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American Bar Endowment

Description

The Opportunity Grant Program, an initiative of the American Bar Endowment (ABE), supports new, boots-on-the-ground, innovative programs and projects that serve the immediate and critical legal needs of the public and are of importance to the legal profession and its concerns for access to justice.

Funding focus areas include:

  • increasing access to justice, particularly for vulnerable and underserved populations, through innovations in legal service...
Description

Opportunity Information

Application Deadlines
Application Deadlines
Geographic Scope
Geographic Scope
Areas of Interest
Areas of Interest
Types of Support
Types of Support
Funder Information
Total Annual Giving
$8,065,750
Grant Details
Grant Details
Type
Type
EIN
EIN
Application Procedures
Application Procedures

Requirements

Eligibility Details
Eligibility Details
Restriction Details
Restriction Details

Contact Information

General Contact
General Contact

Grants History

You can review tax forms on ProPublica. Learn more about them and the 990.

990s

This is a list of grant recipients noted on the funder’s 990 forms.

This includes forms filed in 2023 and later, so it can include information for tax years earlier than that.

The information below is pulled directly from the form itself without any alterations.

If the details are not included, e.g. “Various”, they may be indicated on the PDF on the IRS site.

Grants less than $5,000 are not necessarily listed on the 990 form.

Tax Year Title City State/ Province Country Purpose Amount
ABA FUND FOR JUSTICE & EDUCATION CHICAGO IL US UNRESTRICTED, SUPPORTS LAW-RELATED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS $3,637,363
AMARA LEGAL CENTER WASHINGTON DC US UNSPECIFIED $25,000
AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION CHICAGO IL US UNRESTRICTED SUPPORTS LAW RELATED RESEARCH $3,637,363
ASYLUM SEEKER ADVOCACY PROJECT NEW YORK NY US UNSPECIFIED $25,000
LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA OMAHA NE US UNSPECIFIED $40,000
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Total assets

The most recent tax form filed for 2024 lists the following key individuals.

Name Title
DANIEL WOLTERINK Data Processing Manager
DEBORAH ENIX-ROSS Ex Officio
FRANK H LANGROCK Ex Officio
HILARIE BASS Treasurer
HON LORA J LIVINGSTON Vice President
HOWARD H VOGEL President
JOANNE MARTIN EXEC DIR UNTIL 9/1/23, Consultant Until 10/1/23
KEVIN L SHEPHERD Director
MICHAEL E FLOWERS Director
MICHELLE A BEHNKE Director
PATRICIA LEE REFO Director
RANDALL D NOEL Director
ROBERT M CARLSON Director
ROBERTA B LIEBENBERG Director
TOMMY D PRESTON JR Secretary
TRACY A GILES Director
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