2022 GRANT CYCLE
Each funded project supports the OSBF's mission of promoting the pursuit of justice and public understanding of the rule of law.
Review our list of recently funded projects to see the breadth of our work in the state of Ohio.
Organization | Grant Name | District | Amount |
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Adopt A Class Foundation | Careers in Law and Legal Services and Life Skills Mentorship for Greater Cincinnati Students | 1 | 2022: $15,000.00 |
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality | Justice for English Learners Project | All Districts | 2018: $40,798.00 |
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality | Medicaid Developmental Disability Waivers and You | 2 3 4 5 16 | 2020: $34,002.00 |
Advocating Opportunity | Beyond Colorblindness: A Legal Framework for Anti?Racism Implementation of Racial and Social Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives with | All Districts | 2020: $51,000.00 |
Akron Municipal Court | Electronic Information Kiosk | 11 | 2019: $17,000.00 |
Akron Municipal Court | Written Resources for the Akron Municipal OVI Court and the Peace of Mind Probation Program | 11 | 2019: $1,000.00 |
All Choices Matter | Improve Legal Outcomes Triggered by Youth Trauma | All Districts | 2020: $25,000.00 |
American Civil Liberties Union Of Ohio | Know Your Rights: Rights versus Reality | 20 | 2022: $35,000.00 |
Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence | Rights and Process for Civil Protection Orders Video and Printing | 2 | 2020: $4,452.00 |
Artemis Center For Alternatives To Domestic Violence | You Have the Right to be Safe Booklet Revision | 2 | 2022: $2,400.00 |
Asian Services In Action | Community Legal Education Project | All Districts | 2016: $30,000.00 |
Athens CASA/GAL Program | Every Word Heard | 17 | 2019: $15,000.00 |
Athens County Department of Job and Family Service | Reentry Services for Families of Offenders | 17 | 2011: $19,244.00 |
Battered Women's Shelter of Summit and Medina Counties | Understanding the Justice System Video | 11 | 2019: $4,100.00 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio | Juvenile Justice System Training | 7 | 2014: $1,488.00 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio | The Caregiver's and Advocates Guide to the Justice System | All Districts | 2016: $18,000.00 |
Capitol Square Foundation | iCivics Ohio | All Districts | 2016: $50,000.00 |
CASA Board Volunteer Association | CASA Changemaker Academy for the Summit County CASA Program | 11 | 2019: $8,600.00 |
Catholic Charities Corporation | Ohio Detainee Justice Initiative (ODJI) | 5 13 18 | 2018: $60,000.00 |
Catholic Charities Corporation | Immigration Legal Assistance for Vulnerable Populations | All Districts | 2017: $75,000.00 |
Catholic Charities Corporation | Friend of the Court and Unaccompanied Minor Pro Bono Program | All Districts | 2016: $42,640.00 |
Catholic Charities Dioceses of Cleveland | Pro Se Asylum Clinic | 12 | 2022: $15,000.00 |
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio | Expansion of Immigration Legal Services | 1 8 |
2022: $6,325.00 2018: $5,348.00 |
Center For Holocaust And Humanity Education | A Case Study for Law Enforcement: Building Community Through the Lessons of the Holocaust | 1 | 2020: $10,000.00 |
Central Ohio Worker Center | Workplace Rights Initiative for Central Ohio Workers: Racial and Economic Justice Project | 7 | 2020: $55,000.00 |
Children's Advocacy Center Of Guernsey County | Expanding Services to Underserved Children in Need | 15 | 2022: $9,875.00 |
Children's Law Center | Juvenile Jeopardy Game | 1 | 2016: $15,000.00 |
Children's Law Center | Vital Legal Education and Outreach for Ohio's Youth | 1 | 2022: $19,400.00 |
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation | Louis Stokes Scholars Program | 12 | 2015: $3,000.00 |
