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Among the recipients are:
Chicago
Asian Human Services, Inc., $3,000
CASA Cook County, $3,000
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic, $5,000
Centro Romero, $2,500
Chicago Legal Clinic, Inc., $4,000
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation, $5,000
Equip for Equality, $1,500
Health and Disability Advocates, $1,000
Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice, $5,000
Illinois Technology Center for Law & the Public Interest, $10,000
Metropolitan Family Services Legal Aid Bureau, $1,000
Midwest Workers Association, $5,000
Pro Bono Advocates, $3,000
Elsewhere in Illinois
Cunningham Children's Home Foundation, Urbana, $4,720
CASA Kane County, Geneva, $2,000
CASA Will County, Joliet, $3,000
Citizen Advocacy Center, Elmhurst, $1,000
Evanston Community Defender Office, Inc., Evanston, $7,500
Girl Scouts of River Bluffs Council, Glen Carbon, $3,000
Griffin Center of Catholic Urban Program, East St. Louis, $5,250
Okaw Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America, Belleville, $2,000
Peer Court, Inc., Danville, $6,000
Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., Rockford, $6,000
Safe Passage, Rock Island, $3,000
YMCA Evanston/North Shore, Evanston, $1,000
Established in 1951, the Illinois Bar Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that serves the citizens of Illinois by contributing to programs dedicated to the improvement of the administration of justice and to sustain and further enhance the ideals of the legal profession.
The Foundation is located at 20 S. Clark Street, Suite 910, Chicago, IL 60603, and can be reached by calling (312) 726-6072. Information also is available at
April 2004
ILLINOIS BAR FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES GRANT RECIPIENTS
The Illinois Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), has announced the recipients of its new grants totaling $93,470 which will be awarded to 25 law-related nonprofit organizations.