· 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
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $330k
- $250k+4 grants · $4.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITY LEGAL AID | $2,227,822 |
| LEGAL SERVICES OF DELAWARE | $980,000 |
| DELAWARE VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES | $632,744 |
| COMMUNITY LEGAL AID | $270,000 |
| LEGAL SERVICES OF DELAWARE | $180,000 |
| DELAWARE VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES | $150,000 |
| DELAWARE LAWYERS ASSISTANCE FUND | $20,000 |
| PRO BONO NET | $8,250 |
| DELAWARE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION | $7,532 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +120% since the first grant, against +87% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $8.3M · revenue +171%- LSLEGAL SERVICES CORP OF DELAWARE9× · 2017–2025 · $5.8M · revenue +120% · 28% of their budget
- DVDELAWARE VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $3.9M · revenue +380% · 43% of their budget
Funded once
- ICINTERFAITH COMMUNITY HOUSING OF DELAWAREgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +79%
- CCCOMBINED CAMPAIGN JUSTICEone grant, 2017 · $9k
- PFPARTNERS FOR JUSTICE INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +87%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The delaware center for justice, inc. seeks to ensure an effective, efficient, and equitable system of justice in delaware through advocacy, direct services, research and public education.
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…
Membership organization established to promote the trial practice of law, advance common law and the finest traditions of jurisprudence, and to provide education, networking and other services to its members.
The organization monitors legislation that could impact civil liberties and takes the necessary action to support or oppose such legislation.
Leadership delaware, inc. (ldi) recruits outstanding delawareans and prepares them with the knowledge, vision, integrity and networks to significantly impact and transform their communities, and to excel at community, non-profit,…
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To advocate for domestic violence victims, at-risk children, and other vulnerable individuals by providing over $22.8m in pro bono legal services, social service referrals, and on-going support; to train and support a strong network of…
To preserve and advance the liberties and civil rights of the citizens of the state of delaware as enshrined in the united states and delaware consitutions through education and advocacy without consideration of political association.
Enforcing and protecting the rights of individuals and families by providing accessible, creative, and high quality legal assistance and working collaboratively for systemic change.
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Work with DC courts, private bar & legal services providers to increase legal representations for low & moderate income DC residents, enhance efficiency of legal services, and reduce barriers to the judicial system.
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How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds LEGAL SERVICES CORP OF DELAWARE ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE LAW RELATED EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACTION COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH COMMUNITY HOUSING OF DELAWARE ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds PRO BONO NET INC ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE LAWYERS ASSISTANCE FUND ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS FOR JUSTICE INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Delaware Bar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Delaware Bar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Delaware Law Related Education Center Inc: 53% of income from government
- Delaware Volunteer Legal Services Inc: 53% of income from government
- Community Legal Aid Society Inc: 38% of income from government
- Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council Inc: 14% of income from government
- Delaware Community Foundation Inc: 13% of income from government
- Delaware State Bar Association: 2% of income from government
- Legal Services Corp of Delaware: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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