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Ohio | Know Your Rights Legal Fellow | 1 2 4 7 12 | 2020: $10,000.00 |
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Ohio | Community Record Sealing Clinic (Community Expungement Clinic) | 7 | 2020: $20,000.00 |
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Franklin County | Legal Education Program for Guardians ad Litem | 7 | 2016: $26,730.00 |
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Franklin County | Website and Peer-to-Peer Mentorship Program | 7 | 2014: $32,835.00 |
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Franklin County | Guardian ad Litem FLEX Training | 7 | 2013: $32,000.00 |
Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court | Parenting After Violence (PAVE) Program Curriculum Development Project | 12 | 2022: $133,310.00 |
Disability Rights Ohio | American Sign Language Legal Education Videos Project | All Districts | 2016: $15,000.00 |
Disability Rights Ohio | Spanish and Somali Translation Services | All Districts | 2017: $12,200.00 |
Disability Rights Ohio | Special Education Fellowship - Parent Town Halls | 7 | 2021: $9,500.00 |
Dominican Learning Center | Legal Education Services | 7 | 2018: $2,200.00 |
Dominican Sisters of Peace | Martin de Porres Centers' Legal Education for Latino Families | 7 | 2019: $9,000.00 |
Dominican Sisters of Peace | Forging Avenues of Access to Justice and Opportunity through Legal Education for Latino Families | 7 | 2021: $14,700.00 |
Equality Ohio | Name and Gender Marker Change & Continued Expansion of the Attorney Referral Network and Education Project | 20 | 2022: $62,000.00 |
Equality Ohio Education Fund | LGBTQ Legal Clinic | 1471112 | 2017: $48,000.00 |
Equality Ohio Education Fund | Phase II of Equality Ohio's Legal Clinic | All Districts | 2019: $22,200.00 |
Equality Ohio Education Fund | Transgender Rights Education Project | All Districts | 2016: $10,600.00 |
Equality Ohio Education Fund | Establishing the Equality Ohio Legal Clinic Digital Training Library and Attorney Referral Network Expansion | All Districts | 2020: $50,000.00 |
Family and Youth Law Center at Capital University | Family Law Virtual Legal Clinic | 8 9 | 2018: $20,000.00 |
Gahanna Middle School South Parent Association | Law Library | 7 | 2014: $5,000.00 |
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association - unBail | Randomized Control Trial | 12 | 2022: $50,000.00 |
Health Policy Institute of Ohio | Addiction Evidence Project | All Districts | 2018: $15,000.00 |
Health Policy Institute of Ohio | Connections Between Criminal Justice and Health Brief | All Districts | 2020: $15,000.00 |
Health Policy Institute of Ohio | Connections Between Criminal Justice and Health: Child and Family Health and Well-Being | 20 | 2022: $25,000.00 |
Health Policy Institute of Ohio | Structural Drivers of Violent Crime | 20 | 2022: $25,000.00 |
Home Based Arts | Children's Books | 20 |
2014: $42,000.00 2013: $40,000.00 |
Homes On the Hill | Landlord Engagement Action Network | 7 |
2018: $10,000.00 2016: $20,000.00 2015: $10,000.00 |
Housing Opportunities Made Equal | Legal Outreach Videos and Training | 1 | 2016: $30,000.00 |
Housing Research & Advocacy Center | Fair Housing Project | 20 | 2014: $25,000.00 |
Housing Research & Advocacy Center | Workshops on Fair Housing Laws and Rights | 20 | 2011: $11,765.00 |
Immigrant and Refugee Law Center | Volunteer Attorney Program: Providing Hope & Stability to Immigrant and Refugee Families through Increased Access to Legal Services | 1 | 2019: $50,000.00 |
Immigrant and Refugee Law Center | Immigration Law Manuals & Materials Translation | 1 | 2020: $14,000.00 |
Immigrant and Refugee Law Center | Immigrant Rights Curriculum for the Classroom | 1 | 2020: $7,500.00 |
Innovation Ohio Education Fund | Justice Agenda for Black Women and Girls in Ohio | 02 | 2022: $50,000.00 |
