Deadline: 11-Jan-22
Applications are now open for the Impact Fund that makes recoverable grants to lawyers, small law firms, and nonprofit organizations involved in impact litigation.
They fund civil rights, human rights, anti-poverty, and environmental justice cases that will affect a marginalized group. Most of their grants are for class actions, but they also fund multi-plaintiff and environmental justice cases that aim to significantly affect a larger system or lead to significant law reform. Impact Fund grants may be used for out-of-pocket litigation expenses such as expert fees and discovery costs, but not for attorneys’ fees, staff, or other overhead.
Funding Sectors
- Social Justice: The impact fund provides grants and legal support to assist in human and civil rights cases. They have helped to change dozens of laws and win cases to improve the rights of thousands.
- Environmental Justice: The impact fund provides grants to support impact litigation for environmental justice, with a focus on marginalized communities. These are often cases no one else will support.
- Economic Justice: The impact fund provides financial and other forms of support to cases fighting for economic justice. From workers’ rights to consumer protection for vulnerable populations, impact litigation is a powerful tool to hold corporations accountable.
Funding Information
They award grants four times per year, most within the range of US$10,000 to US$50,000.
Eligibility Questions
- Are you looking for funding for a specific case?
- Are you a lawyer, or do you work for a law firm or a nonprofit legal organization?
- Does your case target a social, economic, or environmental injustice?
- Is your case a class action, or will it have a systemic impact in another way?
- Are you willing to repay your grant if you recover fees/costs at the end of your case?
- Are you seeking funding for out-of-pocket litigation expenses?
For more information, visit https://www.impactfund.org/legal-grants/application-requirements/grant-criteria