About Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation
NLTAF administers the Interest On Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program per Nebraska Supreme Court rules to generate funding for legal aid and access to legal representation for eligible Nebraskans.
Focus Areas
Access to justiceLegal aidCivil legal services
Who They Fund
low-income residentsNebraska residentseconomically disadvantaged households
Funding Style
direct servicegeographically restrictedshort-term/basic needs support
Topics
poverty alleviationbasic needs assistance (food, utilities, rent)
About Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation
The Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation has supported Legal Aid of Nebraska since 1984, using IOLTA interest funds to pay for legal representation for Nebraskans who meet federal poverty guidelines. That long-running structure defines the foundation’s work: it is built around a single statewide legal-aid relationship rather than a broad portfolio of grantees. The most recent award on file was $910,000 in 2025 to Legal Aid of Nebraska in Omaha for assistance to low-income residents in Nebraska, following a $560,000 grant in 2024 for the same purpose. Those grants show a steady flow of legal-services funding tied to access to justice and poverty law. The foundation’s stated focus areas center on legal services, civil legal aid, and support for low-income individuals, with related service areas including domestic violence legal services and tax law clinics. Its grantmaking is geographically restricted to Nebraska, and the sole grantee named in the program information is Legal Aid of Nebraska.
What Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation Funds
Civil legal aid is the core of the Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation’s giving. Through its IOLTA program, the foundation funds legal representation for Nebraskans who meet federal poverty guidelines, with Legal Aid of Nebraska serving as the sole grantee. The program is explicitly tied to access to justice and low-income legal services. The foundation also identifies domestic violence legal services and tax law clinics within its focus areas, placing those services inside the same broader legal-aid framework. Across the active program descriptions, the emphasis remains on direct legal help for economically disadvantaged residents rather than on multiple thematic grant lines or varied institutional partners.
How Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation Gives
The foundation’s typical grant size is large and tightly grouped: p25 is $647,500, median is $735,000, and p75 is $822,500. That fits a pattern of concentrated annual support rather than many smaller awards. The grant records show the same recipient in consecutive years, with Legal Aid of Nebraska appearing in both 2024 and 2025. Program information also shows that NLTAF administers Nebraska’s IOLTA funds and does not accept unsolicited applications. The structure is highly focused: one statewide legal-aid grantee, one funding mechanism, and a long-running arrangement dating to 1984.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$790K
Total Assets
$432K
Total Revenue
$935K
Total Expenses
$921K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $648K and $823K, with a median of $735K.
25th Percentile
$648K
Median
$735K
75th Percentile
$823K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
ELIZABETH A STOBEL
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