024
Massachusetts Legal Clinic for the Homeless & Low-Income Residents
$53,880
Justice at Work · Boston, MA · 2024
Legal Services and Training for Immigrant Workers in Low-Paying Jobs
$50,500
Essex County Bar Association · 2022
Various
$50,204
Dove · Quincy, MA · 2024
Legal advocacy program
$50,000
Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Housing services & mediation program
$50,000
Independence House · Hyannis, MA · 2024
Legal Assistance for SDV Survivors
$50,000
Casa Myrna Vazquez · Boston, MA · 2023
Legal advocacy program
$50,000
Casa Project · Worcester, MA · 2023
Child court advocacy program
$50,000
Massachusetts Advocates for Children · Boston, MA · 2023
Various
$50,000
Rian Immigrant Center · Boston, MA · 2023
Immigration legal services
$50,000
Casa Project · 2022
Child court advocacy program
$48,216
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (Mira · Boston, MA · 2024
Various
$48,000
Kind · Boston, MA · 2024
Pro Bono Legal Representation for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in Massachusetts
$45,658
Ywca of Central Massachusetts · Worcester, MA · 2024
Court advocacy
$45,354
Veterans Legal Services · 2022
Veterans legal services clinics
$45,000
Family Services of the Merrimack Valley · Lawrence, MA · 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocates & Outreach
$45,000
Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
Various
$45,000
Health Law Advocates · Boston, MA · 2023
Various
$45,000
Casa Myrna Vazquez · 2022
Legal advocacy program
$44,990
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence · Boston, MA · 2024
Legal advocacy and representation program
$44,500
Franklin County Bar Association · Greenfield, MA · 2024
Legal Aid Program
$44,500
Franklin County Bar Association Advocates · 2022
Franklin county bar advocates for justice
$42,500
Dismas House of Central Massachusetts · Worcester, MA · 2024
Bar none program
$41,772
Barnstable County Bar Association · Barnstable, MA · 2024
Access to Justice Program
$40,000
Berkshire Immigrant Center · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Immigration legal services and education
$40,000
Jri Health Law Institute · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
HIV Medical Legal Partnership
$40,000
Lawyers for Civil Rights - Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
LCR | Health Justice
$40,000
Southcoast Fair Housing · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Fair Housing Enforcement Program
$40,000
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024
Family Law Project at the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
$40,000
Massachusetts Advocates for Children · 2022
Children's law support and education justice project
$38,316
Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center · Newburyport, MA · 2023
Domestic violence family law project
$38,000
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023
Clubhouse family legal support project
$37,500
Collaborative Resolutions Group · Greenfield, MA · 2024
Family mediation program
$37,092
Project Citizenship · Boston, MA · 2024
Citizenship Legal Services
$36,990
Metrowest Mediation Services · Natick, MA · 2024
Various
$36,500
Alianza Dv Services · Holyoke, MA · 2024
Safeplan bilingual Legal Advocacy Program for Survivors of Domestic Violence & tech support
$36,000
Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Housing services & mediation program

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