The Florida Bar Foundation announces grants to legal aid and justice-related projects
March 2011
ORLANDO — Meeting March 18 in Tampa, The Florida Bar Foundation's board of directors approved more than $4.2 million in grants. Funding approved at the meeting included $2,236,082 in Children’s Legal Services and $1,230,270 in Affordable Housing grants to legal aid organizations around the state. Also funded were projects under the Foundation's Law Student Assistance and Improvements in the Administration of Justice grant programs, including $319,600 to the Innocence Project of Florida. The grant to the Innocence Project includes $15,000 for its "Exonoree Emergency Fund." This grant requires a dollar-for-dollar match from IPF donors.
The following is a list of the grant programs for which funds were approved at the March meeting. For each grant program, the individual grantees and grant amounts can be viewed by clicking on the hypertext link for each grant category:
Legal Services for the Poor Grant Program
Law Student Assistance Grant Program
Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grant Program
The Florida Bar Foundation board considers grants at its quarterly meetings. See grants approved to-date for the 2010-11 fiscal year.
The board’s final meeting for the 2010-11 fiscal year will be held June 23 in Orlando.
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Grant Programs
Revenue from Florida's Interest on Trust Accounts (IOTA) program is the chief source of support for the Foundation’s grant programs. Learn more.
IOTA Program Information
The Interest on Trust Accounts (IOTA) program was implemented by the Florida Supreme Court in 1981. The nation’s first IOTA program, it serves as a model for similar programs across the country and creates millions of dollars in funding for legal aid each year. Learn more.