What are American Board of Trial Advocates’ main focus areas?

The foundation gives around civic education, legal and professional education, jury trial preservation, judicial independence, diversity, equity and inclusion, and the rule of law. Its active award program also centers on preservation of civil jury trial rights, legal education, judicial independence, jury diversity and fairness, and improving ethical and technical standards in law.

What is the typical grant size?

Recent grants cluster around a $15,000 median, with the 25th percentile at $5,038 and the 75th percentile at $27,500. The recent list also includes larger internal general-support grants above $400,000 to the foundation’s affiliated entity.

Does American Board of Trial Advocates accept unsolicited applications?

Yes. The ABOTA Champion of Justice Award program accepts unsolicited submissions and is open to ABOTA members, chapters, regional chapters, and other individuals or entities that have advanced ABOTA’s purposes.

What kinds of organizations receive support?

Recipients include legal education institutions, trial advocacy and judicial-training organizations, judges and judiciary-related groups, journalists and media-law educators, and communities affected by disasters. Recent examples include law schools, the American Bar Association’s trial academy, The National Judicial College, and the Hawaii Community Foundation.

Are the grants mostly local or national?

The giving is national. In the recent grants list, all 19 grants went to U.S. recipients, with recipients spread across states such as South Carolina, California, Illinois, Nevada, Hawaii, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, and Washington, DC.

American Board of Trial Advocates

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About American Board of Trial Advocates

To foster improvement in the ethical and technical standards of advocacy so individual litigants receive more effective representation and the public benefits from more efficient administration of justice; to preserve and promote the civil jury trial right, judicial independence, and the rule of law.

Focus Areas

Civic educationLegal/professional educationJury trial preservationJudicial independenceDiversity, equity & inclusionRule of law

Who They Fund

journalists and media professionalslaw students and legal traineestrial attorneys and legal practitionersjudges and the judiciarycommunities affected by disasters (Maui)

About American Board of Trial Advocates

American Board of Trial Advocates centers its giving on the civil jury trial right, judicial independence, and the rule of law, and it does so with a clear internal emphasis on legal education and advocacy training. Its recent grants include repeated general support to the Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates, along with mission-linked support for programs such as the Rule of Law initiative and a civics summit. The foundation also backs education for journalists and legal professionals, including the Media Law School and Journalist Law School, showing that its grantmaking reaches beyond courtroom practice into public understanding of the legal system. Support has also gone to judicial institutions and organizations connected to the administration of justice, including The National Judicial College and the Council of Chief Judges of the State Court of Appeals. A smaller set of grants points to broader civic engagement and disaster response, including support for Maui strong campaign work and a Defending the Judiciary sponsorship. Across these awards, the foundation funds both its own affiliated programs and outside institutions tied to advocacy, legal training, and constitutional norms.

What American Board of Trial Advocates Funds

In legal education, American Board of Trial Advocates has supported the University of South Carolina with $15,000 for 2023 and 2024 Media Law School support, and Loyola Law School with $15,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025 for Journalist Law School. Those grants show a recurring interest in how law is taught to future lawyers and communicated to journalists. For trial advocacy, the foundation gave $11,400 to the American Bar Association - TIPS Trial Academy for program support and $11,400 to the American Bar Association for National Trial Academy support, linking its giving to practitioner training. On the judiciary side, it awarded $5,000 to Duke University for Defending the Judiciary sponsorship and $5,000 to The National Judicial College for program support in 2025. It also gave $5,000 to Hawaii Community Foundation for the Maui strong campaign, extending support to disaster-related community needs.

How American Board of Trial Advocates Gives

Typical grant size sits at $5,038 at the 25th percentile, $15,000 at the median, and $27,500 at the 75th percentile. The recent record also shows much larger internal support grants to the foundation’s own affiliated entity, including $413,829 in 2025, $412,416 in 2024, and $450,018 in 2023 for general support. Recurring awards are common: Loyola Law School, The National Judicial College, and the Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates each appear in multiple years. The organization does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are accepted for the ABOTA Champion of Justice Award.

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$470K

Total Assets

$7.8M

Total Revenue

$3.5M

Total Expenses

$3.3M

Typical Grant Size

Most grants fall between $5K and $28K, with a median of $15K.

25th Percentile

$5K

Median

$15K

75th Percentile

$28K

Geographic Reach

National10 states funded

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Leadership

Andrea La'Verne Edney

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Recipient	Location	Amount	Year	Purpose
Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates	Dallas, TX	$413,829	2025	General support
Loyola Law School	Los Angeles, CA	$15,000	2025	Journalist Law School
Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates	Dallas, TX	$15,000	2025	Civics Summit
American Bar Association - TIPS Trial Academy	Chicago, IL	$11,400	2025	Program support
The National Judicial College	Reno, NV	$5,000	2025	Program support
Council of Chief Judges of the State Court of Appeals	Williamsburg, VA	$5,000	2025	Conference support
Duke University	Durham, NC	$5,000	2025	Defending the Judiciary sponsorship
Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates	Dallas, TX	$412,416	2024	General support
University of South Carolina	Columbia, SC	$15,000	2024	2023 and 2024 Media Law School support
Loyola Law School	Los Angeles, CA	$15,000	2024	Journalist Law School
Montrose Community Foundation	Montrose, CO	$5,051	2024	General support
The National Judicial College	Reno, NV	$5,000	2024	To support oganization mission
Hawaii Community Foundation	Honolulu, HI	$5,000	2024	To support Maui strong campaign
Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates	Dallas, TX	$450,018	2023	General support
Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates	Dallas, TX	$35,000	2023	Rule of Law program and support overall mission
Center for Strategic and International Studies	Washington, DC	$25,000	2023	To support oganization mission
Loyola Law School	Los Angeles, CA	$15,000	2023	Journalist Law School
American Bar Association	Chicago, IL	$11,400	2023	National Trial Academy
The National Judicial College	Reno, NV	$5,000	2023	To support oganization mission

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