The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF), awarded more than $14.4 million in grants to assist women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities, the newly unemployed, and those facing loss of their homes with civil legal aid issues. Civil legal aid is free legal advice, representation, or other legal assistance provided to low-income and vulnerable people who cannot otherwise afford legal help. Access to civil legal aid makes communities stronger by helping people that need it most.
LBF is part of a statewide network of local nonprofits and civil legal aid organizations who serve the region’s poorest citizens. These funds will provide services that go to the very core of the health, safety, and security issues many citizens experience. LBF President Edmund Giering said, “At the heart of our mission is the belief that justice should never be a privilege—it must be a right.”
The grants for this year are listed below. The agencies that serve all of Louisiana are listed first in the statewide section. The remainder of the grants are listed by geographical area. Some agencies serve more than one geographical region of Louisiana and/or receive a grant in more than one funding category.
* denotes an agency that serves more than one geographical region of Louisiana
+ denotes an agency that received a grant in more than one funding category
To view grants by funding category click here.
STATEWIDE $5,638,325
Access to Justice Fund Grants $50,000
Disability Rights Louisiana $75,000
Emergency Legal Responders $10,000
Innocence Project New Orleans $10,000
Jock Scott Community Partnership Panel Grants $357,840
Kids’ Chance Scholarships $34,750
Lagniappe Law Lab $450,000
Louisiana Appleseed $250,000
Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education $57,500
Louisiana Guardianship Services Inc. $30,000
Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division $10,000
NO/AIDS Task Force dba CrescentCare $90,382
Pro Hac Vice $100,000
Speak Out for Justice! Focus On Civil Legal Aid $10,000
State of LA Child in Need of Care & Adult Civil Legal Aid Services $4,084,853
The Ella Project $18,000
ACADIANA $2,833,851
+*Acadiana Legal Service Corporation $2,035,624
+*Catholic Charities – Diocese of Baton Rouge $236,155
*Chez Hope, Inc. $122,500
*Faith House, Inc. $112,700
*Frontline Legal Services, Inc. $75,000
Lafayette Bar Foundation $145,000
The Extra Mile $75,000
*Workplace Justice Project $31,872
BAYOU REGION $4,728,027
+*Acadiana Legal Service Corporation (St. Mary Parish only) $2,035,624
+*Catholic Charities – Diocese of Baton Rouge $236,155
*Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans $65,000.00
*Chez Hope, Inc. $122,500.00
*Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana $100,000.00
*Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes only) $2,014,376.00
*The Haven, Inc. $122,500.00
*Workplace Justice Project $31,872.00
CAPITAL AREA $3,141,753
+*Baton Rouge Bar Foundation $306,250
+Baton Rouge Children’s Advocacy Center $40,000
+*Catholic Charities – Diocese of Baton Rouge $236,155
*Chez Hope, Inc. $122,500
*Frontline Legal Services, Inc. $75,000
*Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana $100,000
*Metro Centers for Community Advocacy $93,100
*Southeast Louisiana Legal Services $2,014,376
*The Haven, Inc. $122,500
*Workplace Justice Project $31,872
CENTRAL $3,107,948
+*Acadiana Legal Service Corporation $2,035,624
*Beauregard Community Concerns $49,000
+*Catholic Charities – Diocese of Baton Rouge $236,155
*Catholic Charities of North Louisiana $125,000
Central Louisiana Pro Bono Project, Inc. $97,710
*D.A.R.T. (Domestic Abuse Resistance Team) $71,467
*Faith House, Inc. $112,700
Family Justice Center of Central Louisiana $147,000
Fostering Community $75,000
*Project Celebration, Inc. $126,420
*Workplace Justice Project $31,872
GREATER NEW ORLEANS $3,534,880
*Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans $65,000
+*Catholic Charities – Diocese of Baton Rouge $236,155
Family Violence Program of St. Bernard $49,000
*First Grace Community Alliance $70,000
*Frontline Legal Services, Inc. $75,000
*Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana $100,000
+Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights $93,591
+*Loyola University New Orleans College of Law $110,000
*Metro Centers for Community Advocacy $93,100
Project SAVE, a program of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans $157,786
*Southeast Louisiana Legal Services $2,014,376
*The Pro Bono Project $439,000
*Workplace Justice Project $31,872
NORTHEAST $3,042,578
+*Acadiana Legal Service Corporation $2,035,624
+*Catholic Charities – Diocese of Baton Rouge $236,155
*Catholic Charities of North Louisiana $125,000
*D.A.R.T. (Domestic Abuse Resistance Team) $71,467
*Frontline Legal Services, Inc. $75,000
Northeast Louisiana Bar Foundation $124,000
*T.E.A.M.S. Training, Education and Mediation for Students $45,000
+The Wellspring Alliance for Families $298,460
*Workplace Justice Project $31,872
NORTHSHORE $3,690,740
+*Baton Rouge Bar Foundation $306,250
*Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans $65,000
+*Catholic Charities – Diocese of Baton Rouge $236,155
*First Grace Community Alliance $70,000
*Frontline Legal Services, Inc. $75,000
*Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana $100,000
+*Loyola University New Orleans College of Law $110,000
Safe Harbor $58,800
*Southeast Louisiana Legal Services $2,014,376
Southeast Advocates for Family Empowerment (SAFE) $126,787
STARC of La., Inc. $7,500
*The Pro Bono Project $439,000
*Workplace Justice Project $31,872
Youth Service Bureau of St. Tammany $50,000
NORTHWEST $2,745,819
+*Acadiana Legal Service Corporation $2,035,624
*Catholic Charities of North Louisiana $125,000
*Frontline Legal Services, Inc. $75,000
*Project Celebration, Inc. $126,420
+Shreveport Bar Foundation $306,903
*T.E.A.M.S. Training, Education and Mediation for Students $45,000
*Workplace Justice Project $31,872
SOUTHWEST $2,437,394
+*Acadiana Legal Service Corporation $2,035,624
*Beauregard Community Concerns $49,000
+Family and Youth Counseling Agency, Inc. $40,000
Jeff Davis Communities Against Domestic Abuse $25,480
Oasis A Safe Haven for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence $49,000
St. Frances Cabrini Immigration Law Center $80,000
Southwest Louisiana Bar Foundation $128,290
Southwest Louisiana Law Center $30,000
