Our Vision
Our vision is to create a better, more stable society through a more equitable legal system.
Established in the summer of 1950, The New York Bar Foundation is a nonprofit, philanthropic organization that receives charitable contributions from individuals, law firms, corporations or other entities and provides grants to further its goals of promoting and advancing the following:
• Service to the public
• Improvements in the administration of justice
• Legal research and education
• High standards of professional ethics
• Public understanding of legal heritage
The Foundation makes grants to financially support law-related programs of legal services organizations, nonprofits, bar associations and other organizations throughout New York State.
The Foundation membership consists of the House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association.
The Foundation is dedicated to aiding charitable projects aimed at meeting the law-related needs of the public and the profession. We solicit charitable contributions and provides funding for the following purposes:
Our vision is to create a better, more stable society through a more equitable legal system.
The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors, including distinguished lawyers from across the State of New York. Five officers, twenty-six directors, and three ex officio directors (the Chair and Vice Chairs of The Fellows of The New York Bar Foundation).
In the summer of 1950, a group of forward-thinking lawyers from across New York State agreed: there were significant law-related endeavors that needed to be undertaken. They founded The New York State Bar Foundation as the charitable, non-for-profit arm, allowing them to receive contributions from individuals or other entities and disburse funds to further its philanthropic goals.