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12 funders with a record of paying for “bono”

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Colorado Lawyer Trust Account Foundation → Colorado Legal Services: $7.5M across 2 grants, latest 2022The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Inc: $7.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024Indiana Bar Foundation → Pro Bono Indiana Inc: $7.4M across 3 grants, latest 2024John S and James L Knight Foundation → Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: $1.8M across 5 grants, latest 2024Louisiana Bar Foundation → The Pro Bono Project: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund Inc → Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc: $703K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe → Dc Bar Pro Bono Program: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2025Illinois Bar Foundation → Public Interest Law Initiative: $70K across 4 grants, latest 2024Perkins Coie Foundation → Pro Bono Institute: $52K across 3 grants, latest 2024Virginia Law Foundation → Greater Richmond Bar Foundation: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024Texas Bar Foundation → Catholic Charities Texas Pan: $47K across 3 grants, latest 2024American College of Bankruptcy → Dc Bar Pro Bono Center: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association Inc: $5.9M across 1 grant, latest 2024Indiana Bar Foundation → Indiana Legal Services Inc: $5.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024John S and James L Knight Foundation → Cornell University: $987K across 4 grants, latest 2024Louisiana Bar Foundation → Shreveport Bar Foundation: $901K across 4 grants, latest 2024Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund Inc → Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc: $266K across 4 grants, latest 2024Colorado Lawyer Trust Account Foundation → Colorado Ctr On Law & Policy: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe → Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center: $65K across 4 grants, latest 2025Illinois Bar Foundation → Ascend Justice: $43K across 4 grants, latest 2024American College of Bankruptcy → Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024Virginia Law Foundation → Legal Aid Justice Center: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022Texas Bar Foundation → Justice for Children: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2024Perkins Coie Foundation → Colorado Lawyers Committee: $22K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Florida Legal Services Inc: $5.7M across 1 grant, latest 2024Indiana Bar Foundation → Indianapolis Legal Aid Society: $2.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024Louisiana Bar Foundation → Baton Rouge Bar Foundation: $874K across 4 grants, latest 2024John S and James L Knight Foundation → Yale University: $660K across 4 grants, latest 2024Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund Inc → Wisconsin Judicare Inc: $259K across 4 grants, latest 2024Colorado Lawyer Trust Account Foundation → Pikes Peak Justice and Pro Bono Center: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe → Dc Bar Pro Bono Center: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024American College of Bankruptcy → The Pro Bono Project: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024Illinois Bar Foundation → Pro Bono Network: $33K across 4 grants, latest 2024Virginia Law Foundation → Fairfax Law Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Texas Bar Foundation → Texas Fair Defense Project: $23K across 2 grants, latest 2024Perkins Coie Foundation → Bet Tzedek: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Legal Aid Service of Broward County Inc: $5.