Illinois Bar Foundation Distributes ‘Access to Justice' Grants to 33 Illinois Legal Aid Non-Profits

The Illinois Bar Foundation (IBF) has announced the recipients of its “Access to Justice” grants, which will be distributed to nonprofit legal aid organizations statewide.

The 2018 Illinois Bar Foundation grant recipients are as follows:

Chicago

• Cabrini Green Legal Aid - $10,000 
• CARPLS - $10,000 
• Center for Disability and Elder Law - $5,000
• Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation - $5,000
• Chicago Law and Education Foundation - $5,000
• Chicago Volunteer Legal Services - $10,000
• Community Activism Law Alliance - $5,000
• Domestic Violence Legal Clinic - $10,000
• Equip for Equality - $5,000
• Family Defense Center - $5,000
• Farmworker & Lanscaper Advocacy Project - $5,000
• Illinois Equal Justice Foundation - $5,000
• Illinois Legal Aid Online - $15,000
• Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing - $8,000
• Legal Council for Health Justice - $5,000
• Life Span - $5,000
• National Immigrant Justice Center - $10,000
• Public Interest Law Initiative - $15,000
• Resolution Systems Institute - $2,500
• The Chicago Lighthouse - $2,500
• Uptown People’s Law Center - $5,000

Outside of Chicago

• Administer Justice, Elgin, Ill. - $5,000
• Family Shelter Service, Wheaton, Ill. - $5,000
• Highland Park - Highwood Legal Aid Clinic, Highland Park, Ill. - $5,000 
• Immigration Project, Normal, Ill. - $7,000 
• James B. Moran Center for Youth, Evanston, Ill. - $5,000
• Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, East St. Louis, Ill. - $17,500
• Neighborhood Law Office, East St. Louis, Ill. - $10,000
• Northern Illinois Justice for Our Neighbors, Rockford, Ill. - $5,000
• Prairie State Legal Services, Rockford, Ill. - $17,500
• Pro Bono Network, Oak Park, Ill. - $5,000
• Riverview Center, Galena, Ill. - $5,000
• Turning Point, Woodstock, Ill. - $5,000