A complete list of the CBF’s grants paid in FY 2009 (June 1, 2008 – May 31, 2009) follows below.
View the FY 2009 Grants list as a pdf file.
Advancing Justice Grants
Special Project Grants
Fellowship and Scholarship Grants
CBF GRAND TOTAL GRANTS: $2,374,476
Organizational Support Grants
In FY 2009, the CBF made the following Organizational Support grants:
Access Living - Civil Rights Project $10,000
Access Living uses the legal system to further its mission of independent living for people with disabilities. The organization provides free legal representation to people who have been discriminated against based on disability in housing, public accommodations, government programs, health care, and other services and programs.
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago $20,000
The AIDS Legal Council of Chicago exists to preserve, promote and protect the legal rights of men, women and children in the metropolitan Chicago area living with HIV/AIDS. The Council provides legal services to persons affected by HIV/AIDS, educates the public about HIV-related legal issues and advocates for policies that ensure fair treatment for all people with HIV/AIDS.
Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) $30,000
CGLA provides free legal services in the areas of housing, family and criminal law to low-income people in the City of Chicago. CGLA also provided services last year to over 4,000 individuals applying for expungement and sealing of criminal records and executive clemency.
CARPLS (Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services) $70,000
CARPLS is a legal aid hotline that provides advice, information and referral services over the telephone and through court-based assistance desks to low-income residents of Cook County, Illinois. Staff and volunteer attorneys provide legal assistance on civil law matters ranging from adoption to public benefits to over 50,000 low-income people annually.
Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) $30,000
CCR works with individuals, communities, courts and other institutions to manage and resolve conflicts. Every year CCR provides free mediation services in over 1,700 cases, trains hundreds of new mediators, and works with dozens of businesses, government agencies and organizations to create custom-designed dispute resolution systems and training programs.
Center for Disability & Elder Law (CDEL) $10,000
CDEL was created to protect and advance the legal rights of low-income persons with disabilities and persons of advanced age in Cook County. Today, CDEL assist clients through the combined efforts of a small staff and a network of pro bono attorneys. Currently, CDEL offers legal representation in various civil legal issues, including consumer, adult guardianship, and estate planning and wills.
The Center for Economic Progress increases economic opportunities for low-income families, children and individuals by improving access to public, private and non-profit programs and services. The CBF grant supports the Center’s Midwest Tax Clinic, which provides free representation for low-income taxpayers involved in income tax controversies with the IRS.
Centro Romero - Latin American Legal Assistance Services $7,500
Centro Romero is a community-based organization on Chicago’s North Side that serves primarily Spanish-speaking immigrants and refugees and is recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals. Services offered include legal representation, education and advocacy services in the areas of citizenship and naturalization.
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless - Law Project $12,500
The Coalition organizes and advocates to prevent and end homelessness based on the organization’s expressed belief that housing is a human right in a just society. The Law Project provides civil legal services in select cases that advance the legal rights and remedies of persons who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The Law Project’s Educational Rights Initiative works to ensure that public school systems do not wrongly bar homeless children from enrolling in and attending public schools.
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law $7,500
The Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is a non- profit law and advocacy organization with a mission to promote and protect the civil rights of poor, minority, and disadvantaged people in order to facilitate their participation in the social, economic, and political systems of our community and nation. The organization engages in both litigation and community advocacy in three areas: 1) the Employment Opportunity Project, 2) the Fair Housing Project, and 3) the Project to Combat Bias Violence.
Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM) $15,000
CLAIM provides legal and educational services to help imprisoned mothers preserve their families. Through public advocacy, CLAIM also promotes policies and programs that benefit families of imprisoned mothers.
Chicago Legal Clinic (CLC) $65,000
CLC provides low cost legal services to over 16,000 lower income Chicagoans in four neighborhood offices and three court-based advice desks. The Clinic offers representation in various areas of law, including family law, aid to victims of domestic violence, guardianships of minors and adults, Social Security disability claims, decedent’s estates, real estate closings, landlord/tenant disputes, immigration and environmental law.
