The Cincinnati Bar is a grant-making organization that has been in existence for over 50 years. In the last five years alone, the Foundation has provided one million dollars in funding to educational and charitable organizations. While we support many programs of the Cincinnati Bar Association, we are also interested in providing funding to worthwhile programs in the community that further our interest in promoting justice and education of the law. Justice and the legal system reach far beyond the courtroom, and touch all of our lives.
The Foundation conducts two grant cycles per year, typically in April and October, with application deadlines at the end of February and the end of August respectively.
Grant
Our Mission
Promoting Justice & Changing Lives Through the Law
Purpose
With the desire to serve the legal profession, the justice system and the Greater Cincinnati community, the Cincinnati Bar Foundation concentrates grant-making efforts in the following four areas:
- Encouraging knowledge and understanding of, and respect for, the law in the community, particularly with young people
- Improving the quality and administration of justice in all its facets
- Supporting the delivery of legal services at an affordable cost for the poor, elderly and otherwise disadvantaged
- Fostering professionalism and civility in the practice of law