Civil Legal Aid Grants
Funding Amount
Varies by organization
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Eligible organizations
- Nonprofit organizations providing civil legal representation, mediation, and legal information
- Background: On December 10, 2019, the Board of Directors unanimously approved grants to 21 non-profit organizations totaling $1,330,106.
Geography
- Illinois-based organizations
Other requirements
- Funding Source: State appropriation for civil legal aid housed in the Office of the Attorney General
- Past grantees include Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Prairie State Legal Services, Legal Aid Chicago, Equip for Equality, Center for Conflict Resolution, and numerous other civil legal aid organizations serving Illinois communities.
- Contact: Tyrina Newkirk, Program Officer
- Email: tnewkirk@iejf.org
Overview
Geographic Scope: Illinois (statewide and regional)
Focus Areas:
- Civil legal representation for low-income individuals
- Family law
- Housing law
- Consumer law
- Foreclosure assistance
- Special education legal issues
- Mediation services
- Record expungement and sealing
- Elder law
- Health-related legal issues
- Immigration-related legal assistance
- Domestic violence legal services
Eligibility:
- Nonprofit organizations providing civil legal representation, mediation, and legal information
- Illinois-based organizations
Funding Source: State appropriation for civil legal aid housed in the Office of the Attorney General
Background: On December 10, 2019, the Board of Directors unanimously approved grants to 21 non-profit organizations totaling $1,330,106. Past grantees include Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Prairie State Legal Services, Legal Aid Chicago, Equip for Equality, Center for Conflict Resolution, and numerous other civil legal aid organizations serving Illinois communities.
- Email: tnewkirk@iejf.org
- Address: 24 E. Washington St., Suite 875, Chicago, IL 60602
- General email: info@iejf.org
How to Apply
How to Apply
- Contact the Program Officer for application materials and guidelines
- Submit application by the stated deadline
- Provide information on your organization's civil legal aid services
- Describe the populations served and geographic areas covered
- Explain how grant funds will be used
Contact for Application Materials:
- Tyrina Newkirk, Program Officer
- Email: tnewkirk@iejf.org
- Phone/additional info available through IEJF contact page
What Illinois Equal Justice Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 54
- Total given
- $13.89M
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $10K–$4.07M
- By dollars: Illinois 100%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; St. Louis, IL; Rockford, IL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 11% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid · St Louis, IL
To provide legal information, advice and representation to low-income people in 65…
$4.07M
Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL
To provide legal information, advice and representation to low-income people in 36…
$3.3M
Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services · Chicago, IL
To provide coordinated legal information, advice and referrals to low-income people in…
$1.03M
Legal Aid Chicago · Chicago, IL
To provide legal information, advice and representation to low-income people, veterans…
$743K
Dispute Resolution Institute · Carbondale, IL
To provide mediation services for familiies in the 1st judicial circuit and to…
$579K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Human rights
- Immigration
- Domestic violence
- Criminal justice
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