July 17, 2024 – Teen court youth, pro se family law litigants, and families in need of legal services are among those helped through grants from the Wisconsin Law Foundation funded by generous donations from Wisconsin lawyers.

The Wisconsin Law Foundation is the charitable arm of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Thanks to donations from State Bar members, the Foundation annually provides high-impact Truman Q. McNulty grants of $1,000 to $2,500 each to charitable or educational programs or projects that promote greater public understanding of the law and improve the administration of justice, and to projects that directly impact Wisconsin residents.

This year, the Law Foundation received $32,600 in grant requests. Thanks to a generous donation from Law Foundation board member and Grants Committee Chair Kevin Lyons, they were able to award the full amount requested.

In 2024, the Foundation awarded grants to 13 organizations that help children and families, support teen court programs, assist those who can’t afford legal representation, help families keep their homes, and offer legal assistance to pro se litigants with limited access to justice.

Making an Impact on Wisconsin’s Communities

Here are the 2024 McNulty grant recipients and the programs the grants support:

• ABC for Health, Madison: Community Legal Education for Health Coverage Rights & Responsibilities During Medicaid Unwinding

• Briarpatch Youth Services, Inc., Madison: Restorative Justice Program

• Catholic Multicultural Center, Madison: Immigration Legal Services Program

• Centro Legal, Milwaukee: Family Consultation Program

• Crawford County, Prairie du Chein: Teen Court

• Economic Justice Institute, Inc., Madison: Economic Justice Institute, Family Meals
  

• Milwaukee Justice Center through Milwaukee Bar Association Foundation: Eviction Diversion Initiative

• Sauk County Family Law Court, Baraboo: Pro Se Family Law Clinic

• Small Axe Cooperative, Madison: Name Change Workshop Series

• Vera Court Neighborhood Center, Inc., Madison: Vera Court Neighborhood Center Legal Clinic

• Wisconsin CASA Association, Green Bay: Wisconsin CASA Judicial System Knowledge and Expansion

• Wisconsin Law Review, Madison: Wisconsin Law Review Annual Symposium

• Wisconsin Teen Court Association, Alma: 2024 Wisconsin Restorative Justice Youth Summit

Ways to Support the Wisconsin Law Foundation

Please consider a gift to help support the Wisconsin Law Foundation. Any level of contribution is gratefully appreciated. Ways to give:

• include a donation on line 9 of your State Bar dues statement;

• donate online at wisbar.org/wlfdonate.

• use your phone camera to scan the QR code:

  • To scan the code, open the camera app on your phone, then point the camera at the QR code and a banner will appear. When you tap the banner, it opens the donation webpage on WisBar.org.

To find out more about what the Foundation does, read more in InsideTrack and see the Foundation's newsletters on WisBar.org.