General Operating Grants are made only to organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

Grants for general operations are generally made to organizations who provide unique services within their communities.  This includes funding to legal service providers who are based in “legal deserts”.

General Operating Support Grants

Our I & R Grants target projects and programs that are both innovative and replicable.  We support these grants to allow legal services leaders to test new models that have the potential to help their individual organizations and when replicated, to help their peer organizations. 

This includes, but is not limited to, new strategy-focused projects designed to enhance the effectiveness of an organization to answer questions posed by either the organization or by the legal services sector.

I & R Grants

"Hubs": Organizations that do not generally provide direct legal services programs, but provide technical assistance and substantive back-up to the direct services programs. They provide support service to legal services offices in the following areas: training, technical assistance, research and advocacy. Examples include: 

• Support Centers

• Think Tanks

• Design Labs 

• Impact Litigation

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Recruitment & Retention Grants: In an effort to support the legal services sector and ensure a strong and consistent pipeline of new legal services staff, we support grants that focus on recruitment & retention of legal services professionals.  Examples of such grants include:

• Public Services Loan Forgiveness Programs

• Loan Assistance Repayment Programs

• Fellowships

• Staff Well-Being

Advocacy Grants: We fund advocacy work that supports to the legal service sector.  However, do not fund lobbying efforts on new laws, legislation or for candidates.

Sector Supporting Grants

'Hubs', Recruitment & Retention and Advocacy

OD Access grants seek to strengthen an organization's ability to efficiently deliver services to clients.  Ranging from $1,000-$3,500, these grants facilitate access to existing tools that might otherwise might be out the organization's financial reach, that have a direct benefit to the organization or the clients they serve.  

In an effort to be responsive to the needs of our grantees, OD Access Grants are reviewed within 30 days of the date the application is submitted.

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To learn more about these grants and apply, please visit the Access Grant area of our site. 

Organizational Development

Access Grants