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Inc: $5.2M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Dade Legal Aid: $3.7M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Gulfcoast Legal Services Inc: $3.4M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Florida Health Justice Project: $2.5M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Brevard County Legal Aid Inc: $2.3M across 1 grant, latest 2024Indiana Bar Foundation → Lawrence Township Small Claims Cour: $1.9M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Seminole County Bar Association Legal Aid Society Inc: $1.8M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project Inc: $1.7M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Legal Aid of Manasota Inc: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Southern Legal Counsel Inc: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2024Indiana Bar Foundation → Kiosk Information Systems Inc: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2022Indiana Bar Foundation → Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Innocence Project of Florida Inc: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Northwest Florida Legal Services Inc: $960K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Community Law Program Inc: $921K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Idignity Inc: $683K across 1 grant, latest 2024Louisiana Bar Foundation → Lafayette Bar Foundation: $572K across 4 grants, latest 2024John S and James L Knight Foundation → Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc: $450K across 3 grants, latest 2024Indiana Bar Foundation → Volunteer Lawyer Program of Ne Indi: $407K across 3 grants, latest 2024Louisiana Bar Foundation → Southwest Louisiana Bar Foundation: $406K across 4 grants, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc → Legal Aid Foundation of the Tallahassee Bar Association: $352K across 1 grant, latest 2024Louisiana Bar Foundation → Central Louisiana Pro Bono Project Inc: $326K across 4 grants, latest 2024Louisiana Bar Foundation → Northeast Louisiana Bar Foundation: $280K across 2 grants, latest 2024Indiana Bar Foundation → Legal Aid Society of Evansville: $273K across 3 grants, latest 2024Indiana Bar Foundation → Legal Aid Corp of Tippecanoe County: $263K across 3 grants, latest 2024Indiana Bar Foundation → Center for Victim and Human Rights: $218K across 3 grants, latest 2024Indiana Bar Foundation → Child Advocates: $203K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Florida Bar Foundation Inc: $52M on this topic. Open the funder.The Florida Bar Foundation Inc$52MIndiana Bar Foundation: $21M on this topic. Open the funder.Indiana Bar Foundation$21MColorado Lawyer Trust Account Foundation: $7.9M on this topic. Open the funder.Colorado Lawyer Trust Account…$7.9MLouisiana Bar Foundation: $4.6M on this topic. Open the funder.Louisiana Bar Foundation$4.6MJohn S and James L Knight Foundation: $3.9M on this topic. Open the funder.John S and James L Knight Fou…$3.9MWisconsin Equal Justice Fund Inc: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund…$1.2MThe Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe: $190K on this topic. Open the funder.The Orrick Herrington & Sutcl…$190KIllinois Bar Foundation: $145K on this topic. Open the funder.Illinois Bar Foundation$145KAmerican College of Bankruptcy: $105K on this topic. Open the funder.American College of Bankruptcy$105KVirginia Law Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.Virginia Law Foundation$100KTexas Bar Foundation: $93K on this topic. Open the funder.Texas Bar Foundation$93KPerkins Coie Foundation: $92K on this topic. Open the funder.Perkins Coie Foundation$92KColorado Legal Services: received $7.5M on this topicColorado Legal Services$7.5MLegal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Inc: received $7.5M on this topicLegal Aid Society of Palm Beach…$7.5MPro Bono Indiana Inc: received $7.4M on this topicPro Bono Indiana Inc$7.4MLegal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association Inc: received $5.9M on this topicLegal Aid Society of the Orange…$5.9MFlorida Legal Services Inc: received $5.7M on this topicFlorida Legal Services Inc$5.7MIndiana Legal Services Inc: received $5.6M on this topicIndiana Legal Services Inc$5.6MLegal Aid Service of Broward County Inc: received $5.5M on this topicLegal Aid Service of Broward Co…$5.5MJacksonville Area Legal Aid Inc: received $5.2M on this topicJacksonville Area Legal Aid Inc$5.2MDade Legal Aid: received $3.7M on this topicDade Legal Aid$3.7MGulfcoast Legal Services Inc: received $3.4M on this topicGulfcoast Legal Services Inc$3.4MFlorida Health Justice Project: received $2.5M on this topicFlorida Health Justice Project$2.5MBrevard County Legal Aid Inc: received $2.3M on this topicBrevard County Legal Aid Inc$2.3MIndianapolis Legal Aid Society: received $2.3M on this topicIndianapolis Legal Aid Society$2.3MLawrence Township Small Claims Cour: received $1.9M on this topicLawrence Township Small Claims…$1.9MSeminole