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Our Endowment

The North Carolina Bar Foundation Endowment makes grants available to North Carolina organizations that are engaged in programming or projects that advance the Foundation’s values of access to justice, service through the profession, civic education, professionalism, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Questions? Email [email protected].

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The North Carolina Bar Foundation Endowment makes grants available to North Carolina organizations that are engaged in programming or projects that advance the Foundation’s values of access to justice, service through the profession, civic education, professionalism, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Grant applications are reviewed annually by the NCBF Endowment Committee, which makes recommendations for grant awards for approval by…

The NCBF Endowment FY26 Grant application cycle — for the grant year July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 — will open in the fall of 2024. Grant applications will due no later than 5pm, February 1, 2025. If you plan to apply for an NCBF Endowment Grant on behalf of an NCBA Section, Division or Committee, please contact your…

LANC

The North Carolina Bar Association and Foundation have a long history of supporting the important legal services work of Legal Aid of North Carolina. In 2007, the Foundation Board of Directors approved the establishment of the LANC Fund within the Endowment for the specific benefit of Legal Aid of North Carolina. Over the years, with the support from lawyers, law…

The NCBA+NCBF are committed to recognizing, respecting, promoting and encouraging diversity in the legal community. The NCBF Open Door Fund and Fellowship demonstrate our ongoing commitment to address inequities in access to legal services and participation in the legal profession experienced by historically excluded or disadvantaged individuals and communities in North Carolina. The NCBF Open Door Fund advances diversity, equity and inclusion…