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS) $65,000
CVLS volunteers and staff attorneys represent low-income Chicagoans in a wide variety of civil matters. Some of the many types of cases CVLS handles include divorce, adult and minor guardianships, adoption, tort defense, collection defense, bankruptcy, and landlord-tenant matters. Last year, approximately 2,200 volunteers and staff represented more than 17,000 clients.
Community Economic Development Law Project (CEDLP) $25,000
CEDLP, a project of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, provides pro bono non-litigation, transactional legal representation to Chicago’s community based organizations, neighborhood development projects and social service agencies. Tax, corporate, real estate and employment related legal services are offered pro bono by a panel of private attorneys from law firms and corporate legal departments. The organization also assists individuals pursuing small business development to achieve economic self-sufficiency and low income, first-time home buyers with their real estate closings.
Domestic Violence Legal Clinic $10,000
Domestic Violence Legal Clinic, which is located in the Cook County Domestic Violence Courthouse, provides free legal services and referrals to low-income Cook County residents who have been subjected to domestic violence to help them achieve safety from abusive relationships.
Equip for Equality $25,000
Equip for Equality strives to advance the human and civil rights of people with disabilities in Illinois. It is the only comprehensive statewide advocacy organization providing self-advocacy assistance, legal services, education, and public policy initiatives.
Evanston Community Defender $12,500
The Evanston Community Defender is a public/private partnership providing law and social work advocacy to low-income youth in the Evanston area. The organization’s legal practice involves juvenile and adult court matters as well as administrative advocacy in special education and school discipline matters.
The Family Defense Center $5,000
The Family Defense Center is a unique organization with a mission to advocate for justice for families involved in the state’s child welfare system.
Farmworker Advocacy Project $5,000
The Farmworker Advocacy Project provides outreach, education and legal assistance in unpaid wage cases to migrant agricultural and horticultural workers laboring in Cook County and other nearby counties.
First Defense Legal Aid (FDLA) $7,500
Since 1995, FDLA has filled a critical gap in the criminal justice system by providing free, 24-hour legal representation to individuals in Chicago Police Department custody. Over 70 private attorneys volunteer their time, usually one night a month, to protect the rights of people in police custody prior to the appointment of the public defender. Through its Streetlaw program, FDLA staff and volunteers present trainings to community members about their rights when arrested or detained by the police.
Health & Disability Advocates (HDA) $20,000
HDA provides advice and legal representation to low-income Chicagoans on matters ranging from the loss of disability benefits to the coverage of emergency medical care. Through its policy, advocacy and legal work, HDA advocates for policies that promote economic security without eroding state and federal safety net programs such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), Medicaid and Medicare.
Illinois Legal Aid Online $60,000
Illinois Legal Aid Online is a groundbreaking web-based technology project to improve access to justice for lower-income and vulnerable Illinois residents. Illinois Legal Aid Online developed and maintains three statewide websites: www.IllinoisLegalAid.org (public), www.IllinoisLegalAdvocate.org (legal aid staff) and www.IllinoisProBono.org (pro bono attorneys).
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc- $5,000
Midwest Regional Office (Lambda Legal-MRO)
Lambda Legal advances impact litigation, attorney education and public policy reforms that directly advance the civil rights of Chicago lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) residents as well as LGBT and HIV individuals living across the Midwest. The Midwest Regional Office in Chicago also operates a hotline to connect Chicago residents with legal resources.
Latinos Progresando – Immigrant Legal Services $7,500
Through its Immigrant Legal Services Program, Latinos Progresando, a Board of Immigration Appeals recognized organization, serves immigrants by providing low-cost legal immigration services, community education and engagement and advocacy/organizing policy work impacting immigrants.
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing (LCBH) $25,000
LCBH provides free legal services to low-income tenants with a goal of impacting the affordable housing crisis to the greatest extent possible. Today, LCBH serves nearly 2,000 tenants from all over Chicago each year on various legal issues relating to their housing.
Lawyers for the Creative Arts (LCA) $12,500
LCA provides pro bono legal services to individuals and organizations in the arts. Last year with the help of over 200 volunteer attorneys, LCA advised artists and arts organizations in the full array of legal issues they encounter such as copyright and trademark issues, contracts of all kinds for their products and services, landlord/tenant and other personal issues such as collection of money due to them, and resolving disputes. In addition to legal services, LCA offers a number of educational programs on a wide range of legal topics to artists and nonprofit arts organizations.
