Past and Current Community Grants

Since its inception in 1980, PILF has awarded over $750,000 in Community Grants to public interest legal organizations across the country. The following is a list of PILF Community Grant recipients.

2009
The Legal Aid Society of Tennessee Oak Ridge, TN $9,000
National Immigrant Justice Center Chicago, IL $10,000
Center for Appellate Litigation New York, NY $11,000
YKASEC Flushing, NY $10,000
Learning Rights Law Center Los Angeles, CA $10,000
2007
Colorado Legal Services Denver, CO $15,000
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) New York NY $15,000
Voter Enfranchisement Project Bronx, NY $15,000
Florida Institutional Legal Services Gainesville, FL $5,000
Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project New York, NY $5,000

2006
Idaho Legal Aid Services,
Idaho Farm Labor Contractor Law Enforcement Project
Caldwell, ID $12,500
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest,
Civilian Oversight Policing Project
New York NY $10,000
Make The Road By Walking,
Initiative To Combat Wage Theft
Brooklyn, NY $7,800
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House,
Workers Rights Project
New York, NY $7,500
Heartland Alliance's Midwest Immigrant Rights Center,
Immigration Law Online
Chicago, IL $5,565
Maryland Disability Law Center,
Righting Wrongs
Baltimore, MD $3,605
The Door's Legal Services Center,
Know Your Rights Program For Unaccompanied Adolesent Immigrants
New York, NY $2,000

2005
Appalachian Citizens Law Center Prestonsburg, KY $6,000
City Bar Fund, Project FAIR New York, NY $15,000
Legal Services for the Elderly New York, NY $12,000
Queens Legal Services Corporation Long Island City, NY $12,000
Unemployment Action Center New York, NY $1,145

2004
The Legal Aid Society, Kathryn A. McDonald Education Advocacy Project New York, NY $10,000
Legal Aid Society Employment Law Center, Anti-discrimination Advocacy and Analysis Project New York, NY $15,000
The Bronx Defender, Parent Liaison Institute New York, NY $10,000
Unemployment Action Center, Website Expansion and Case Database Project New York, NY $1,332
Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center, Black Strikes New Orleans, LA $5,000

2003
Urban Justice Center (Street Vendors) New York, NY $10,000
Incarcerated Survivors of Domestic Violence San Francisco, CA $10,000
East Harlem Troubled Families Advocacy New York, NY $10,000
A Fighting Chance New Orleans, LA $10,000
Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Hartford, CT $5,000

2002
Make the Road by Walking, Education Justice and Public School Accountability Project Brooklyn, NY $10,000
The Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice Detroit, MI $9,000
The Urban Justice Center's Sex Workers Project New York, NY $7,000
The Fair Trial Initiative Durham, NC $5,000

2001
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation New York $14,000
Hispanic American Council Michigan $7,500
Housing Discrimination Project Massachusetts $7,500

2000
Urban Justice Center New York $12,000
Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights Pennsylvania $10,000
Legal Assistance of the Finger Lakes New York $8,000
Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAVE) Washington, DC $7,500

1999
Welfare Law Center, Project Fair Play New York $12,000
Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem New York $10,500
Mississippi Post-Conviction Counsel Project Mississippi $10,000

1998
CalWORKS & Disability Project of Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County California $15,000
Immigrant Rights Project of Prisoners' Legal Services of New York New York $15,000

1997
PROMISE (Project to Mobilize Immigrant Students for Education) Florida $15,000
Single Room Occupancy Tenants United of the West Side SRO Law Project New York $12,200

1996
Legal Voice Washington $15,000
Project PODER New York $10,000
Jailhouse Lawyers' Manual Spanish Translation New York $2,100
Unemployment Action Center Self Help Manual New York $1,100

1995
African American Community Resource Center, Immigration Project California $16,750
Lesbian and Gay Youth Project, Legal Action Center for the Homeless New York $8,000
Farmworkers Legal Services, Latino Civil Rights Project New York $2,000

1994
Tides Foundation, Title IX Project Massachusetts $13,500
The Workplace Project New York $10,000
Workers Advocacy Project New York $5,000
Refugee Assistance Council Texas $3,150

1993
The Homeless Youth Advocacy Project California $18,000
Lower East Side Local Enforcement Unite New York $5,000

1992
Clemency for Battered Women in California Prisons California $6,000
Unemployment Action Center New York $2,000

1991
Hermanas Unidas Latina Battered Women's Project Washington, DC $8,000
JASA/Queens Legal Services for the Elderly, Elderlaw Hotline New York $5,000

1990
Migrant Farmworkers Project of Georgia Legal Services Georgia $5,000
Homeless/HIV Positive Rights Project Michigan $5,000

1989
Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, Children's Rights Project Alabama $5,000
Team Defense Project, Inc., Georgia Advocacy Project Georgia $5,000

1988
Virginia Coalition on Jails and Prisons Virginia $7,000
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women Pennsylvania $3,000

1987
Teamsters for a Democratic Union New York $5,000
Tenant's Action Group Pennsylvania $5,000

1986
Proyecto Libertad Texas $8,100
Southern Prisoners Defense Committee, Death Penalty Defense Project Georgia $7,400
Legal Action Center for the Homeless New York $2,500

1985
Northern Manhattan Improvement Project New York $8,000
Pro Se Divorce Clinic, MFY Legal Services of Manhattan New York $5,500
Aid to Incarcerated Mothers Massachusetts $3,500

1984
Legal Services for the Elderly, Medicare Advocate's Manual New York $7,000
Camden Legal Services, Farmworker Health Project New Jersey $6,500
Southern Prisoners' Defense Committee, Death Penalty Defense Project Georgia $3,500
Legal Outreach, Education in the Community Program New York $1,000

1983
Manhattan Valley Housing Clinic New York $7,000
COLA National Conference for Black Lawyers $4,000
Proyecto Libertad Texas $2,000

1982
Community Action for Legal Services, Food Law Project New York $5,000
LAMBDA Legal Defense and Education Fund $5,000
Coalition for the Homeless, Mental Health Law Project New York $2,500
Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council Wisconsin $1,000

1981
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Immigration & Alien's Rights Project $8,000
Brown Lung Legal Center South Carolina and Georgia $3,000
Lawyer's Committee for International Human Rights, Political Asylum Project $1,000