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.
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2009
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| 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 |
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2007
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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2005
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| 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 |
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2004
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| 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 |
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2003
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| 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 |
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2002
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| 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 |
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2001
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| Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation | New York | $14,000 |
| Hispanic American Council | Michigan | $7,500 |
| Housing Discrimination Project | Massachusetts | $7,500 |
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2000
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| 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 |
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1999
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| 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 |
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1998
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| 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 |
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1997
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| 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 |
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1996
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| 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 |
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1995
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| 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 |
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1994
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| 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 |
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1993
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| The Homeless Youth Advocacy Project | California | $18,000 |
| Lower East Side Local Enforcement Unite | New York | $5,000 |
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1992
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| Clemency for Battered Women in California Prisons | California | $6,000 |
| Unemployment Action Center | New York | $2,000 |
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1991
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| Hermanas Unidas Latina Battered Women's Project | Washington, DC | $8,000 |
| JASA/Queens Legal Services for the Elderly, Elderlaw Hotline | New York | $5,000 |
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1990
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| Migrant Farmworkers Project of Georgia Legal Services | Georgia | $5,000 |
| Homeless/HIV Positive Rights Project | Michigan | $5,000 |
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1989
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| Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, Children's Rights Project | Alabama | $5,000 |
| Team Defense Project, Inc., Georgia Advocacy Project | Georgia | $5,000 |
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1988
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| Virginia Coalition on Jails and Prisons | Virginia | $7,000 |
| National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women | Pennsylvania | $3,000 |
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1987
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| Teamsters for a Democratic Union | New York | $5,000 |
| Tenant's Action Group | Pennsylvania | $5,000 |
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1986
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| 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 |
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1985
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| 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 |
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1984
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| 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 |
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1983
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| Manhattan Valley Housing Clinic | New York | $7,000 |
| COLA National Conference for Black Lawyers | $4,000 | |
| Proyecto Libertad | Texas | $2,000 |
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1982
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| 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 |
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1981
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| 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 | |