Special Grants Projects
From time to time, and as finances permit, the MBF considers funding requests that fall outside the eligibility requirements of the IOLTA Grants Program or outside the traditional grant cycle, but are consistent with the MBF’s overall mission of increasing access to civil legal aid, improving the administration of justice, or promoting an understanding of the law.
Previous Special Projects Grant Recipients
Justice George Lewis Ruffin Society (Northeastern University)
2021 The Long Road to Justice Film Project: Legacy of Courage: Black Changemakers in Massachusetts Past,
Present, and Future.
2016 Phase II - Long Road to Justice Exhibition
Massachusetts Bar Institute/Association
2017-2019; 2021; 2024 Judicial Youth Corps Program – Worcester/Springfield
2007-2016; 2022; 2023 Judicial Youth Corps Program – Worcester
2003-2024 High School Mock Trial Program Travel Grant
ACLU of Massachusetts
2017 Immigration Protection Project
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
2013 Mass. Access to Justice Commission
Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society
2008 150th Anniversary of the Superior Court Commemoration
Friends of the Commonwealth Museum
2008 Know Your Rights Permanent Exhibit
Prior to submitting a Special Project funding request, please contact the MBF Grants office to discuss your project.
SPECIAL PROJECT GRANT PROCESS
Contact the MBF Grants Office at foundation@massbar.org to discuss your project and determine eligibility.
If grant funding is available and the project is eligible, you will be asked to submit a one-page letter of inquiry, summarizing your project, for review by the Executive Committee of the MBF Board of Trustees.
The MBF Executive Committee will review your letter of inquiry at its next regularly scheduled meeting and make a decision as to whether to invite a full proposal.