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Eligibility Criteria

Legal Accelerator Grants are for community-based organizations that serve low-income and/or underserved individuals to:

Launch or expand direct civil legal service programs
Provide direct civil legal services in issue areas or for communities where there is a scarcity of legal help
Provide direct civil legal services in Connecticut, New Jersey or New York State (excluding the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens or Staten Island)

Have 501(c)(3) charitable status or a fiscal sponsor with 501(c)(3) charitable status
Are intentional in their approach to holistically centering client needs in the provision of legal services
Commit to helping clients achieve greater access to justice, power and equity in the legal system

The FurtherJustice Legal Accelerator Grant Program prioritizes organizations that are led by people of color and/or are led by people who are representative of the community or communities that the organization serves.

Instructions: Please answer the following questions about your organization. If this is a joint application (application being submitted by more than one organization for the purpose of partnering on a proposed civil legal services program), please answer the following questions on behalf of one of the co-applicants, indicating in Question (7) that this is a joint application. Note that every co-applicant in a joint application must either have 501(c)(3) charitable status or be fiscally sponsored by an organization with 501(c)(3) charitable status.

Note: Once you begin completing this form, you will not be able to save your responses and complete the form at a later time. If you would like to complete this form over an extended period of time, we encourage you to download this pdf which lists the application questions, prepare your responses in advance and enter your answers in this online form when you are ready to submit your organization’s complete response.

(1) Full Organization Name:(Required)

(2) Website:(Required)

(3) Your Full Name:(Required)

First Last

(4) Your Title/Affiliation with the Organization:(Required)

(5) Email Address:(Required)

(6) Phone Number:

(7) Is this application a joint submission by more than one organization?(Required)

Yes

No

(7)(a) List all organizations joining in this application.

(8) Please attach your most recent IRS Form 990, if applicable. If this is a joint application, please attach the most recent IRS Form 990s for each co-applicant that has 501(c)(3) charitable status.

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Accepted file types: pdf, jpg, png, docx, Max. file size: 5 MB, Max. files: 3.

(9) If your organization is fiscally sponsored, please provide the name of your sponsor:

(9)(a) If your co-applicant(s) is fiscally sponsored, please provide the name of their fiscal sponsor(s).

(10) How did you hear about us?

Instructions: Please answer the following questions to provide us with more detailed information about your organization and how a civil legal services program at your organization will benefit the community you serve. If your organization is completing this application as the sole applicant, only answer Questions 1 through 4. If this is a joint application (application being submitted by more than one organization for the purpose of partnering on a proposed civil legal services program), please be sure to also answer Question 5.

There are no character or word limits for any of the questions below.

(1) How would you describe the community that your organization serves?(Required)

(2) How does your organization serve this community?(Required)

(3) Does your organization have a legal services program now? If so, please briefly describe, including the number of lawyers or other legal professionals (i.e., paralegals, legal advocates, DOJ accredited representatives, etc.) and the issues that the program addresses.(Required)

(4) How would having a legal services program or expanding your legal services program help your organization better serve your community?(Required)

(5) If this is a joint application, please tell us about the other organization(s) with which your organization is working or wishes to work. Please provide their mission(s), an overview of how the organization(s) serve their community and how your organizations plan to collaborate in launching or expanding a civil legal services program.

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