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Arizona Bar Foundation Grant Giving Program

Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education

Funding Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle
Twice a year
Next expected
December 31, 2026
Tracked since
September 2026

Deadlines each year: January 1 · December 31

From the program guidelines: “Applications are usually posted online in mid-September and close within ~30 days; awards notified mid-December; grant term Jan 1-Dec 31.”

Can we apply?

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Eligible organizations

  • Nonprofits

Geography

  • Arizona

Overview

The Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education (Arizona Bar Foundation) awards grants to nonprofit legal-service organizations providing free civil legal assistance to low-income Arizonans, on a calendar-year cycle. Applications are usually posted online in mid-September and close within ~30 days; awards notified mid-December; grant term Jan 1-Dec 31. Eligible organizations must be Board-approved to receive grants (some grants also require Arizona Supreme Court recognition as an approved legal-service organization) and provide free civil legal advice/representation to low-income Arizonans. Currently "not accepting grant applications" (deadline null; check back when the process reopens ~September). Amount not stated (null). Nonprofit legal-services orgs. Geography: Arizona.

How to Apply

Complete the Foundation Grant Giving Program Application (and, if not already approved, the Board Approved Organization Application) at azbf.org/grants when the cycle reopens (~mid-September).

What Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
20
Total given
$5.99M
Median grant
$25K
Range
$6,525–$2.85M
  • 100% of its 2024 grant dollars went to recipients in Arizona, where this grant's project is located.
  • Top recipient cities: Phoenix, AZ; Tucson, AZ; Window Rock, AZ.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 10% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Community Legal Services · Phoenix, AZ

    Domestic violence and legal services

    $2.85M

  • Southern Arizona Legal Aid · Tucson, AZ

    Domestic violence and legal services

    $1.83M

  • DNA Peoples Legal Services · Window Rock, AZ

    Domestic violence and legal services

    $601K

  • William E Morris Institute · Phoenix, AZ

    Legal services

    $324K

  • Florence Immigrant & Refuge · Tucson, AZ

    Legal services

    $51K

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Human rights

Project Locations

  • AZ

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