Legal Aid Bureau of Metropolitan Family Services (LAB) $30,000
Founded in 1886, LAB is the second oldest legal aid program in the nation and continues to provide legal assistance to families who cannot afford a private attorney. Thousands of clients each year receive critical legal assistance in family law and other civil matters, with services ranging from brief service and advice to full litigation. It reaches and serves its clients through a downtown office and in offices in various Chicago neighborhoods and some suburban communities.
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (LAF) $65,000
LAF is the largest organization in Chicago and suburban Cook County providing free civil legal services to individuals and families unable to afford legal counsel. LAF provides comprehensive legal services on a wide range of civil legal topics through its six intake offices (five of which are neighborhood-based) and over a dozen special projects (ranging from family law, seniors, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, health and home preservation to veterans’ rights).
Life Span – Center for Legal Services & Advocacy $25,000
Life Span provides comprehensive services to low-income victims of domestic and sexual violence. The core of Life Span's legal services includes legal advice, information, and representation in all family law matters, such as divorce, custody, child support, visitation, removal, and orders of protection. It also provides immigration legal services to victims of domestic violence. Life Span pairs its legal services with in-house counseling for clients and their children.
Midwest Center on Law & the Deaf (MCLD) $10,000
MCLD helps deaf and hard-of-hearing people find attorneys willing to provide accessible legal services, advocates for the rights of deaf persons in the justice system and provides to the public general information on the rights of deaf and hard-of-hearing people. MCLD assists attorneys by connecting them with resources for providing sign language interpreters, real-time captioning, and any other modes of communication necessary for them to communicate with deaf and hard-of-hearing clients.
National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) $35,000
The NIJC served over 9,000 low and moderate-income immigrants in the Midwest, without regard to legal status. Through a network of staff and volunteer attorneys, NIJC provides comprehensive immigration legal services, including immigrant visas, deportation defense and political asylum representation, and engages in policy reform and public education on behalf of immigrants.
Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) $15,000
PILI increases access to justice for poor, low-income, and underserved people by engaging attorneys at every stage of their professional career, from law student to firm partner or corporate counsel, to provide free legal assistance to those in need. To carry out its mission, PILI administers two core programs, the Internship & Fellowship Program and the Pro Bono Initiative.
The Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU - Children’s Initiative $5,000
The Roger Baldwin Foundation is the litigation arm of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. The CBF’s funding supports the Children’s Initiative, which serves as a legal advocate for the thousands of abused, neglected and troubled children being held in state and county custody in Illinois.
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law (Shriver Center) $40,000
The Shriver Center is a multi-issue legal advocacy organization dedicated to lifting people out of poverty. The Shriver Center helps shape state law and federal policies into affordable mechanisms to eliminate poverty. The Center’s work includes broad legal assistance, policy advocacy, public education, training of advocates and technology. The Shriver Center is a unique and invaluable resource for frontline legal aid attorneys in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Uptown People’s Law Center (ULPC) $20,000
UPLC, located in the heart of this north side neighborhood’s business district, was founded in 1978 as a “community organization that just happens to practice law.” For over 25 years, UPLC has combined grass-roots advocacy with legal representation of poor and working people in Uptown and the surrounding communities. UPLC focuses its work in the areas of Social Security and public benefits, housing and tenant rights, domestic violence, and prisoner civil rights.
Working Hands Legal Clinic (WHLC) $5,000
Working Hands Legal Clinic (WHLC) provides access to free legal services in the area of employment law with a focus on wage theft cases to low-income workers (earning 150% of the poverty level or below) throughout the Chicago area through strategic partnerships with community-based organizations, government enforcement agencies and a network of pro bono attorneys. WHLC also works on the systemic problems so as to have a broader impact.
World Relief - Chicago - Immigration Legal Services $10,000
Located in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood, World Relief-Chicago provides legal services to low-income immigrant families on a variety of immigration issues, including family reunification and work authorization. Since 1991, ILS has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) as an agency authorized to provide legal services to immigrants.