County Bar Association Legal Aid Society Inc: received $1.8M on this topicSeminole County Bar Association…$1.8MReporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: received $1.8M on this topicReporters Committee for Freedom…$1.8MCuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project Inc: received $1.7M on this topicCuban American Bar Association…$1.7MLegal Aid of Manasota Inc: received $1.4M on this topicLegal Aid of Manasota Inc$1.4MSouthern Legal Counsel Inc: received $1.4M on this topicSouthern Legal Counsel Inc$1.4MKiosk Information Systems Inc: received $1.3M on this topicKiosk Information Systems Inc$1.3MThe Pro Bono Project: received $1.3M on this topicThe Pro Bono Project$1.3MNeighborhood Christian Legal Clinic: received $1.2M on this topicNeighborhood Christian Legal Cl…$1.2MInnocence Project of Florida Inc: received $1.2M on this topicInnocence Project of Florida Inc$1.2MCornell University: received $987K on this topicCornell University$987KNorthwest Florida Legal Services Inc: received $960K on this topicNorthwest Florida Legal Service…$960KCommunity Law Program Inc: received $921K on this topicCommunity Law Program Inc$921KShreveport Bar Foundation: received $901K on this topicShreveport Bar Foundation$901KBaton Rouge Bar Foundation: received $874K on this topicBaton Rouge Bar Foundation$874KLegal Action of Wisconsin Inc: received $703K on this topicLegal Action of Wisconsin Inc$703KIdignity Inc: received $683K on this topicIdignity Inc$683KYale University: received $660K on this topicYale University$660KLafayette Bar Foundation: received $572K on this topicLafayette Bar Foundation$572KAssociation of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc: received $450K on this topicAssociation of the Bar of the C…$450KVolunteer Lawyer Program of Ne Indi: received $407K on this topicVolunteer Lawyer Program of Ne…$407KSouthwest Louisiana Bar Foundation: received $406K on this topicSouthwest Louisiana Bar Foundat…$406KLegal Aid Foundation of the Tallahassee Bar Association: received $352K on this topicLegal Aid Foundation of the Tal…$352KCentral Louisiana Pro Bono Project Inc: received $326K on this topicCentral Louisiana Pro Bono Proj…$326KNortheast Louisiana Bar Foundation: received $280K on this topicNortheast Louisiana Bar Foundat…$280KLegal Aid Society of Evansville: received $273K on this topicLegal Aid Society of Evansville$273KDisability Rights Wisconsin Inc: received $266K on this topicDisability Rights Wisconsin Inc$266KLegal Aid Corp of Tippecanoe County: received $263K on this topicLegal Aid Corp of Tippecanoe Co…$263KWisconsin Judicare Inc: received $259K on this topicWisconsin Judicare Inc$259KCenter for Victim and Human Rights: received $218K on this topicCenter for Victim and Human Rig…$218KChild Advocates: received $203K on this topicChild Advocates$203KColorado Ctr On Law & Policy: received $200K on this topicColorado Ctr On Law & Policy$200KPikes Peak Justice and Pro Bono Center: received $200K on this topicPikes Peak Justice and Pro Bono…$200KDc Bar Pro Bono Center: received $85K on this topicDc Bar Pro Bono Center$85KDc Bar Pro Bono Program: received $75K on this topicDc Bar Pro Bono Program$75KPublic Interest Law Initiative: received $70K on this topicPublic Interest Law Initiative$70KHuman Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center: received $65K on this topicHuman Trafficking Pro Bono Lega…$65KPro Bono Institute: received $52K on this topicPro Bono Institute$52KGreater Richmond Bar Foundation: received $50K on this topicGreater Richmond Bar Foundation$50KCatholic Charities Texas Pan: received $47K on this topicCatholic Charities Texas Pan$47KAscend Justice: received $43K on this topicAscend Justice$43KPro Bono Resource Center of Maryland: received $35K on this topicPro Bono Resource Center of Mar…$35KPro Bono Network: received $33K on this topicPro Bono Network$33KLegal Aid Justice Center: received $25K on this topicLegal Aid Justice Center$25KFairfax Law Foundation: received $25K on this topicFairfax Law Foundation$25KJustice for Children: received $23K on this topicJustice for Children$23KTexas Fair Defense Project: received $23K on this topicTexas Fair Defense Project$23KColorado Lawyers Committee: received $22K on this topicColorado Lawyers Committee$22KBet Tzedek: received $19K on this topicBet Tzedek$19K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →