Funding search · EIN 363059660 · Chicago, IL

Public Interest Law Initiative

Name: Public Interest Law Initiative 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.

116
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $9,750
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Legal Aid Chicago4 grants · $132,500
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid4 grants · $107,300
Prairie State Legal Services4 grants · $98,168
Equip for Equality4 grants · $88,200
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic4 grants · $75,600
Legal Council for Health Justice4 grants · $75,600
Roger Baldwin Foundation of Aclu4 grants · $63,000
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Fdn4 grants · $63,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law4 grants · $56,900
National Immigrant Justice Center2 grants · $52,000

Giving over time

$319,800

2021

$345,768

2022

$386,750

2023

$422,500

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 116 grants.

$39,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$32,500
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid · East St Louis, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$32,500
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$31,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$30,000
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$26,000
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$26,000
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$26,000
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid · East St Louis, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$26,000
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$26,000
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$24,800
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid · East St Louis, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$24,000
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid · East St Louis, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$23,368
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$22,800
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$22,750
Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$22,750
Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$21,700
Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$21,000
Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$19,500
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$19,500
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$19,500
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$19,500
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$18,600
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$18,600
Heartland Alliance for Human Rights & Human Needs · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$18,600
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$18,000
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$18,000
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$16,250
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$16,250
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$16,250
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Fdn · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$16,250
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$16,250
Roger Baldwin Foundation of Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$16,250
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$16,250
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Fdn · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$16,250
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$16,250
Roger Baldwin Foundation of Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$15,500
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Fdn · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$15,500
Roger Baldwin Foundation of Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$15,000
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Fdn · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$15,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation of Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$13,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$13,000
Illinois Legal Aid Online · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$13,000
The Immigration Project · Normal, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$13,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$13,000
The Immigration Project · Normal, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$12,400
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$12,400
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$12,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$12,000
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$9,750
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$9,750
Center for Disability and Elder Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$9,750
Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (Carpls) · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$9,750
Law Center for Better Housing · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$9,750
Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$9,750
The Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$9,750
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$9,750
Center for Disability and Elder Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$9,750
Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (Carpls) · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$9,750
Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$9,750
Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$9,750
The Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$9,300
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$9,300
Center for Disability and Elder Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$9,300
Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (Carpls) · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$9,300
Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$9,300
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$9,300
Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$9,300
The Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$9,000
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$9,000
Center for Disability and Elder Law · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$9,000
Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services (Carpls) · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$9,000
Heartland Alliance for Human Rights & Human Needs · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$9,000
Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$9,000
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$9,000
Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$9,000
The Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2021
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Center for Conflict Resolution · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Citizen Advocacy Center · Elmhurst, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Impact for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$6,500
James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy · Evanston, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Lambda Legal Defense & Ed Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$6,500
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Translegal at Chicago House and Social Services Agency · Chicago, IL · 2024
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Business & Professional People for the Public Interest · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Center for Conflict Resolution · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Citizen Advocacy Center · Elmhurst, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Illinois Legal Aid Online · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Lambda Legal Defense & Ed Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$6,500
Translegal at Chicago House and Social Services Agency · Chicago, IL · 2023
Law Student Internships
$6,200
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$6,200
Ascend Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$6,200
Center for Conflict Resolution · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$6,200
Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice · Chicago, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships
$6,200
Citizen Advocacy Center · Elmhurst, IL · 2022
Law Student Internships

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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.