TOTAL: $827,500
Advancing Justice Grants
Advancing Justice is a funding partnership established in 2007 between The Chicago Area Foundation for Legal Services (CAFLS) and the CBF. Through this initiative, CAFLS and the CBF award grants to projects that address systemic barriers to access to justice and/or tackle emerging issues in the realm of access to justice by addressing gaps in the legal aid delivery system and/or fostering innovative approaches to increasing access to justice. Advancing Justice represents a combination of the former biannual grant making cycles of CAFLS and the CBF’s Project/Emerging Issues grant cycle.
In FY 2009, the CBF made Advancing Justice grants to support the 19 innovative projects listed and described below; CAFLS separately made a total of 15 grants to support many of these initiatives as well.
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago $15,000
(to support the HIV Positive Immigrants Rights Project, which provides legal assistance to clients in the areas of immigration, including residency, citizenship and petitions for HIV waivers)
Cabrini Green Legal Aid $17,500
(to support the Expungement Pro Se Assistance Desk, which provides advice and guidance to pro se clients filing expungement or sealing of criminal records at the Daley Center)
Cabrini Green Legal Aid $7,500
(to support the Satellite Intake expansion sites at St. Sabina Church and Salem Baptist Church, through which CGLA conducts intake on the south side of Chicago)
CARPLS $22,500
(to support the Self-Help Desk in the Domestic Relations Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, which offers free legal consultations to low-income people who cannot afford an attorney and is designed to help them represent themselves in court on simple family matters and to resolve issues after the entry of a divorce order)
CARPLS $17,500
(to support the Collection Self-Help Desk in the First Municipal Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, which provides legal advice and brief services to pro se defendants in proceedings to collect on judgments as well as pro se plaintiffs seeking to collect judgments they have obtained)
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless - Law Project $10,000
(to support Youth Futures, an innovative mobile legal clinic, which reaches out to homeless youth, a group that is known to have extensive legal needs and that is underserved)
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law $10,000
(to support the Pro Se Assistance Program, which includes both the EEOC Mediation Program, through which CLCCRUL staff recruit, train and advise pro bono attorneys to represent unrepresented workers at EEOC mediations, and the Federal Court Settlement Project through which pro bono attorneys represent pro se litigants in settlement conferences in federal cases)
Chicago Legal Clinic $20,000
(to support the Child Support and Paternity Advice Desk, which assists pro se litigants in child support and paternity cases)
Chicago Legal Clinic $20,000
(to support the Chancery Division Advice Desk, which assists pro se litigants facing foreclosure on their mortgages as well as other cases they may have in the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County)
Community Economic Development Law Project $10,000
(to support the Choose to Own Project, through which pro bono attorneys represent low income, first-time home buyers in their real estate closings and post-purchase issues)
Equip for Equality $20,000
(to support the Special Education Clinic, which assists low-income children and their families facing critical special education issues by providing help-line advice and referral services, training materials and legal representation by Equip for Equality staff and pro bono attorneys)
Health and Disability Advocates $20,000
(to support the an expanded medical-legal collaboration, which provides legal assistance related to health and public benefits issues onsite at hospitals in low-income neighborhoods)
Legal Aid Bureau of Metropolitan Family Services $12,500
(to support the Poverty Law Project, which serves the agency’s clients on the south and southwest sides of Chicago who have consumer and housing legal problems)
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago $17,500
(to support the Medical Debt Relief Project, which provides information and legal assistance to people in Chicago’s west and south side neighborhoods who are saddled with high medical debts)
National Immigrant Justice Center $12,500
(to support the Defender Initiative, which educates and trains members of the legal and social services community about the potential immigration consequences for immigrants who face deportation due to encounters with the law or as a result of being charged with a crime)
National Immigrant Justice Center $15,000
(to support the Immigrant Children’s Protection Project, which provides legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children in Immigration Court, and cultivates and supports a network of pro bono attorneys to assist children with their cases- year one of two year grant)
(to support the Defender Initiative, which educates and trains members of the legal and social services community about the potential immigration consequences for immigrants who face deportation due to encounters with the law or as a result of being charged with a crime)
Uptown People’s Law Center $25,000
(to support the Prisoner Civil Rights Correspondence Project, which recruits and trains pro bono attorneys to represent prisoners in their civil rights claim)
TOTAL: $300,000
Special Project Grants
In addition to its Advancing Justice Grants, the CBF makes special grants during the year to support innovative projects that make the justice system more user-friendly and accessible for those in need. Using its system-wide perspective, the CBF helped to launch these initiatives in response to gaps in the legal aid delivery system. The CBF initiated many of these projects with funding from several significant cy pres awards, but given their broad impact on the Court and our justice system, the CBF is committed to sustaining them for the long term. Cy pres funds continue to be a critical source of the CBF’s ongoing support.
