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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “paralegals”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to Cape Peninsula University of Technology — to support the inclusion of community-based paralegals into a bachelor's degree in paralegal studies.
Largest: $95,000 to PERHIMPUNAN BANTUAN HUKUM DAN HAK ASASI MANUSIA IN — to encourage access to justice through community-based paralegal education and training as defenders of climate justice
Largest: $250,000 to Namati — promoting paralegal outreach and awareness raising among communities facing discrimination
United Way of Greater CincinnatiCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $24,288 · through 2023Largest: $8,394 to MA'AT Business Consultants & Paralegal — program operating cost
Largest: $75,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK TRUSTEES OF — paralegal pathways initiative
MentorsIncline Village, NV
2 matching grants · $4,990 · through 2022Largest: $2,595 to KAYLEEN LAMB — great basin college paralegal scholarship
George Kaiser Family FoundationTulsa, OKCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $157,000 · through 2023Largest: $157,000 to American Civil Liberties Union of Ok Foundation — discovery and outreach paralegal position/hb 1775
Largest: $50,000 to Legal Services Alabama — heirs property protection paralegal project
Ascendium Education SolutionsMadison, WICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,860 · through 2022Largest: $10,860 to Community Justice Inc — grant - lawyers for learners. law school fellow and paralegal intern program 5/2022 - 5/2023 - law school fellow grant - lawyers for learners. law school fellow and paralegal inter…
Largest: $52,000 to NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC — project assist: legal support for family caregivers intake paralegal
Largest: $110,000 to NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC — to support paralegal assistance for attorneys providing legal counsel and assistance to patients of nyc health + hospitals
Largest: $100,000 to LEGAL AID SOCIETY — support paralegals in the society's homeless rights project
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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 →