The Louisiana Bar Foundation awards grants to non-profit 501c3 entities for law-related educational programs benefiting children and/or the public.
Donor Name: Louisiana Bar Foundation
State: Louisiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/01/2022
Details:
Law-related education is the teaching of legal rights, responsibilities, and the role of the citizen by bringing together teachers, community leaders, and legal professionals. These programs provide lesson plans for teachers to initiate the critical thinking and problem solving built around the civic content of rules, laws, and the legal system. Topics include the concept of mediation, conflict resolution, the electoral college, and crime statistics and consequences.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications should be made for the twelve month (fiscal year) budget period. If the applicant has a different fiscal year, please indicate in the application your organization’s financial statement year-end date.
- Grant requests must be consistent with the tax-exempt public purposes prescribed by the Foundation and with applicable Internal Revenue Code regulations and rulings (including those under Section 501(c)(3). Applicant organizations must be recognized as tax-exempt organizations under the laws of the State of Louisiana and the Internal Revenue Code or as other not-for-profit entities. You will be asked to provide your tax identification number in the grant application. Those programs submitting an application with a “pending” IRS status must receive an official ruling prior to the start of the evaluation of grant applications in order for the application to be considered.
- Applicants must identify a designated Foundation category for funding in order to be considered by the Grants Committee.
- All grant recipients are expected to meet the Foundation’s criteria by which their projects will be reviewed at least annually and to assist the Foundation in conducting periodic evaluations.
- Applicants should demonstrate fiscal responsibility, program stability and an ability to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of quality services.
- Significant weight will be given to applicants with a history of a clear ability to provide a successful program.
- Consideration will be given to the proportion of the public proposed to be served within a geographic area and the breadth of services proposed to be offered. Short-term and long-term impact per grant dollar will be given consideration in this context.
- Funds will not be awarded to provide legal assistance with respect to any fee-generating case. (For Legal Services Corporation grantees and subgrantees, only those fee-generating cases permitted for non- LSC funds to provide representation in cases in which statutory attorney fees are awarded and in which representation is allowed under the provisions of 45 CFR 1609, when: a. the collection of such fees will not diminish the return to the client; and b. such fees are paid directly to the pro bono project or donated to the pro bono project by the attorney will be permitted.)
- All grant recipients will be expected to execute the Foundation’s Grant Agreement within 30 days of notification of an award.
Ineligibility Criteria
The Foundation will not make grants to:
- political campaigns;
- organizations engaging in lobbying activities on a regular and recurring basis;
- support travel, either by groups or individuals;
- endowment campaigns;
- fund individual scholarships or stipends; or
- lawyers in the private practice of law.
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