The CBF made the following Special Project grants in FY 2009:
CARPLS $187,035
(to support the Municipal Advice Desk, a joint project with the Circuit Court of Cook County, the CBF and Chicago Legal Clinic, which provides free legal assistance to low-income individuals with cases in the Municipal Division, including landlord/tenant and consumer cases – first year of a three-year grant)
(to support the Administrative Hearing Desk, a joint project with the City of Chicago and the CBF, which provides free legal assistance to low-income pro se respondents with cases pending before the City’s Department of Administrative Hearings involving building code violation cases, vehicle impound cases, and other municipal matters)
Chicago Legal Clinic $66,250
(to support the Municipal Advice Desk, a joint project with the Circuit Court of Cook County, the CBF and CARPLS, which provides free legal assistance to low-income individuals with cases in the Municipal Division, including landlord/tenant and consumer cases - first year of three-year grant)
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation $65,000
(to support the Disabled Adults Guardian ad Litem Probate Court Pro Bono Project, which recruits, trains and supports pro bono attorneys to acts as a GAL for disabled people in guardianship proceedings)
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation $50,000
(to support the Chancery Division Access to Justice Pro Bono Project, which recruits, trains and supports pro bono attorneys to represent pro se litigants in mortgage foreclosure cases)
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation $45,000
(to support the Minor Guardianship Assistance Desk, which offers assistance to persons representing themselves in seeking guardianship of a minor)
Community Economic Development Law Project $65,000
(to support the Nonprofit Legal Assessment Project, which is designed to improve the organizational effectiveness and strengthen the governance capacity of nonprofit organizations by matching them up with teams of pro bono attorneys)
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago $55,000
(to support the US District Court Self-Help Assistance Desk, which provides pro se litigants in federal court with information, advice and limited legal assistance)
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago $75,000
(to support a staff attorney position with the Home Ownership Preservation Project, to help meet the growing demand in the foreclosure arena for people victimized by predatory lending or mortgage fraud)
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago $55,000
(to support the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Self Help Assistance Desk, which provides information, advice and brief legal assistance to persons filing bankruptcy pro se)
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago $110,000
(to support the U.S. District Court Self-Help Assistance Program, which provides pro se litigants in federal court with information, advice and limited legal assistance)
Public Interest Law Initiative $50,000
(to support the transition of the Pro Bono Initiative (PBI) from a joint project between the Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) and the CBF to a project solely administered by PILI)
TOTAL: $788,285
Fellowship and Scholarship Grants
One of the CBF’s top priorities is to make it possible for dedicated lawyers to pursue careers in legal aid and public interest law in the face of often overwhelming financial challenges. The CBF provides significant funding for a number of fellowships and scholarships that have made it possible for a growing group of committed attorneys to pursue their chosen line of work.
