Funders to approach for West Virginia Fund for Law in the Public Interest
A. Law students were placed as fellows with nonprofit public interest organizations in West Virginia serving the poor, the unemployed, indigent criminal defendants and others without access to legal services. Students assist public interest attorneys in a variety of contexts from public benefits work to protection of women from domestic violence to representation of indigent criminal defendants. The organizations with which the students listed above were placed are listed on schedule i, part 2 b. Law students received a bar stipend to help defray the costs relating to law school and their pursuit of becoming a public interest attorney. C. In addition, we have a loan repayment assistance program. The purpose of the program is to attract persons into legal services work for the poor. Many law graduates cannot afford to work for legal aid societies because their take home pay is insufficient to cover their monthly payments on education loans. Our program assists graduates who would…
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- 1The Antero FoundationGives in West Virginia (77 of 123)No similar grantees yet1 in 45$6k
- 2Milan Puskar Foundation IncGives in West Virginia (89 of 95)No similar grantees yet1 in 98$22k
- 3Encova Foundation of West VirginiaGives in West Virginia (116 of 156)Similar grantees: Legal Aid of West Virginia Inc ($100k/yr), United Way of Central West Virginia ($10k/yr)1 in 49$4k
- 4Dominion Energy Charitable FoundationSimilar grantees: Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc ($4k/yr), Virginia Law Foundation ($10k/yr), Southwest Va Legal Aid Society Inc ($4k/yr)1 in 53$5k
- 5American College of Bankruptcy FoundationSimilar grantees: Allegheny County Bar Foundation ($13k/yr), Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc ($19k/yr), Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc ($11k/yr)1 in 81$10k
- 6West Virginia Bar Foundation IncGives in West Virginia (3 of 3)No similar grantees yet1 in 91$12k
- 7Claude Worthington Benedum FoundationGives in West Virginia (154 of 259)Similar grantees: Legal Aid of West Virginia Inc ($110k/yr), Wvu at Parkersburg Foundation Inc ($55k/yr), United Way of Central West Virginia ($50k/yr)under 1 in 100$62k
- 8Truist Foundation IncSimilar grantees: Legal Aid of West Virginia Inc ($51k/yr), Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc ($20k/yr), NW Works Inc ($8k/yr)under 1 in 100$13k
- 9Your Community Foundation of North Central WV IncGives in West Virginia (32 of 43)No similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$9k
- 10Highmark FoundationNo similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$18k
- 11Core Cares FoundationSimilar grantees: Allegheny County Bar Foundation ($1k/yr)1 in 62$1k
- 12MC Dermott Will and Emery Charitable FoundationSimilar grantees: Equal Justice Works ($86k/yr), The District of Columbia Bar Foundation ($11k/yr), Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc ($10k/yr)under 1 in 100$10k
- 13Pallottine Foundation of Huntington West VirginiaGives in West Virginia (104 of 183)Similar grantees: Legal Aid of West Virginia Inc ($290k/yr), Step by Step Inc ($25k/yr), West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Foundation Incorporated ($5k/yr)under 1 in 100$12k
- 14Eqt FoundationGives in Pennsylvania (210 of 404)Similar grantees: American Bar Foundation ($2k/yr)under 1 in 100$4k
- 15Truist West Virginia Foundation IncGives in West Virginia (66 of 74)Similar grantees: United Way of Central West Virginia ($3k/yr)under 1 in 100$5k
- 16Sisters of ST Joseph Charitable Fund IncNo similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$15k
- 17Bernard McDonough Foundation IncGives in West Virginia (102 of 146)No similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$5k
- 18Potomac Valley Hospital of W VA IncNo similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$6k
- 19Bowles Rice FoundationGives in West Virginia (57 of 81)Similar grantees: Legal Aid of West Virginia Inc ($11k/yr), Wvu at Parkersburg Foundation Inc ($3k/yr)1 in 87$1k
- 20Appalachian VoicesNo similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$12k
- 21Equal Justice WorksSimilar grantees: Legal Aid of West Virginia Inc ($85k/yr), Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc ($79k/yr), Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc ($51k/yr)under 1 in 100$36k
- 22Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital CorporationGives in West Virginia (12 of 24)No similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$7k
- 23United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites IncGives in West Virginia (23 of 25)Similar grantees: Legal Aid of West Virginia Inc ($14k/yr)under 1 in 100$13k
- 24Spartan FoundationNo similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$20k
- 25Foundation II of the American College of Trial Lawyers IncSimilar grantees: Public Justice Center Inc ($50k/yr), The Pennsylvania Innocence Project ($50k/yr)under 1 in 100$35k