Issue Media Group, with fiscal agent Cincinnati Development Fund | Strategic Grant: Civics Essential Ohio | All Districts |
2019: $99,996.00 2018: $99,996.00 |
John Carroll University | We the People | 12 | 2012: $12,000.00 |
Justice League of Ohio | Crime Victims' Toolkit and Crime Victims' Rights Trainings | 20 |
2014: $19,834.00 2011: $9,800.00 |
Kent State University | Leveraging Community Voices to Advance Racial Equity in Police Training, Practice and Procedures | 11 13 | 2022: $49,642.00 |
Law and Leadership Institute | 10th Grade Start Pilot Project | 127111214 |
2017: $120,000.00 2016: $120,000.00 |
Law and Leadership Institute | Diversity in Leadership Fellowship | All Districts |
2020: $110,900.00 2019: $75,000.00 2018: $95,803.00 |
Law and Leadership Institute | Leaders for Justice Series | All Districts | 2020: $42,000.00 |
Legal Aid of Western Ohio | Plan Ahead & Protect Yourself: Series for Seniors | 4 | 2017: $30,000.00 |
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | Access to Justice: Leveraging Technology to Lower Barriers to Justice | 12 | 2019: $15,000.00 |
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | Knowledge is Power | 12 | 2017: $25,000.00 |
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | Expert Report on Availability of Safe, Affordable Housing for Low-Income Cuyahoga County Households (Special focus: lead hazards and racial disparitie | 12 | 2022: $25,000.00 |
Legal Aid Society of Columbus | Legal Help for Successful Community Reentry Project | 7 | 2019: $20,500.00 |
Legal Aid Society of Columbus | Statewide Kinship Care Provider Education and Outreach Program | All Districts | 2020: $59,000.00 |
Legal Aid Society of Columbus | Boss Up | 7 | 2020: $10,000.00 |
LegalWorks | Expungement Week | 12 | 2017: $15,000.00 |
LegalWorks | Support for service expansion and marketing plan | 12 | 2021: $15,000.00 |
Make A Day Foundation | Expansion of Make A Day Foundation's Pop-Up & Mobile Outreach | 7 | 2022: $50,000.00 |
Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition | Racial and Ethnic Equity and Behavioral Health: Research, Reports, and Action | 2 | 2022: $41,400.00 |
Midwest Ctr. Law/Deaf | "Pocket Cards" for Deaf Citizens | 20 | 2011: $3,000.00 |
NAMI Ohio | Answering the Calls of Veterans in Crisis | All Districts | 2020: $20,000.00 |
National Center for State Courts | Access & Fairness in the Virtual Delivery of Court Services | 12 | 2021: $76,489.00 |
National Institute for Trial Advocacy Foundation | Public Service Teacher Training Program | 20 | 2012: $11,708.00 |
Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland, Inc. | Consumer Law Manual | 20 | 2013: $40,000.00 |
Ohio Alliance of YMCAs Foundation | Youth in Government Program | 7817 | 2015: $15,000.00 |
Ohio Alliance of YMCAs Foundation | YMCA Youth & Government Program | All Districts |
2020: $35,000.00 2019: $37,975.00 |
Ohio Association of Non-Profit Organizations | Standards of Excellence Clinics | 7 | 2013: $6,000.00 |
Ohio Attorney General | Sunshine Laws Book and Videos | 20 | 2013: $5,000.00 |
Ohio Center for Law Related Education | Civic Education Programs, Teacher Training & Outreach | 20 | 2022: $116,000.00 |
Ohio Center for Law-Related Education | Mock Trial/Youth For Justice | 20 |
2015: $23,545.00 2014: $21,842.00 2013: $22,400.00 2012: $26,000.00 2011: $26,000.00 |
Ohio Center for Law-Related Education | Law Day Speaker | 20 | 2014: $1,300.00 |
Ohio Center for Law-Related Education | Moot Court | All Districts | 2015: $8,805.00 |
Ohio Center for Law-Related Education | We the People | All Districts | 2015: $24,435.00 |
Ohio Center for Law-Related Education | Law & Citizenship | All Districts | 2015: $9,450.00 |
Ohio Center for Law-Related Education | Government in Action Program | All Districts | 2015: $26,500.00 |
Ohio Center for Law-Related Education | OCLRE | All Districts |
