Massachusetts · Public charity
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc
The mission of the volunteer lawyers project of the boston bar association is to increase access to justice by delivering high quality pro bono civil legal services to eligible clients in the greater boston area.
- $56k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $56,339
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $56,339
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association 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.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $56k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $56k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $56k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $47k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $200k | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metrowest Legal Services Inc | $466,037 | 9 | 2% |
| Community Legal Aid Inc | $63,346 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Legal Services Inc | $63,346 | 2 | 0% |
| South Coastal Counties Legal Services Inc | $38,346 | 1 | 1% |
| Northeast Legal Aid Inc | $38,346 | 1 | 1% |
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: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc · Massachusetts Bar Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc
- How much does Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc give?
- Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc reported 1 grants totaling $56,339 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (100%).
- Who are Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Metrowest Legal Services Inc ($466k), Community Legal Aid Inc ($63k), Greater Boston Legal Services Inc ($63k).
- Does Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc, Massachusetts Bar Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc based?
- Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc is based in MA.
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