Law Scholarships for Descendants of Enslavement in Georgia
Funding Amount
$10,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Eligible organizations
- African American law school students
- Attending or about to attend law school
Other requirements
- Family connection to enslavement in Georgia
Overview
Geographic Scope: Georgia (family connection to enslavement in Georgia required)
Focus Areas:
- Legal education
- Law school funding
- Reparations and racial justice
Eligibility:
- African American law school students
- Family connection to enslavement in Georgia
- Attending or about to attend law school
Program Description:
Additional scholarships created by The Reparations Project in response to the high volume (92 applicants) of law school applicants seeking support. These complementary scholarships provide $10,000 awards to descendants of the enslaved in Georgia pursuing law degrees.
Past Recipients:
- Madeline Toombs, University of District of Columbia Law
- James Woodall, John Marshall Law in Atlanta
- Diamond Belgrave, Emory Law
- Crystal Ammons, Southern University Law, Baton Rouge
- David Mitchell, UNC at Chapel Hill Law
- Zoë Bonnichsen, Notre Dame Law
Contact Information:
- The Quarterman & Keller Foundation, Inc.
- 100 Bull Street, Suite 200
- Savannah, GA 31401
- info@reparationsproject.org
What The Quarterman & Keller Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 3
- Total given
- $35K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $10K–$15K
- By dollars: Georgia 71%, South Carolina 29%. Top recipient cities: Stateboro, GA; Hilton Head Island, SC; Savannah, GA.
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Fields of Work
- Education
- BIPOC
- Social justice
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