2021: $116,000.00 2020: $118,000.00 2019: $118,000.00 2018: $100,000.00 2017: $100,000.00 2016: $100,000.00 |
Ohio Domestic Violence Network | Justice for Incarcerated Battered Women Project | 6212 | 2016: $45,000.00 |
Ohio Domestic Violence Network | Workshops for Advocates of Victims of Domestic Violence | 20 | 2014: $19,250.00 |
Ohio Domestic Violence Network | Legal Education for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence | 612 | 2012: $36,944.00 |
Ohio Domestic Violence Network | Parole Education and Preparation Project | All Districts | 2019: $32,050.00 |
Ohio Domestic Violence Network | Understanding Barriers to Safety for Marginalized Survivors of Domestic Violence | All Districts | 2021: $34,300.00 |
Ohio Family Care Association | Resourcing Vulnerable Families | All Districts | 2018: $39,410.00 |
Ohio Federation for Health Equity and Social Justice | Grandparents and other Relatives, Kinship Care and their Legal Concerns | All Districts | 2019: $20,000.00 |
Ohio Justice & Policy Center | Second Chance for Victims of Human Trafficking | 1 | 2015: $40,000.00 |
Ohio Justice & Policy Center | Second Chance Community College Project | 12471213 | 2013: $60,000.00 |
Ohio Justice & Policy Center | Collateral Sanctions Database | 20 | 2011: $28,800.00 |
Ohio Justice & Policy Center | Digital Resource Center | All Districts | 2019: $50,000.00 |
Ohio Lawyers Assistance Program | Web based Diagnostic Tool | 20 | 2014: $30,000.00 |
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation | Ohio Military/Veterans Legal Assistance Project | 1247111214 | 2013: $12,500.00 |
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation | Legal Aid Impact Study | 20 | 2012: $16,805.00 |
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation | Veterans WrapAround | 7 | 2012: $40,000.00 |
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation | Ohio Legal Help | All Districts | 2018: $75,000.00 |
Ohio Legal Help | Content Expansion and Continuous Improvement Project | All Districts | 2019: $100,000.00 |
Ohio Legal Help | Continuous Improvement and Spanish Translation | All Districts | 2021: $100,000.00 |
Ohio Legal Help | ChatBot and LiveChat Law Student Volunteer Pilot | 20 | 2022: $50,000.00 |
Ohio Military/Veterans Legal Assistance Project | Lawyer to Veteran Outreach Project | 24 | 2016: $25,980.00 |
Ohio Military/Veterans Legal Assistance Project | Veterans Benefits Program | 20 | 2015: $19,500.00 |
Ohio Military/Veterans Legal Assistance Project | Reduced Fee E-6 Initiative | 20 | 2015: $7,500.00 |
Ohio State Bar Association | NonProfit | 20 |
2015: $40,000.00 2014: $50,000.00 2011: $50,000.00 |
Ohio State Bar Association | Rural Practice Training Initiative | 48915 | 2015: $30,000.00 |
Ohio State Bar Association | Lawyer Public Speaking Training | 7 | 2012: $16,000.00 |
Ohio State Bar Association | ONN Advertisements* | 20 | 2012: $40,000.00 |
Ohio State Bar Association | Landlord/Tenant Video | 20 | 2012: $20,000.00 |
Ohio State Bar Association | CLE Self-Study Training Videos | 7 | 2017: $60,000.00 |
Ohio State Bar Association | Rural Practice Clerkship Program | All Districts |
2019: $41,200.00 2018: $40,000.00 |
Ohio State Bar Association | Ohio Practice Skills Institute (Formerly | All Districts | 2018: $60,000.00 |
Ohio State Bar Association | New Public-Facing Website | All Districts | 2016: $50,000.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Legal Education Project | 5678910141517 | 2016: $22,363.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Collaboration, Advocacy, Representation, Education, (CARE) Medical-Legal Partnership | 8 | 2016: $50,000.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Legal Aid Society of Columbus' Tenant Advocacy Project | 12 | 2016: $30,000.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Manufactured and Mobile Home Manual | 20 | 2015: $14,988.