WSBA Powerful Communities Grant
The WSBA Powerful Communities Grant aims to amplify communities who are denied justice due to systemic oppression, advance the WSBA’s mission and purposes outlined in General Rule 12.2, encourage public service by WSBA members, and implement the State Plan for the Coordinated Delivery of Legal Aid to Low-Income People. With funding from the Washington State Bar Foundation, organizations can apply for small grants to help them jumpstart new community-based projects and/or expand existing programs that benefit and provide services to people who are denied justice due to systemic oppression.
Vision for success
Our vision of success for the Powerful Communities Grant is that grantee organizations will be able to work with more people who experience systemic oppression, develop or expand meaningful partnerships with community-based organizations serving communities who are harmed by systemic oppression, and increase pro bono opportunities for WSBA members.
Application
Our grant application is currently closed. The 2024 grant application will open in November or December of 2023. Please email PublicService@wsba.org to be notified when the application opens.
2023 Grantees
- Clark County Volunteer Lawyers Program
- Cowlitz Wahkiakum Legal Aid
- Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center
- La Casa Hogar
- Lavender Rights Project
- Living with Conviction w/ fiscal sponsor CENTER
- Skagit Legal Aid
- The Way to Justice
- Wenatchee for Immigrant Justice
- West African Community Council
For general questions about the Powerful Communities Project, please email publicservice@wsba.org. For donation inquiries, please email Laura Sanford at the Washington State Bar Foundation.
Previous Grantees
2022 Grantees:
Chelan Douglas County Volunteer Attorney Services
Living with Conviction (fiscal sponsor CENTER)
Tacomaprobono Community Lawyers
The Way To Justice (with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Outreach Center)
Thurston County Volunteer Legal Services
All Previous Grantees
Chelan Douglas Volunteer Attorney Services
Clark County Volunteer Lawyers Program
Colectiva Legal del Pueblo Columbia Legal Services
Cowlitz Wahkiakum Legal Aid
Eastside Legal Assistance Program
Family Law
CASA of King County
Kinship Navigator Program of Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington
Kitsap Legal Services
Latina/o Bar Association of Washington
LAW Advocates
Legal Voice
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children
(LCYC)
Living With Conviction
The Olympia Free Clinic
Pierce County Minority Bar Association
Northwest Justice Project, Native American Unit and Skokomish Tribe
QLaw Foundation of Washington
Seattle Clemency Project
Snohomish
County Legal Services
South Asian Bar Association of Washington (SABAW)
Spokane County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program
The STAR Project
Tacoma Healing Awareness Community
Thurston County Volunteer Services
Trans
in Prison Justice Project
Unemployment Law Project
World Relief Spokane
Yakima County Volunteer Attorney Servicesi/p>