TO:

Potential Applicants

FROM:

Barri Bernstein, Executive Director

DATE:

August 1, 2008
RE:
2009 IOLTA Grant Applications 

Application forms to enable an organization to apply for a grant, for calendar year 2009, from the Tennessee IOLTA (Interest On Lawyers’ Trust Accounts) program are available below. Completed applications must be submitted in hardcopy, by United States mail, postmarked no later than Friday, September 5, 2008.

The IOLTA awards program is made possible from the interest earned on the pooled trust checking accounts of participating attorneys. The total funds available to grant is based on many ungovernable factors, including the business cycle and interest rates. It is too early to determine the exact size of the 2009 grant pool; however, revenue is decreasing due to falling interest rates. As always, there can be no assurance that repeat applicants will receive continued funding, that grants that are repeated will equal that of 2008 or that first-time applicants will receive a grant award. Please keep this situation in mind as the organization designs its project and determines the amount of funds to request.

                                         
Each application is available in two formats:

      1. As a “fillable” form (MS Word)
      2. As a PDF document (Adobe Reader)

Select and download the application, as described below, that most closely fits the organization or services the organization proposes to offer.

A – Improve the Administration of Justice
Organizations tangential to the legal system that work to improve the administration of justice (generally do not employ attorneys). 		MS Word
PDF
B – Provide Legal Services (LSC Funded Model)
Organizations partially funded by the Legal Services Corporation that employ staff attorneys to provide free civil legal assistance to the indigent and coordinate pro bono services. 		MS Word
PDF
C – Provide Legal Services (Staff Attorney Model)
Organizations that employ staff attorneys to provide free civil legal assistance to the indigent. 		MS Word
PDF
D – Provide Legal Services (Pro Bono Model)
Organizations that coordinate the services of private attorneys who provide free civil legal assistance to the indigent. 		MS Word
PDF


I welcome questions from grant writers who are uncertain about the parameters of our funding or the correct format. Please call me at 800/634.2516 or 615/242.1531.