About Legal Services
To promote equal access to justice by providing financial support for civil legal aid to low-income Americans and by encouraging improved delivery of those services.
Focus Areas
civil legal aidaccess to justicelegal services for low-income populationsgrants to legal aid organizationstechnology & innovation in legal services
Who They Fund
individuals needing civil legal assistancelow-income and underserved community members
Funding Style
direct service (legal representation)access-to-justice oriented fundingcapacity building for legal service providers
About Legal Services
Legal Services Corporation centers its grantmaking on civil legal aid for low-income Americans, with a portfolio built around core operating support for eligible legal aid organizations and targeted programs that improve how civil legal services are delivered. Recent awards show repeated, large-scale support for statewide and regional providers, including Texas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc in Mercedes, Texas, and Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc in Raleigh, North Carolina. The foundation also backs organizations serving people in specific legal systems and communities, such as Puerto Rico Legal Services Inc in San Juan and Legal Services NYC in New York City. Its work is tied to access to justice rather than a single issue area, and the grant programs listed include technology, disaster response, veterans’ pro bono services, and lawyer retention through loan repayment assistance. The recent grants table is dominated by recurring civil legal aid awards at multi-million-dollar levels, which points to sustained institutional support for nonprofit legal aid providers rather than one-time project grants. Across the record on file, the foundation’s role is to finance direct civil representation and the infrastructure that allows legal aid organizations to serve clients in non-criminal matters.
What Legal Services Funds
Civil legal aid is the foundation’s main focus, and the recent grants list shows multiple awards to Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc in Raleigh, North Carolina, for that purpose. The same pattern appears with Lone Star Legal Aid in Houston, Texas, which received repeated civil legal aid funding across several years. The foundation also supports legal aid organizations serving large regional caseloads, including Georgia Legal Services Program in Atlanta, Georgia, through civil legal aid grants. Beyond core casework, its program list includes technology and innovation, disaster-related legal services, and pro bono support for veterans, showing that it funds both direct representation and the systems that expand access to it.
How Legal Services Gives
Typical grants are in the multi-million-dollar range, with a p25 of $1,731,065, a median of $2,761,351, and a p75 of $4,907,393. The recent grant record also shows repeated awards to the same recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025, which indicates ongoing support rather than isolated awards. Legal Services Corporation is a regular funder, not a donor-advised fund, and it does not fund individuals. Several of its listed programs accept unsolicited applications, including Basic Field Grants, Technology Initiative Grant, Disaster Grants, Veterans Pro Bono Grant, Loan Repayment Assistance Program, and Pro Bono Innovation Fund.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$535.5M
Total Assets
$190.7M
Total Revenue
$577.1M
Total Expenses
$577M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1.7M and $4.9M, with a median of $2.8M.
25th Percentile
$1.7M
Median
$2.8M
75th Percentile
$4.9M
Geographic Reach
National55 states funded
About 2% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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