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Understanding the Rights of Unmarried Partners/Cohabitators Project | 20 | 2015: $12,394.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Kiosk Pilot Project - Fairfield County | 9 | 2015: $16,412.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Ohio Poverty Law Center's Advocate's Website | 20 | 2015: $30,000.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Legal Aid Society of Columbus' Wage & Hour Theft Protection | 7 | 2017: $34,027.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Legal Aid Society of Columbus' Clearing the Path for Students' Project | 7 | 2017: $32,000.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Southeastern Ohio Legal Services' Youth Law Project | 8 9 17 |
2019: $65,000.00 2017: $54,216.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Carroll County Consumer Education and Outreach Project | 14 | 2019: $21,773.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Ohio Poverty Law Centers' Advocacy Skills Training for Legal Aid Attorneys | All Districts |
2020: $9,000.00 2019: $9,000.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Ohio Poverty Law Center's Certificate of Qualification for Employment Project | All Districts | 2018: $40,000.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Stabilizing Survivors of Domestic Violence Project | All Districts | 2016: $25,000.00 |
Ohio State Legal Services Association | Advocacy Skills Training for Legal Aid Attorneys and Low-income Advocates | 20 | 2022: $10,000.00 |
Ohio Supreme Court/OJCF | Chief Justice Moyer Portrait | 7 | 2011: $10,000.00 |
Ohio University Foundation | Summer Law and Trial Institute | 17 |
2017: $26,636.00 2016: $15,000.00 2015: $20,000.00 |
Ohio University Foundation | Veterans Treatment Court Videos | All Districts | 2016: $15,129.00 |
Ohio Voice | Ohio Fair Courts Speakers Bureau | 7 |
2020: $10,000.00 2019: $15,000.00 |
Operation Legal Help Ohio | Judiciary Training- Establishment of Veterans' Treatment Courts throughout Ohio | All Districts | 2018: $8,500.00 |
Operation Legal Help Ohio | Veteran Outreach Initiative | All Districts | 2017: $36,360.00 |
OSU Foundation | Ohio Land Use Law Academy | 20 | 2013: $15,000.00 |
OSU Foundation | Ohio Legal History Initiative | 1247111216 | 2017: $8,732.00 |
Partnership for Violence Free Families | 4H project with Inmates and their Children | 16 | 2012: $3,273.00 |
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio | Using Technology to Grow Corporate Po Bono and Access to Legal Services for Nonprofit Organizations | 1 2 | 2018: $35,000.00 |
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio | Attorneys Strengthening Ohio Nonprofits through Legal Education | All Districts | 2020: $30,000.00 |
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio | Engaging and Strengthening Community-Based Nonprofits with Pro Bono Business Legal Services | 1 | 2022: $54,200.00 |
Pro Senior | Safe Ohio Seniors | All Districts | 2021: $20,000.00 |
Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland | The Red Treehouse Program | 12 | 2017: $45,679.00 |
Scranton Road Ministries CDC | Scranton Road Legal Clinic's Continuing Legal Education Project | 12 | 2018: $5,000.00 |
Services for Independent Living | Americans with Disabilities Act Conference | 12 | 2015: $11,500.00 |
Slavic Village Development | Eviction Prevention Pilot Project | 12 | 2022: $50,000.00 |
Summer Work Experience In Law Inc | Summer Work Experience in Law (SWEL) | 1 | 2022: $50,000.00 |
Talbert House | Victims Services | 1 | 2022: $15,000.00 |
The Ability Center of Greater Toledo | Rights of People with Disabilities Project | 4 | 2015: $7,500.00 |
The International Welcome Center | Pursuit of Happiness - Educational Sessions on Navigating the Path to Citizenship | 11 | 2022: $10,000.00 |
The Ohio State University | Aligning Algorithmic Risk Assessments with Criminal Justice Values | All Districts | 2021: $49,258.00 |
