During 2026, Lawyers Trust Fund Annual Grants are supporting 57 organizations that provide civil legal aid in Illinois. The total amount of 2026 grants is $31,049,500. Grant recipients and amounts are listed below.
| Access Living (Chicago) |
$30,000 |
| Ascend Justice (Chicago) |
$600,000 |
| Cabrini Green Legal Aid (Chicago) |
$875,000 |
| CARPLS Legal Aid (Chicago) |
$1,650,000 |
| Center for Disability & Elder Law (Chicago) |
$372,000 |
| Chicago Advocate Legal (Chicago) |
$50,000 |
| Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (Chicago) |
$62,500 |
| Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness (Chicago) |
$110,000 |
| Chicago House TransLegal Program (Chicago). |
$101,500 |
| Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights (Chicago) |
$110,000 |
| Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (Chicago) |
$1,147,000 |
|
Chicago Workers Collaborative (Chicago)
|
$150,000 |
|
Chinese American Service League (Chicago)
|
$48,000 |
|
CJE SeniorLife (Chicago)
|
$48,000
|
|
Coalition Legal (Waukegan)
|
$50,000 |
|
DePaul University Asylum & Immigration Clinic (Chicago)
|
$127,000 |
| DuPage Legal Aid (Wheaton) |
$200,000 |
| Equip for Equality (Carbondale & Springfield) |
$654,000 |
|
Erie Neighborhood House (Chicago)
|
$125,000 |
Governors State University Legal Clinic (University Park)
|
$60,000 |
| Greater Chicago Legal Clinic (Chicago) |
$475,000 |
|
HANA Center (Chicago)
|
$46,000 |
| Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (Chicago) |
$55,000 |
| Illinois Legal Aid Online (Chicago) |
$1,306,000 |
|
Illinois Prison Project (Chicago)
|
$100,000 |
|
Immigration Project (Bloomington-Normal and Champaign)
|
$525,000 |
| Indo-American Center (Chicago) |
$60,000 |
| Instituto del Progreso Latino (Chicago) |
$48,000 |
|
James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy (Evanston)
|
$80,000 |
| Ladder Up (Chicago) |
$30,000 |
| Land of Lincoln Legal Aid (East St. Louis) |
$6,375,000 |
| Law Center for Better Housing (Chicago) |
$825,000 |
| Legal Aid Chicago (Chicago) |
$2,400,000 |
| Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services (Chicago) |
$800,000 |
| Legal Council for Health Justice (Chicago) |
$500,000 |
| Life Span (Chicago) |
$540,000 |
|
Loyola University Chicago School of Law Health Justice Project Clinic (Chicago)
|
$48,000
|
|
National Immigrant Justice Center (Chicago)
|
$1,600,000 |
| North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic (Highland Park) |
$250,000 |
| Northern Illinois Justice for Our Neighbors (Chicago) |
$95,000 |
| Prairie State Legal Services (Rockford) |
$6,450,000 |
|
Pro Bono Network (Oak Park)
|
$30,000 |
|
Public Interest Law Initiative (Chicago)
|
$335,000 |
| Raise the Floor Alliance (Chicago |
$90,000 |
| Southern Illinois University School of Law Civil Practice Clinic (Carbondale) |
$200,000 |
| Syrian Community Network (Chicago) |
$85,000 |
|
Teamwork Englewood (Chicago)
|
$48,000 |
| The Resurrection Project (Chicago) |
$285,000 |
|
The Village Legal & Community Project (Chicago)
|
$100,000 |
|
Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights (Chicago)
|
$40,000 |
|
United African Organization (Chicago)
|
$50,000 |
| Uptown People’s Law Center (Chicago) |
$252,000 |
| Valley Immigrant Advocates (Ottawa) |
$78,000 |
|
Vietnamese Association of Illinois (Chicago)
|
$48,000 |
Western Illinois Dreamers (Macomb)
|
$70,000 |
| Westside Justice Center (Chicago) |
$60,000 |
| World Relief Chicagoland (Chicago, Wheaton & Aurora) |
$100,000 |
