Twenty-three Chicago nonprofit agencies are among 30 law-related nonprofit organizations statewide that received grants from the Illinois Bar Foundation (IBF), the charitable arm of the Illinois State Bar Association. Among the Chicago organizations receiving grants are the following:
Chicago Loop:
—CARPLS Legal Aid, $10,000
—Center for Disability and Elder Law, $7,500
—Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, $5,000
—Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers, $15,000
—Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, $10,000
—DePaul University College of Law Asylum & Immigration Law Clinic, $7,500
—Domestic Violence Legal Clinic, $15,000
—Equip for Equality, $15,000
—Family Defense Center, $5,000
—Illinois Legal Aid Online, $20,000
—Lawyers Committee for Better Housing, $15,000
—Legal Aid Bureau of Metropolitan Family Services, $11,800
—Life Span, $10,000
—Midwest Center on Law and the Deaf, $3,000
River North:
—Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, $10,000
—Public Interest Law Initiative, $20,000
River West:
—Cabrini Green Legal Aid, $10,000
Lawndale:
—Lawndale Christian Legal Center, $10,000
Gold Coast:
—Loyola University Chicago School of Law, $10,000
Uptown:
—Apna Ghar, $5,000
New Eastside:
—Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, $5,000
Wrigleyville:
—Center on Halsted, $7,500
Medical District:
—The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired, $7,500
See www.illinoisbarfoundation.org for more on IBF.