Other Grants
Internships
LFW supports summer internships for law students through the Goldmark Internship and at the Laurel Rubin Farmworker Justice Project, helping to expand the delivery of civil legal aid to marginalized communities in rural areas.
Emergency Grants
LFW’s Emergency Grants deploy funding quickly and strategically in response to urgent civil justice needs. Emergency Grant applications are reviewed and decided by the LFW Board on a case-by-case basis. The first step of the process is to contact Grants Manager, Arielle Handforth, by email to discuss your potential proposal.
LFW occasionally receives undistributed funds from class action lawsuits to award to organizations that specialize in providing civil legal aid to particular communities, such as undocumented people, formerly incarcerated people, and LGBTQ+ people.
Washington Immigrant Relief Fund
In 2020, LFW partnered with immigrant-led community organizations, the Governor’s office, and the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services to administer more than $60 million in economic relief to individuals and families significantly impacted by COVID-19 but ineligible for federal stimulus funds or unemployment benefits because of their immigration status. Learn more.
COVID-19 Response Grants
Throughout the pandemic, LFW has worked with the State of Washington’s Office of Civil Legal Aid and King County to provide more than $5 million in emergency funding to civil legal aid programs on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, including grants for unemployment services, eviction defense, domestic violence protection, and legal aid for nonprofits and microenterprises. View list of 2022 King County COVID-19 Response grant recipients.
Additional Grants provide valuable support to the legal aid network in Washington State. This includes funding for the Washington State Pro Bono Council to coordinate technical assistance, advocacy, and collaboration between volunteer lawyer programs across the state, and funding to enhance the advocacy and intake operations of the Northwest Justice Project, Washington’s largest publicly funded legal aid program and centralized point of access for clients seeking free legal help.