Toledo Area Minitries (on behalf of Advocating Opportunity) | Human Trafficking Awareness Project | 20 | 2014: $55,991.00 |
Towards Employment | Certificate of Qualification for Employment Project | 12 |
2017: $16,100.00 2016: $11,804.00 |
United Way of Greater Cleveland | Right to Counsel - Cleveland, Community Education and Awareness Campaign | 12 | 2020: $50,000.00 |
University of Akron Foundation | Certificate of Qualification for Employment project | 471213 | 2014: $66,399.00 |
University of Cincinnati Foundation | The Legal Access Project at Cincinnati Law | 1 | 2018: $25,000.00 |
University Of Cincinnati Foundation | Ohio Innocence Project Cincinnati Murder Conviction Audit | 1 | 2020: $25,000.00 |
University of Cincinnati, Clermont | Justice in Jeans | 1 | 2019: $11,000.00 |
University of Mount Union - Spectrum Education Center | Courage 2 Communicate | 14 | 2022: $22,500.00 |
University of Toledo Foundation | Teenage Trafficking Forensic Interview Protocol | 4 | 2015: $20,000.00 |
Wayne County Probate and Juvenile Court | Help Desk | 10 | 2019: $2,300.00 |
Women Helping Women | Justice System Advocacy & Victim Rights Education for Survivors of DV/IPV | 1 | 2021: $12,000.00 |
Women Helping Women | Increasing Awareness and Access to Legal Advocacy Services for Survivors | 1 | 2022: $20,000.00 |
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association - unBail
$50,000 to unBail for its Randomized Control Trial project, which will support the creation of a free mobile app designed to increase engagement with the justice system by providing defendants with access to their case information and resources. Counties Served: Cuyahoga.
Adopt A Class Foundation
$15,000 to Adopt a Class for their Careers in Law and Legal Services and Life Skills Mentorship project, which will offer opportunities for students to learn about college and care pathways while developing essential employability skills that can help lift them out of poverty. Counties Served: Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton & Warren.
Children's Law Center
$19,400 to the Children's Law Center to support its Vital Legal Education and Outreach for Ohio's Youth project, which will provide community education on laws and legal systems impacting youth and best practices for safety, health, and well-being. Counties Served: Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton & Warren.
Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court
$133,310 to the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court for the Parenting After Violence Program Curriculum Development project, which will formulate new court techniques designed to end the cycle of domestic violence and teach skills for positive and healthy parenting. Counties Served: Cuyahoga.
Health Policy Institute of Ohio
$25,000 to the Health Policy Institute of Ohio for the Connections Between Criminal Justice and Health: Child and Family Health and Well-Being project, which will create a policy brief designed to interrupt generational cycles of trauma, prevent future criminal justice involvement, and improve family well-being. Serving all 88 counties.
Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence
$2,400 to the Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence to develop their You Have the Right to be Safe Booklet, which will educate users on domestic violence, safety planning, and victim's rights. Counties Served: Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble & Shelby.
Children's Advocacy Center Of Guernsey County
$9,875 to the Children's Advocacy Center of Guernsey County to support the expansion of services to underserved children in need, which will provide direct legal services to victims including case management, victim advocacy, and case reviews. Counties Served: Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson & Monroe.