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Who does Chicago Bar Foundation fund?

Chicago Bar Foundation has awarded $34 million across 210 grants to 58 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in crime & legal. Its typical grant is $29,300, with most between $15,000 and $79,013. Repeat grantees receive a median $35,000 versus $15,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$33.9M
Typical grant
$29K
Grantees
58
Grants
210
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

58 of 58 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
C Carpls $7.7M52020–20242024IL —
Center for Conflict Resolution $5.0M52020–20242024IL
Legal Aid Chicago $4.6M52020–20242024IL
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation $3.3M52020–20242024IL
Law Center for Better Housing $3.1M62020–20242024IL
Greater Chicago Legal Clinic INC $2.1M52020–20242024IL
Center for Disability and Elder Law INC $1.8M52020–20242024IL
Metropolitan Family Services $1.3M52020–20242024IL
Chicago Bar Association $362K52020–20242024IL
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law INC $345K52020–20242024IL
Uptown People's Law Center $300K52020–20242024IL
Equip for Equality INC $269K52020–20242024IL
Legal Council for Health Justice $266K42020–20242024IL
Shriver Center on Poverty Law $229K42020–20242024IL
Cabrini-Green Legal Aid Clinic INC $218K52020–20242024IL
N National Immigrant Justice Center $214K32020–20222022IL —
Ascend Justice $212K42020–20242024IL
Illinois Bar Foundation $170K52020–20242024IL
Life Span $169K52020–20242024IL
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness $140K42020–20242024IL
Illinois Legal Aid Online $140K52020–20242024IL
James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy $120K42020–20242024IL
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation $115K52020–20242024IL
The Resurrection Project $113K120242024IL
Latinos Progresando $102K42020–20242024IL
Lawndale Christian Legal Center $100K52020–20242024IL
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago $95K42020–20242024IL
Lawyers for the Creative Arts $85K52020–20242024IL
Impact for Equity INC $75K32022–20242024IL
Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU INC $72K42020–20242024IL
Centro Romero $65K52020–20242024IL
World Relief Corporation O National $58K52020–20242024MD
N National Immigrant Justice Center $58K120242024IL —
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic $58K32022–20242024IL
I Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System $30K22022–20242024CO —
Ladder Up (f/K/A City-Wide Tax Assistance Program) $15K120202020IL
C Chicago Community Foundation $15K32020–20242024IL
Michael Reese Health Trust $15K22023–20242024IL
Illinois Equal Justice Foundation $15K32020–20242024IL
First Defense Legal Aid $12K120202020IL
D Depaul University $12K22022–20242024IL —
Cba Media and Civic Education INC $10K22020–20242024IL
U United States Catholic Conference $8K120202020DC
Pro Bono Network $8K22023–20242024IL
American Bar Association $6K22023–20242024IL
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project $6K120242024IL
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation INC $6K22023–20242024IL
Legal Action Chicago LLC $5K120242024IL
Just the Beginning - a Pipeline Organization $5K22023–20242024IL
Allies for Community Business INC $5K120242024IL
Forefront $5K120202020IL
Legal Prep Charter Academies $5K22023–20242024IL
Raised the Floor Alliance $5K120242024IL
Metropolitan Tenants Organization $2K120242024IL
C Chicago Bankruptcy Help Desk Foundation Nfp $2K120242024IL
Credit Abuse Resistance Education $2K120242024VA
Loyola University of Chicago $2K120242024IL
University of Chicago $2K120232023IL

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