Elgin Nonprofit to Receive $5,000 Grant from Illinois Bar Foundation

CHICAGO, IL, May 16, 2017 – The Illinois Bar Foundation (IBF), the charitable arm of the Illinois State Bar Association, has approved a grant of $5,000 to Administer Justice, a nonprofit legal aid organization based in Elgin.

The grant is one of 29 grants totaling $210,000, which the Foundation will distribute this year to nonprofit legal aid organizations statewide.

Administer Justice operates as a full-time professional law office to provide services through a comprehensive program of educational outreach, legal assistance, financial counseling, and conflict resolution services. The grant will support the salary of an attorney who is bilingual in English and Spanish to provide civil legal assistance to the low-income, Spanish-speaking families of Northern Illinois.

The mission of the Illinois Bar Foundation is to ensure meaningful access to the justice system, especially for those with limited means, and to assist lawyers who can no longer support themselves due to incapacity. This fiscal year, the Foundation will distribute over $750,000 in funding to help those without attorneys receive the legal assistance they need, support attorneys and their families who have fallen on hard times, and provide navigational and procedural guidance inside courthouses across the state.

The Illinois Bar Foundation is located at 20 S. Clark St., Suite 910, Chicago, IL 60603. Call (312) 726-6072 or visit www.illinoisbarfoundation.org.