Delaware · Public charity
Delaware Bar Foundation
The DELAWARE BAR FOUNDATION's mission is improving the administration of justice in delaware by: - providing funding for legal services for the poor - promoting study and research in the field of law - fostering knowledge of citizenship rights and responsibilities - enhancing public respect for the rule of law
- $4.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $180,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,227,822
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Delaware Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $4.5M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $3.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.6M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $1.9M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $1.4M | 25% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $1.9M | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Legal Aid Society Inc | $8,324,510 | 9 | 19% |
| Legal Services Corp of Delaware | $5,816,941 | 9 | 28% |
| Delaware Volunteer Legal Services Inc | $3,939,999 | 9 | 43% |
| Delaware Law Related Education Center Inc | $186,130 | 3 | 17% |
| Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Delaware State Bar Association | $48,272 | 3 | 2% |
| Pro Bono Net Inc | $41,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Delaware Lawyers Assistance Fund | $20,000 | 1 | 49% |
| Partners for Justice Inc | $7,747 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Delaware Bar Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Delaware Bar Foundation
- How much does Delaware Bar Foundation give?
- Delaware Bar Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $4,496,328 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Delaware Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (100%), Public Benefit (0%).
- Who are Delaware Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Legal Aid Society Inc ($8.3M), Legal Services Corp of Delaware ($5.8M), Delaware Volunteer Legal Services Inc ($3.9M).
- Does Delaware Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Delaware Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delaware Community Foundation Inc, Welfare Foundation Inc, Longwood Foundation Inc.
- Where is Delaware Bar Foundation based?
- Delaware Bar Foundation is based in DE.
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