Civil Legal Services for Low-Income Households
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
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- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Michigan
Funding Focus: Support for civil legal aid organizations providing free legal services to low-income individuals and families
The Michigan State Bar Foundation funds nonprofit civil legal aid programs that provide critical services to Michigan's low-income residents. Approximately 1.69 million low-income Michigan residents are eligible for civil legal aid services.
Target Populations:
- Low-income households unable to afford attorneys
- Underserved populations
- Eligible low-income residents across all Michigan counties
Services Supported: Legal advice and representation in civil matters including:
- Unemployment benefits cases
- Housing matters
- Employment barriers
- Family law
- Public benefits cases
Foundation Impact: The Foundation's funded programs have delivered critical services impacting more than 131,000 people in households including more than 59,000 children.
Key Partner Organizations:
- Lakeshore Legal Aid
- Legal Aid of Eastern Michigan (LSEM)
- Legal Aid of Western Michigan (LAWM)
- Michigan Community Resources (MCR)
- The Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice
- Michigan Advocacy Program (MAP)
Contact Information:
- Michigan State Bar Foundation
- Michael Franck Building
- 306 Townsend Street
- Lansing, MI 48933
- Email: msbf@msbf.org
- Phone: (517) 346-6400
What Michigan State Bar Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 55
- Total given
- $22.12M
- Median grant
- $122K
- Range
- $6,000–$4.34M
- By dollars: Michigan 100%. Top recipient cities: Detroit, MI; Ypsilanti, MI; Warren, MI.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 15% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Lakeshore Legal Aid · Warren, MI
Legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$4.34M
Lakeshore Legal Aidcounsel and Advocacy Law Line · Warren, MI
Legal services for low-income households
$1.8M
Lakeshore Legal Aidmetro · Warren, MI
Mshda - edp - legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$1.78M
Legal Aid of Western Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI
Legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$1.71M
Michigan Advocacy Program · Ypsilanti, MI
Legal services for low-income households facing eviction
$971K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Poverty alleviation
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