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The ABE Opportunity Grant Program provides funding for new AND innovative law-related projects and programs of importance to the public and the legal profession.
The grant program funding areas are:
• Enhancing access to justice, especially for vulnerable and underserved populations using innovations to legal services delivery, capacity-building, or pro bona service.
• Improvement of the justice system, including ensuring equal justice and elimination of bias; and
• Increasing public understanding of legal rights and responsibilities so people can recognize legal problems and know how to address them.
If you have questions about the LOI or if a discussion of eligibility would be helpful, please email grants@abenet.org. Submit a letter of interest by 09/01/2025.
Internal Revenue Service designated 50l(c)(3) organizations that are classified as a public charity under section 509 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code can apply.
Organizations with a written fiscal agency agreement with such an entity can also apply. The fiscal agent must meet this eligibility criterion.
Potential grantees include (but are not limited to):
• bar associations and bar foundations;
• law schools, law school legal clinics;
• academic institutions;
• Legal Services Corporation (LSC) funded organizations;
• legal service delivery organizations;
• human service organizations with legal service or law-related programming;
and
• other non-profits or civic organizations with law-related programming.
Eligible organizations must be incorporated in the United States or a U.S. Territory. The ABE does not fund international work. The grant program does not support governmental regulatory agencies or individuals.
The general timing of submissions and responses is that Letters of Inquiry are accepted between Jul 1 and September 1st, with ABE responses received within two weeks of receipt.
LOI applicants are encouraged to submit early to be afforded the most amount of time to prepare an application if invited. Applications are due by October 6th. The specific program
deadlines can be found on ABE's website when each new cycle opens on July 1.
Generally, the ABE notifies applicants of award decisions in mid to late February. Grant awards are generally paid on or before April 1.
The grant period for an Opportunity Grant is generally one year. A grant period of less than one year can be negotiated. Upon receipt of notice of an award, Grantees are asked to sign
a Grant Agreement that specifies the grant period and reporting deadlines.
Funded projects must begin no later than July 1 of the year the award is paid.
The ABE Opportunity Grant Program provides funding for new AND innovative law-related projects and programs of importance to the public and the legal profession.
The grant program funding areas are:
• Enhancing access to justice, especially for vulnerable and underserved populations using innovations to legal services delivery, capacity-building, or pro bona service.
• Improvement of the justice system, including ensuring equal justice and elimination of bias; and
• Increasing public understanding of legal rights and responsibilities so people can recognize legal problems and know how to address them.
If you have questions about the LOI or if a discussion of eligibility would be helpful, please email grants@abenet.org. Submit a letter of interest by 09/01/2025.
Internal Revenue Service designated 50l(c)(3) organizations that are classified as a public charity under section 509 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code can apply.
Organizations with a written fiscal agency agreement with such an entity can also apply. The fiscal agent must meet this eligibility criterion.
Potential grantees include (but are not limited to):
• bar associations and bar foundations;
• law schools, law school legal clinics;
• academic institutions;
• Legal Services Corporation (LSC) funded organizations;
• legal service delivery organizations;
• human service organizations with legal service or law-related programming;
and
• other non-profits or civic organizations with law-related programming.
Eligible organizations must be incorporated in the United States or a U.S. Territory. The ABE does not fund international work. The grant program does not support governmental regulatory agencies or individuals.
The general timing of submissions and responses is that Letters of Inquiry are accepted between Jul 1 and September 1st, with ABE responses received within two weeks of receipt.
LOI applicants are encouraged to submit early to be afforded the most amount of time to prepare an application if invited. Applications are due by October 6th. The specific program
deadlines can be found on ABE's website when each new cycle opens on July 1.
Generally, the ABE notifies applicants of award decisions in mid to late February. Grant awards are generally paid on or before April 1.
The grant period for an Opportunity Grant is generally one year. A grant period of less than one year can be negotiated. Upon receipt of notice of an award, Grantees are asked to sign
a Grant Agreement that specifies the grant period and reporting deadlines.
Funded projects must begin no later than July 1 of the year the award is paid.
The USDA has made $247 million in supplemental grants available nationwide to help communities repair water infrastructure damaged by presidentially declared disasters in calendar year 2022.
The Foundation makes grants to organizations and public agencies in Greater Cincinnati for programs that benefit children in the region in the areas of arts/culture, education, healthcare, social services and other community needs.
Designed to meet specific technical assistance needs of grassroots organizations working for social change in Appalachia, this program awards grants to help build organizational capacity and train board or staff members in key skills.
This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities with predevelopment feasibility studies, design and technical assistance on proposed water and waste disposal projects.
The Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a federally funded grant program that provides Youth, Adult and Dislocated Worker funding throughout our Commonwealth.
The GRANT Program is available for eligible recipients to support the local match requirement when applying for a federal government grant. Applications open June 1, 2024 and will continue on a rolling monthly basis thereafter until funds expire.
The purpose of this program is to support shelter and transitional housing services for victims of domestic violence and their companion animals, which under this program means pets, service animals, emotional support animals, and horses. The program will enable shelters to expand their programming to house domestic violence victims and their pets.
The purpose of this program is to support shelter and transitional housing services for victims of domestic violence and their companion animals, which under this program means pets, service animals, emotional support animals, and horses. The program will enable shelters to expand their programming to house domestic violence victims and their pets.
Funding through the Industry Transformation Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through large, multi-component initiatives to transform regional economies in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.
Funding through the Industry Transformation Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through large, multi-component initiatives to transform regional economies in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.
Funding through the Readiness Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of non-construction projects to build capacity for future recovery in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.
Funding through the Readiness Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of non-construction projects to build capacity for future recovery in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.
Qualified private, nonprofit and public (including tribal) intermediary organizations proposing to carry out financial and technical assistance programs will be eligible to receive the funding. The RCDI structure requires the intermediary (grantee) to provide a program of financial and technical assistance to recipients to develop their capacity and ability to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or community and economic development. The recipients will, in turn, provide programs that will support their communities (beneficiaries). The Intermediary will be required to provide matching funds in an amount at least equal to the RCDI grant.
Qualified private, nonprofit and public (including tribal) intermediary organizations proposing to carry out financial and technical assistance programs will be eligible to receive the funding. The RCDI structure requires the intermediary (grantee) to provide a program of financial and technical assistance to recipients to develop their capacity and ability to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or community and economic development. The recipients will, in turn, provide programs that will support their communities (beneficiaries). The Intermediary will be required to provide matching funds in an amount at least equal to the RCDI grant.
NACo’s Counties for Housing Solutions will provide free virtual technical assistance to help counties assess and update their zoning codes to increase affordable housing development and overall housing supply. These fast-paced technical assistance sprints are designed to be high-intensity and implementation-focused, with a county being on track to formally adopt an amendment to their zoning code at the conclusion of the sprint.
NACo’s Counties for Housing Solutions will provide free virtual technical assistance to help counties assess and update their zoning codes to increase affordable housing development and overall housing supply. These fast-paced technical assistance sprints are designed to be high-intensity and implementation-focused, with a county being on track to formally adopt an amendment to their zoning code at the conclusion of the sprint.
Funding through the Implementation Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of construction and non-construction projects to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.
Funding through the Implementation Pathway will help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of construction and non-construction projects to address economic challenges in areas where a Presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued in 2023 and 2024.