National Legal Aid & Defender Association
 
IOLTA & Other Funding

IOLTA  | State Funding  | Foundation Grants  | Non-LSC Federal Funding  | Private Bar Campaigns  | Other Funding Sources
Civil legal aid providers have made great strides in recent years in expanding their funding base beyond funding from the national Legal Services Corporation (LSC). Since the 1990s, the legal aid community has dramatically diversified its funding sources. While LSC funding has remained relatively level during this period, non-LSC funding has increased many times over.

In 2004, the ABA's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants published a fundraising manual, Innovative Fundraising Ideas for Legal Services, available here.

This section of NLADA's Web site provides viewers with detailed information regarding the primary sources of non-LSC funding that have been developed across the country, including: