Florida · Public charity
The Florida Bar Foundation Inc
The mission of the florida bar foundation, inc. Is to increase access to the justice system for people of limited means. The florida bar foundation funds legal services, develops innovative tools and programs, and supports legal aid providers and the courts. For a more in-depth review of the foundation's grants:https://fundingfla.org
- $95M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,713,606
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,516,641
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 38
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $523M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Florida Bar Foundation Inc 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 | 36 | $93M | 8% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $37M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $10M | 3% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $6.8M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $6.0M | 3% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $10M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $9.3M | 8% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $11M | 19% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Legal Services Inc | $14,655,215 | 9 | 87% |
| Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Inc | $12,286,752 | 9 | 47% |
| Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Inc | $12,275,148 | 9 | 20% |
| Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida Inc | $12,272,633 | 9 | 36% |
| Bay Area Legal Services Inc | $11,122,478 | 9 | 15% |
| Legal Aid Service of Broward County Inc | $10,850,854 | 9 | 20% |
| Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association Inc | $10,705,845 | 9 | 45% |
| Legal Services of North Florida Inc | $8,438,653 | 9 | 14% |
| Americans for Immigrant Justice Inc F/K/A Fla Immigrant Advocacy Center | $8,296,621 | 8 | 38% |
| Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc | $7,846,949 | 9 | 14% |
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Where it is load-bearing
The Florida Bar Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 27 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 44 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: Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc · Equal Justice Works · The Miami Foundation Inc · Allegany Franciscan Ministries Inc · Legal Services Corporation · Bay Area Legal Services Inc · The Impact Fund · Hfsf Grants Management Inc · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · AARP Foundation
How this is measured
About The Florida Bar Foundation Inc
- How much does The Florida Bar Foundation Inc give?
- The Florida Bar Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $94,677,456 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 38 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Florida Bar Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (93%), Civil Rights (4%), Health (2%).
- Who are The Florida Bar Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Florida Legal Services Inc ($15M), Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Inc ($12M), Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Inc ($12M).
- Does The Florida Bar Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Florida Bar Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc, Equal Justice Works, The Miami Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Florida Bar Foundation Inc based?
- The Florida Bar Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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