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Informed Citizens

are Better Citizens

Cosponsorship Program

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation partners with other organizations as part of our goal and commitment to broaden our public education so that free legal information is available to New Jersey citizens statewide. This grant program is funded by the IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey.

We invite non-profit organizations to work with us so we can accomplish this goal together.

Funding Cycle: 2024-2025
  • Application Process Opens: November 2023
  • Informational Webinar: January 10, 2024 ~ 10-11am. Register to attend HERE.
  • Application Deadline: January 26, 2024
  • Recipients Notified: June/July 2024
  • Questions: Contact Kate Coscarelli, Associate Executive Director, Administration & Grants at kcoscarelli@njsba.com

Cosponsorship grants are made possible through funding from the IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey.

2023-2024 Cosponsors

Alzheimer’s New Jersey: Planning for the Future: Legal and Financial Considerations for Individuals with Dementia
Autism New Jersey: Insurance-funded Autism Treatment: The Advocacy Toolkit
CAIR-NJ: Know Your Rights Trainings
Comite en Union para Slavadorenos: Education and Outreach on Immigration Laws
Center for Youth Political Participation, Eagleton Institute of Politics: RU Ready, a civic engagement initiative
Community Health Law Project: Legal Education to Protect Public Entitlements after the Covid-19 Pandemic
Covenant House New Jersey: Atlantic City Youth Advocacy Center
Crossroads4Hope: Legal Programs in Spanish for Community Outreach Work
Disability Rights New Jersey: Youth in Transition: Navigating NJ Systems with a Goal of Increasing Self-Advocacy and Achieving Competitive, Integrated Employment
Education Law Center: Translating ELC’s Transition Planning Advocacy Guide
Essex County Legal Aid Association: Tackling the Eviction Crisis in Essex County
G.I. Go Fund: Veteran Legal Victory Project
Jewish Federation of Middlesex and Monmouth Counties: Rights and Resources for Individuals who are Differently Abled
Josephine’s Place: Knowledge is Power
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND): Pro Bono Attorney Engagement in Removal Defense for NJ’s Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund: Advancing Legal Education with Latina Women and Immigrant Families
Legal Aid Society of Monmouth County: Monmouth County Pro Bono Civil Legal Services Program
Literacy Volunteers of Morris County: Civics, Life Skills and Citizenship Instruction for Adults
Madison Area YMCA: Youth and Government Program
Make the Road NJ: Safeguarding Immigrant Tenants and Workers: A Legal Rights Education Project
Morris County Organization for Hispanic Affairs: Keeping our Community Informed and Education
National Association of Women Judges, NJ Chapter: New Jersey Color of Justice Program
NJ Consortium for Immigrant Children: Not a Public Charge! Educating Immigrant Families on Healthcare Rights
NJ LEEP: Legal Diversity Pipeline Program
Oasis — A Haven for Women and Children: From Surviving to Striving
Palestinian American Community Center (PACC): Citizenship and English Courses
Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of NJ (PLAN NJ): Communicating the Need for Legal and Estate Planning for the Future Care of People with Developmental or Psychiatric Disabilities
Puerto Rican Association for Human Development: Settle In: A Series of Workshops on Immigrant Rights
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN): Special Education & Health Rights of Children & Youth with Special Needs Involved in Child Protection & Juvenile Justice Training
The Arc of New Jersey: Equal Justice Talks Webinar Series
Women Aware: Domestic Violence Victims’ Rights: Understanding and Accessing the Protection Afforded by Law Video Series
Women In Transition: Family Law Series
YMCA of Metuchen: Youth & Government Program
YWCA Northern New Jersey: Workplace Protection Education Campaign
YMCA Union County: Legal Education Program

“With the support of the NJ State Bar Foundation, we are able to offer college staff the proper training needed to make them aware of the laws that are impacting their work and to ensure they are trained to meet their obligations. Your generosity is vital to what we can do together in the months to come.”

Helen Archontou

Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Northern New Jersey

“Thank you for your continued support of NJ LEEP! Because of your support, we are growing our programs and serving more students and families in our community.”

Claire Dragon

Managing Director of External Engagement, NJ Leep

In addition to providing grant-based financial support, the Foundation works to combine efforts to cosponsor programs and projects with other nonprofit organizations.  

For example, the Foundation has partnered with the Community Health Law Project (CHLP) to cosponsor, coordinate and present the Law and Disability Conference. Held annually at the New Jersey Law Center (and virtually), this free, half-day conference focuses on issues impacting people with disabilities, such as health care and housing. Attendees include people with disabilities, family members, service providers and advocates.

“The Foundation has been instrumental in helping us build a network of individuals and organizations who share the goal of bettering lives of individuals who suffer from disabilities and chronic illness. (It) … enables us to serve clients and community members we might not otherwise reach,” said Erika Kerber, president and executive director of CHLP. 

NJSBF also works with organizations to publish free booklets explaining aspects of the law to residents of New Jersey, from the Student’s Rights Handbook, developed by the ACLU-NJ to the Foundation’s Disability Law: A Legal Primer was created by the Essex County Bar Association, with financial support from the Foundation.  Browse our library of free publications HERE.

NJSBF supports The Arc of New Jersey’s Equal Justice Talks webinar series, which aims to highlight issues facing victims, witnesses and defendants with developmental disabilities and to increase understanding of the disadvantages faced by such populations in the criminal justice system.

A few words from our cosponsors….

“Thank you for the grant to support Communicating the Need for Legal and Estate Planning for the Future Care of People with Disabilities.  We are so grateful to you for helping PLAN|NJ uphold our mission, which is to help the families of individuals with disabilities answer the question, ‘Who will care for my loved one when I’m gone?’

Your generosity helps us reach more families and professionals with life planning information through in-person seminars and educational conferences, and via live and recorded webinars and twice-yearly newsletters. We will innovate this program in the year ahead by adding a podcast and new topic trends. Our goal is to help more people plan for the future care of persons with significant disabilities and to maintain rights to services and support under the law.”

Ellen Nalven

Executive Director, PLAN/NJ

“Since 2005, the Foundation has made it possible for Covenant House’s Youth Advocacy Center to provide legal services to homeless and at-risk youth. Our work with disadvantaged youth would not be possible without the support of the Foundation and we are grateful for this continued collaboration.”

Rani Cherian

Development Associate, Covenant House New Jersey