Grantees
The Alabama Law Foundation’s yearly grants support programs that are committed to the foundation’s mission of making access to justice a reality for all of Alabama’s citizens. Grants are awarded in two categories: General Legal Aid Grants and Foreclosure Prevention Grants. There were two rounds of Grant selection in 2025. The total awarded to all grantees for 2025 is $3,113,000.
General Legal Aid Grants
The 2025 general legal aid grants are awarded for programs furthering the mission of securing Access to Justice for everyone in Alabama. General legal aid grants for 2025 totaled $2,593,000.
The following agencies and programs received grants in the second round of 2025 Grant awards. Some of the agencies listed below may have also received funding in round one. The total of all Spring 2025 Grants is $1,115,625.
Alabama State Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program, which refers cases directly to lawyers in 60 counties and coordinates more than 2,000 volunteers, received a $200,000 grant.
Legal Services Alabama (LSA), whose staff attorneys provide legal aid to economically disadvantaged citizens throughout Alabama, received a $100,000 grant.
Madison County Volunteer Lawyers Program works with nearly 500 lawyers and received a $90,000 grant.
Montgomery Volunteer Lawyers Program, which works with more than 440 lawyers to meet the legal needs of low-income clients in Montgomery County, received a $90,000 grant.
South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program, which refers cases directly to more than 750 lawyers in Mobile, Baldwin, Clarke, and Washington counties, received a $92,500 grant.
Volunteer Lawyers Birmingham, which refers cases to more than 650 attorneys in the Birmingham area, received a $160,000 grant.
YWCA of Central Alabama received a $54,000 IOLTA grant to continue the “Justice on Wheels” program for victims of domestic violence in Blount and St. Clair Counties.
Samford University C-VETS, which trains law school students under attorney supervision by providing legal aid for veterans dealing with civil, criminal, and administrative issues, received $52,125.
Harvesters of Hope, which will support the efforts of establishing lawyers and law practices in rural communities, received $125,000.
Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama received a $25,000 grant to continue providing low-cost, quality legal and immigration services to low-income immigrants.
Senior Services Via! Health, which provides legal aid to senior citizens without guardians, received a grant of $15,000.
Faulkner University (Faulkner Law) Heirs’ Property Resolution – Law Student Public Interest Stipend received a grant of $37,000.
Montgomery County Probate received a $15,000 grant to launch the Access to Protection Pilot Program—the first of its kind in Alabama probate courts—to ensure indigent individuals in guardianship and conservatorship cases have access to required Guardians ad Litem and Court Representatives.
The Family Sunshine Center received a $60,000 grant to help provide trauma-informed legal services to domestic violence and sexual assault survivors in Montgomery, Chilton, Elmore, Autauga, Lowndes, Butler, and Crenshaw counties.
Foreclosure Prevention Grants
In 2016 the Alabama Law Foundation received $3.3 million as part of a nationwide mortgage foreclosure settlement between the Bank of America and the United States Department of Justice. Each year, the foundation awards a portion of these funds to civil legal aid organizations to provide legal services to help Alabama homeowners avoid losing their homes to foreclosure.
In 2025 the Alabama Law Foundation will provide $370,000 in Foreclosure Prevention Grants. Recipients of these grants are Legal Services Alabama, $110,000; Madison County VLP (VLP Coalition), $125,000; Alabama Bankruptcy Assistance Project, Volunteer Lawyers Birmingham, $35,000; and Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution, $100,000.
The Access to Justice Commission awarded $150,000 to two organizations: Alabama State Bar VLP for Free Legal Answers, $50,000; and Alabama Bankruptcy Assistance Project, Volunteer Lawyers Birmingham, $100,000.
For more information about the Alabama Law Foundation grants program, visit our Grants page.