In response to the coronavirus pandemic, financial support from the Judge Alfred L. Luongo Fund at the Philadelphia Bar Foundation was released to participants in court programs dedicated to supporting individuals in reentry.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Philadelphia Bar Foundation is releasing more than a quarter-million dollars in financial relief for civil legal aid nonprofits.
In an effort for philanthropy to more deliberately address historical, structural, and institutional inequity, 12 foundations in Greater Philadelphia have committed to participating in a year-long journey toward institutional change.
In a first for the city, the Equal Justice Center aims to connect low-income residents in need of free legal services with Philadelphia’s network of non-profit resources. by putting more than a dozen civil legal aid groups under one roof (via WHYY).
The Philadelphia Bar Foundation has secured commitments from many of the city’s leading civil legal aid agencies and social-service non-profits to become Member Tenants in a first-of-its-kind collaboration known as the Philadelphia Equal Justice Center (EJC).
The annual Greater Philadelphia Social Innovations Awards honor our region's most passionate social innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers. This year's awards celebrated the theme: Innovating Ideas, Revolutionizing Realities.
The Philadelphia Bar Foundation welcomes Mark A. Gittelman, Esq. and Ira Lefton, Esq. to join their Board of Trustees.
The Philadelphia Bar Foundation and the International Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association (“ILC”) have established a fund to provide stipends to students participating in the Lyon-Philadelphia Bar Association Internship Exchange Program.
The Philadelphia Bar Foundation broadened their scope of support for the legal aid community with a 22 percent increase in grants awarded to nearly 40 Philadelphia legal aid nonprofit partners in 2017.