This year’s grants for this purpose include:
(to support year one of five (5) and year two of five (5) five-year Sun-Times Fellowships for:
• Zenaida Alonzo, staff attorney at Chicago Legal
Equal Justice Works $75,000
(to support two Equal Justice Works two-year fellowships for:
• Jarrett Knox, to work at the Legal Aid Bureau of Metropolitan Family Services on elder abuse issues – year one)
• Nora Phillips, to work at Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago on immigration issues – year two)
Kimball R. Anderson and Karen G. Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship $30,000
(to provide loan repayment assistance to:
• Michael Bergmann, Director of the Pro Bono Initiative at PILI
• Dennericka Brooks, staff attorney at Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (LAF)
• Miguel C. Keberlein Gutierrez, staff attorney at LAF
Each Fellow receives a total of $50,000, payable over five years)
Moses Scholarship $20,000
(to Chicago-Kent College of Law for the third year of a three-year public interest law scholarship totaling $45,000 to Elizabeth Monterossa)
TOTAL: $265,000
Other Grants
The CBF made a number of other grants in FY 09 to support a variety of access to justice and related philanthropic initiatives, including the CBF’s Pro Bono and Public Service Award grants, the CBF’s Young Professionals Board grants and discretionary grants.
Other Grants - Pro Bono and Public Service Award Grants
Each year, the CBF co-sponsors with The Chicago Bar Association the Pro Bono & Public Service Awards Luncheon. The awards honor the work of seven unsung heroes from a broad cross-section of the greater Chicago legal community whose dedication to public interest inspires those around them to join in their efforts. The awards provide the recipient with the opportunity to designate a special grant to a CBF-funded organization.
Thomas H. Morsch Award $10,000
(to Alan Alop of Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago)
The Leonard Jay Schrager Award of Excellence $3,500
(to Center for Disability & Elder Law (CDEL) in honor of Professor Marguerite Angelari)
The Maurice Weigle Exceptional Young Lawyer Award $3,500
(to the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in honor of Grace Poe)
The Edward J. Lewis II Pro Bono Service Award $2,500
(to Community Economic Development Law Project (CEDLP) in honor of Robert Deignan)
The Exelon Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award $2,500
(to National Immigrant Justice Center in honor of Mina Mehta)
The Richard J. Phelan Public Service Award $2,500
(to LAF designated by the Hispanic Lawyers Association in honor of Sergio Acosta)
Illinois Legal Aid Online $1,000
(special Luncheon drawing)
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago $1,000
(in honor of Alan Alop, 2009 Thomas H. Morsch Award Recipient)
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago $1,000
(in honor of Dennericka Brooks, 2009 Anderson Fellowship
Recipient)
TOTAL: $27,500
Other Grants - CBF Young Professionals Board Grants
The CBF Young Professionals Board (YPB) is an active and diverse group of young attorneys and other professionals with ties to the legal community. Through partnerships with The Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section and other groups and organizations, the YPB funds and helps to create new projects that are designed to address specific gaps and needs in within the legal aid system. Through the annual Fat Tuesday Challenge, the YPB also funds CBF-supported organizations with special grants designated by the winners of the various events.
(to support The Chicago Bar Associations Young Lawyers Section’s mock
trial competition for high school students; from CBF Gray Fund)
Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago $10,000
(to support the Edward J. Lewis II Chicago Lawyers in the Classroom Program at the Goudy School and other schools in the Chicago area; year two of a three-year grant from the CBF Gray Fund)
Fat Tuesday Challenge Grants $6,000
(made on behalf of winners of various challenge events held in conjunction with the 9th Annual Fat Tuesday Challenge co-hosted by the CBF YPB and the Greater Chicago Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators)
Illinois Channel $2,500
(to support the development of an Illinois Channel documentary on the Cook County Juvenile Court, made in partnership with the CBA Young Lawyers Section)
Illinois Legal Aid Online $12,000
(to support the development of a video on the Circuit Court of Cook County’s Pro Se Court, made in partnership with the CBA Young Lawyers Section and the CBF YPB)
TOTAL: $33,500
Other Grants – Other Special Grants
The CBF made a number of other grants in FY 09 to support a variety of access to justice and related philanthropic initiatives:
Center for Disability & Elder Law (CDEL) $2,500
(to support the Senior Centers Initiative which helps seniors with advance directives)
The Chicago Bar Association $61,675
(to support CBA membership and complimentary Continuing Legal Education (CLE) for attorneys working at legal aid organizations receiving CBF Organizational Support Grants)
TOTAL: $132,691.20
GRAND TOTAL: $2,374,476
